American Bandstand = Soul Train - melanin... It was around from the 50's(?) Definitely preferred ST, even as a pre-teen white youth in the Deep South... (although I'll be honest, I'd have been happy with more Scooby-Doo, Johnny Quest, or Thundarr the Barbarian)
KC and the Sunshine Band were on tv shows Midnight Special and Soul Train too. They had a lot of hit dance songs thru the 70s. Along with AWB, Wild Cherry and others, they were called Blue Eyed Soul back then. All their songs were catchy.
American Bandstand was the original dance show that aired regularly in various versions from 1952 to 1989. Soul Train was the black version that focused on Black artists and music. After airing locally on WCIU-TV in Chicago, Illinois for a year, It aired in syndication from October 2, 1971, to March 25, 2006. Across its 36-year history the show primarily featured performances by R&B, soul, and hip hop artists.
Well, let's come correct if we're gonna keep it a buck here, cool? The show most people know the name as "American Bandstand" did start in 1952. However, from '52 to '56 the TV show originally went by the name of simply "Bandstand." Which the original TV show host wasn't Dick Clark, it was originally hosted by a radio DJ named Bob Horn out of Philly. Clark replaced Horn just before the show was renamed to "American Bandstand." Just saying... +Peace Rock n' Roll 4 Your Souls My Friends+ 🤘😉🤘
This is a standard roller rink song. This & their song "I'm Your Boogie Man" (similarly catchy & the horn section is in sync in that video too--also bedazzled bell bottom pants). And yeah, the show is American Bandstand which was pretty much just like Soul Train but more Billboard top 40 pop music. And every week there would be a musical guest performing their latest hit. And they'd play new songs & have audience members rate if it was dance-able or not. The host was Dick Clark who hosted the New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square, NY I'm pretty sure until he died.
KC and the Sunshine Band's songs always filled up the dance floor. Thanks Britt! Holiday song request - Home Free doing the song "Do You Hear What I Hear". It's spectacular!
This is my childhood darling, amused to see we all can appreciate good music no matter what time has passed and color of the artist. We all have rhythm and soul, some of us just don’t recognize it. Love over hate is easier to say than to live.
American Bandstand with Dick Clark was the "light-skinned" 😉version of (the much later) Soul Train. "AB" began in the early 50's where as "ST" first aired in 1970 😍. I loved them both, but (of course) one gave more play to people of colour than the other (for various reasons) 🧐.
If you were going to a school dance in the mid to late seventies you would dance to this song at least once. The band was very popular because they were easy to listen to and dance to. If you haven’t heard it yet the song “Play That Funky Music”, by Wild Cherry is a great song and another one that was popular at dances in the mid seventies.
I hope we get to see some more KC and The Sunshine reactions soon. I love their use of horns in their music. Oh, the AB in the background tells us this is "American Bandstand" which actually predates "Soul Train".
"I'm Your Boogie Man" was always my favorite when I was in high school; I kind of imagined that it could play in people's heads for about 10 seconds as I made a gliding entrance into a restaurant or a bar or something. 😂
Wow, Britt , someone who’s just discovering KC & The Sunshine Band, they had the dance floor rockin in the 70’s, hit after hit after hit from ‘75 to the early 80’s, their hot hits were a must for every party, club, house party, and was all over the radio, this was smokin hot! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥KC and The Sunshine Band still performs concerts today!
Our college fraternity in 1976 started doing Beer Busts every Tuesday’s, where we rented a bar that had a large attached building. I recorded two 90 minute cassettes of nothing but dance music (disco’s we’re getting very big back then) and at 11:00 pm, we opened the door into the big room where we brought 4 big speakers, amplifier and cassette player and man, did the girls show up! We had at least four or five KC songs on those tapes, all which was basically disco music. We killed it for two years, as one night we went through 18 kegs! $5 all you could drink and dancing!
Yeah Britt...theys integrated.......😂😂 Chase down thier hits...Get down tonight and Thats the way(I like it)...bit more upbeat and they were huge hits in thier time.
Harry Wayne Casey is the 'KC' in the Sunshine Band. Wrote the music, made the arrangements, did the lead vocals and probably had a part in the choreography as well. Motown had one major white band on a subsidiary label that Barry Gordy named for the band. They were called Rare Earth.
My 15 yr old daughter can’t help but smile from ear to ear when she watches them perform Boogie Man on Top of the Pops. She wants pants like they are wearing. You should check that song out too. KC was very popular in the 70’s and early 80’s.
This video came from American Bandstand ... It was the equivalent to Motown n Might night special n Soul Train. My mom was a teen dancing on American Bandstand in the 50s n 60s
Saw them live at Disney World back in 1980 for Grad Night (Schools all over the state of Florida went for a night where the park was open only to HS grads).
This performance by KC and The Sunshine Band was done on American Bandstand. That's why the big AB is in the background. Dick Clark hosted Bandstand from the late 50's all the way to the 80's.
The soundtrack of the 70’s BABYYY!!! 🕺🪩💃🏻. Way back when I was old enough to get into clubs, this was a regular on the playlists of the 70’s theme nights they used to have in the clubs in my local area 👍😁
KC & The Sunshine Band still tour... a friend of mine is a brass player in the Cincinnati/Dayton area and he plays in their horn line every time they come to town. (It's cheaper for them to hire local musicians that to pay a horn line to travel with them.) --- Solid gold group, for sure!!
As a small time old school DJ (weddings ) we used to play “Get Down Tonight” & Mix In with “Shake Your Booty” by KC & the Sunshine Band , which Filled the Dance Floor. Then we went into “One Nation Under a Groove” & “Flashlight” by Parliament Funcadelic. Good Times 💯
KC & The Sunshine Band still playing those hits the Disco Era was magical so many good acts . they have lots more of great tunes u must explore even some of KC's songs have featured in tv commercials . ( brother KC that's brilliant )
He can still rock it live on stage. Got to see them a few years ago in Florida, playing all my favorites. I was shaking my bootie in my seat. I think my husband was embarrassed. LOL I have one of the t-shirts of one of the songs "That's the way I like it" KC is white yes great musician and singer. I was rocking with them back in the day down in Miami Florida where I was living at the time back in my hay day. hahaha
I've been to see KC and the Sunshine Band numerous times. I've met him twice. He's so good, and his Band is amazing. Last time I saw them was 2yrs ago and he STILL puts on a great show. My kids bought me a Jukebox from the 70s for Christmas this year, and many of their records are included. with many other great 70s songs.
K.C. and the Sunshine Band were one of the best Disco-Funk groups in the day. This performance was on American Bandstand, but the played Soul Train as well.
This is American Bandstand and KC and the Sunshine Band was a real band. They had a boss horn section, fantastic background singers. The dance floor was FULL back in the day. Try I'm Your Boogie Man. This band is a melting pot. White and black and we didn't care. They were talented and they were funky. There is a Soul Train video with this band also.
if you want more of Mr. KC check out "I'm your boogie man", "That's the way I like it", or "Put a little love in your heart".
KC & The Sunshine Band were a hit machine. Hit after hit for a few years. KC was likely one of the highest paid entertainers of the 1970s.
I don't think so. Elvis was still at that time the highest paid entertainer.
@@dorindacunningham9452 You are correct about Elvis, but Ross did mention "one of..." not "the". He wasn't the King for nothing. 😀
Agreed!! LOVED them - soo many great hits. They are in my running play list. But I find myself wanting to stop and just DANCE! Lol
Unfortunately a large band has a huge overhead expense. Also dividing payroll up equally always left unhappy members who felt like they're worth more
Friday night at the roller rink. Disco balls and music ‼️
This was performed on American Bandstand.
In the mid 70's & 80's on Saturday morning, you watched American Bandstand & then Soul train.
😊😊😊😊😊
As well on the Midnight Special 🙂
MOSTLY 70DZ
American Bandstand = Soul Train - melanin... It was around from the 50's(?) Definitely preferred ST, even as a pre-teen white youth in the Deep South... (although I'll be honest, I'd have been happy with more Scooby-Doo, Johnny Quest, or Thundarr the Barbarian)
and you got up at 6 to watch cartoons
@@TheTybot3000 🤣 Absolutely!
KC and the Sunshine Band were on tv shows Midnight Special and Soul Train too. They had a lot of hit dance songs thru the 70s. Along with AWB, Wild Cherry and others, they were called Blue Eyed Soul back then. All their songs were catchy.
K.C. and the Sunshine Band were great back in the day I remember going dancing to this and also roller skating to it just great old school music.
American Bandstand was the original dance show that aired regularly in various versions from 1952 to 1989. Soul Train was the black version that focused on Black artists and music. After airing locally on WCIU-TV in Chicago, Illinois for a year, It aired in syndication from October 2, 1971, to March 25, 2006. Across its 36-year history the show primarily featured performances by R&B, soul, and hip hop artists.
Dick Clark hosted American Bandstand for years!! Every Saturday.
Britt should react to Dick's interview & performance with Captain & Tennille.
When i was kid in the 70s and early 80s; every saturday morning soul train came on right after band stand.
Well, let's come correct if we're gonna keep it a buck here, cool? The show most people know the name as "American Bandstand" did start in 1952. However, from '52 to '56 the TV show originally went by the name of simply "Bandstand." Which the original TV show host wasn't Dick Clark, it was originally hosted by a radio DJ named Bob Horn out of Philly. Clark replaced Horn just before the show was renamed to "American Bandstand." Just saying... +Peace Rock n' Roll 4 Your Souls My Friends+ 🤘😉🤘
They were both great 🎉
I remember a very wide mix on Soul Train.
This is a standard roller rink song. This & their song "I'm Your Boogie Man" (similarly catchy & the horn section is in sync in that video too--also bedazzled bell bottom pants). And yeah, the show is American Bandstand which was pretty much just like Soul Train but more Billboard top 40 pop music. And every week there would be a musical guest performing their latest hit. And they'd play new songs & have audience members rate if it was dance-able or not. The host was Dick Clark who hosted the New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square, NY I'm pretty sure until he died.
KC and the Sunshine Band's songs always filled up the dance floor. Thanks Britt!
Holiday song request - Home Free doing the song "Do You Hear What I Hear". It's spectacular!
This is my childhood darling, amused to see we all can appreciate good music no matter what time has passed and color of the artist. We all have rhythm and soul, some of us just don’t recognize it. Love over hate is easier to say than to live.
Love this band!! 🎉🎉🎉 To many hits to mention them all....❤❤❤❤
Kc And The Sunshine Bamd ia a band formed in 1973 in MIAMI FLORIDA and YES Wayne Casey is a white man that sings and make good funky music.
The show was called American Bandstand. I watched it every Saturday. It was usually followed by Soul Train so I head a great time Saturday mornings.
American Bandstand with Dick Clark was the "light-skinned" 😉version of (the much later) Soul Train. "AB" began in the early 50's where as "ST" first aired in 1970 😍. I loved them both, but (of course) one gave more play to people of colour than the other (for various reasons) 🧐.
Thank you for explaining.
If you were going to a school dance in the mid to late seventies you would dance to this song at least once. The band was very popular because they were easy to listen to and dance to. If you haven’t heard it yet the song “Play That Funky Music”, by Wild Cherry is a great song and another one that was popular at dances in the mid seventies.
KC killed in the 70s and still does today. He has some great dance songs that always got the party going
From back in the day when bands were entertainers as well as good musicians.
KC and the Sunshine Band is a deep rabbit hole!!!! Sooooo many hits! I'm Your Boogie Man, Get Down Tonight, so many others!!!! ❤❤❤❤
OMG! I have heard this song in so long. This was the song back when I was in high school! Thanks for giving this song some new life!
I hope we get to see some more KC and The Sunshine reactions soon. I love their use of horns in their music. Oh, the AB in the background tells us this is "American Bandstand" which actually predates "Soul Train".
This is straight from the depths of the Disco era. Its an iconic song.
Back then we had real music ❤❤❤
Love all KC’s hits!!
"I'm Your Boogie Man" was always my favorite when I was in high school; I kind of imagined that it could play in people's heads for about 10 seconds as I made a gliding entrance into a restaurant or a bar or something. 😂
Wow, Britt , someone who’s just discovering KC & The Sunshine Band, they had the dance floor rockin in the 70’s, hit after hit after hit from ‘75 to the early 80’s, their hot hits were a must for every party, club, house party, and was all over the radio, this was smokin hot! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥KC and The Sunshine Band still performs concerts today!
Get down tonight is really a great one. They really dance it up. They had a bunch of hits.
This performance was on the American Bandstand. Britt if you enjoyed this check out "Get Down Tonight" (Live).
Yeah, you can see the "A-B" logo even through the blurred out window.
Family reunions, cookouts, weddings, soil train lines....this song was & had to be playing...such a good time song with LEGENDS performing this
Love this song! My daughter used to make me dance with her to this.
BTW, Cody Johnson had a new album out titled Leather. Its good
Our college fraternity in 1976 started doing Beer Busts every Tuesday’s, where we rented a bar that had a large attached building. I recorded two 90 minute cassettes of nothing but dance music (disco’s we’re getting very big back then) and at 11:00 pm, we opened the door into the big room where we brought 4 big speakers, amplifier and cassette player and man, did the girls show up! We had at least four or five KC songs on those tapes, all which was basically disco music. We killed it for two years, as one night we went through 18 kegs! $5 all you could drink and dancing!
Earth, Wind & Fire vibes for sure!
His music is considered disco because of the era, but his influence is all blues music.
They were on American bandstand, that was a TV show back then that was hosted by Dick Clark.
Yeah Britt...theys integrated.......😂😂
Chase down thier hits...Get down tonight and Thats the way(I like it)...bit more upbeat and they were huge hits in thier time.
70s kid here, KC was a disco phenomenon..
Take me back to school, Britt. KC was popular in the Disco era of the 70s. Right along with platform shoes and polyester clothes
Your spot on hun...love it...tyty for your reaction🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
I too, you are awesome.
I so luv the vibe KC did with the music.
Not going have any negative thoughts, feelings, and just luv life🙂🫠💓
Yes we used to have actual musicians playing actual instruments
I’m Your Boogie Man is a must. I wish you had reacted to that one first, actually, for your first taste of KC and The Sunshine Band. 😊
Was this their American Bandstand performance? I actually watched this LIVE! Man, I feel old now.
great topic, my parents liked these topics, excellent video and reaction as always, girl from Uruguay 🇺🇾 greetings
Harry Wayne Casey is the 'KC' in the Sunshine Band. Wrote the music, made the arrangements, did the lead vocals and probably had a part in the choreography as well. Motown had one major white band on a subsidiary label that Barry Gordy named for the band. They were called Rare Earth.
❤ Rare Earth
Harry Wayne Casey
Thanks, I don't know why I always want to call him Mark. Will fix.@@Paladin70
Me too! Pete Rivera is one of my all time favorite (lead) singing drummers@@ShayAnnCan
My 15 yr old daughter can’t help but smile from ear to ear when she watches them perform Boogie Man on Top of the Pops. She wants pants like they are wearing. You should check that song out too. KC was very popular in the 70’s and early 80’s.
Welcome to the good old days, when bands actually played instruments and singers actually sang
This video came from American Bandstand ... It was the equivalent to Motown n Might night special n Soul Train. My mom was a teen dancing on American Bandstand in the 50s n 60s
Saw them live at Disney World back in 1980 for Grad Night (Schools all over the state of Florida went for a night where the park was open only to HS grads).
Lord, the times I danced to this in my bedroom, my hair brush was my mic. LOL
Britt they made many songs back in the day they filled the dance floor all the time good stuff keep it up thanks😊
My 2 year old grandson makes me dance with him to this all the time. He loves it, and so do I 🙂
The 70's is my sweet spot for groovin' music!
👍Old school goodness! 🖖❤
"I'm sure my mom knows who these people are." Haha.
This is the summer of 76' and SIX FLAGS OVER GEORGIA!!! Thanks for the great memories!!!!
Yes young lady KC was a legit band. They were disco when disco was king. With hit after hit
Funny you should mention, KC & The Sunshine BAND were on Soul Train doing a different song because they were a force in the 70's ❤
This was the first album I paid for with my own money. not ashamed
KC and the Sunshine Band were hot during the disco era. Also this was a performance on American Bandstand.
They are still touring I saw them in Jacksonville in September We had so much fun
This performance by KC and The Sunshine Band was done on American Bandstand. That's why the big AB is in the background. Dick Clark hosted Bandstand from the late 50's all the way to the 80's.
To move like that while playing a those horns. Hats off.
The soundtrack of the 70’s BABYYY!!! 🕺🪩💃🏻. Way back when I was old enough to get into clubs, this was a regular on the playlists of the 70’s theme nights they used to have in the clubs in my local area 👍😁
70’s band. Reminds me of summer down the shore😊
Beyond Awesome ❤️🔥
Guuurl, this is my childhood! 😂
I won my school talent show dancing to "Get Down Tonight" in 1978 🎶
Seriously, hit after hit from these guys!❤
KC is the white man. The quintessential disco band.
Back then teenagers were doing the “bump” at least that’s what my aunt and her friends were teaching me😂🎉
I used to dance in the club to KC & the Sunshine ! Great days & memories. KC is a white guy Britt
Growing up, we'd watch American Bandstand, in the afternoon, after school.
American Bandstand started in Philly in the 1950's
thanks for letting me know!
More KC. Get funky… I’m Your Boogie Man.
KC & The Sunshine Band still tour... a friend of mine is a brass player in the Cincinnati/Dayton area and he plays in their horn line every time they come to town. (It's cheaper for them to hire local musicians that to pay a horn line to travel with them.) --- Solid gold group, for sure!!
"Boogie shoes" was one of the songs from the movie "Saturday Night Fever".
As a small time old school DJ (weddings ) we used to play “Get Down Tonight” & Mix In with “Shake Your Booty” by KC & the Sunshine Band , which Filled the Dance Floor. Then we went into “One Nation Under a Groove” & “Flashlight” by Parliament Funcadelic. Good Times 💯
Your Mom sounds pretty cool ! KC , the lead singer, real name is Harry
the brothers with the brass are the heart of the band....... let's dance
KC & The Sunshine Band still playing those hits the Disco Era was magical so many good acts . they have lots more of great tunes u must explore even some of KC's songs have featured in tv commercials . ( brother KC that's brilliant )
Disco music! I love KC and the Sunshine band!
They are great!!
This is the Miami sound of the mid 70’s including The Bee Gees. One of the trumpet player Paul was my neighbor.
Seen this in a few movie/tv scenes. So catchy! ♥
My senior year high school trip to Disney, KC and the Sunshine Band and Peaches & Herb, were the groups playing! What a great memory!! SO MUCH FUN!!
He can still rock it live on stage. Got to see them a few years ago in Florida, playing all my favorites. I was shaking my bootie in my seat. I think my husband was embarrassed. LOL I have one of the t-shirts of one of the songs "That's the way I like it" KC is white yes great musician and singer. I was rocking with them back in the day down in Miami Florida where I was living at the time back in my hay day. hahaha
KC and band were one of the "Go To" Disco groups in the 70's.
American bandstand was the best way to see all the bands of the time
I've been to see KC and the Sunshine Band numerous times. I've met him twice. He's so good, and his Band is amazing. Last time I saw them was 2yrs ago and he STILL puts on a great show. My kids bought me a Jukebox from the 70s for Christmas this year, and many of their records are included. with many other great 70s songs.
It's Disco boogie baby oh yeah !
They were a local band where I was growing up. Mid 70's disco. Dance music...
One fav from the 70's
It's a classic for sure. KC and the Sunshine Band had about 5 hits and were at the top of the Pop/funk/RB charts as a cross over band.
Love k.c and the band. Grew up on this music as a white girl who loved r & b and funk. It just makes you wanna move and puts you in a good mood
My childhood dancing in the disco's of Melbourne Australia late 70's.
K.C. and the Sunshine Band were one of the best Disco-Funk groups in the day. This performance was on American Bandstand, but the played Soul Train as well.
That's from a show called American Bandstand. I believe Dick Clark hosted.
Its Disco, love These guys.
K C was on the top of all disco bands !
It's the wonderful disco era
This is American Bandstand and KC and the Sunshine Band was a real band. They had a boss horn section, fantastic background singers. The dance floor was FULL back in the day. Try I'm Your Boogie Man. This band is a melting pot. White and black and we didn't care. They were talented and they were funky. There is a Soul Train video with this band also.
That's the way I like it was one of their best!
American bandstand was the dance show they were on..I grew up in the 70s...not saying how old I am 😂😂😂😂
My absolute favorite in my 1970’s teenage years!
They were my first concert when I was 15 I am 60 now
Yes electric slide many times back in the day!
Thats when music was fun and easy to listen too.