KC Ten
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KC Ten is the tenth studio album released in early 1984 by KC and the Sunshine Band
KC and the Sunshine Band
KC and the Sunshine Band is an American musical group. Founded in 1973 in Miami, Florida, their style has included funk, R&B, and disco. Their most well known songs include the disco hits "That's the Way ", " Shake Your Booty", "I'm Your Boogie Man", "Keep It Comin' Love", "Get Down Tonight", "Give...

. The album was co-produced by Harry Casey
Harry Wayne Casey
Harry Wayne "K.C." Casey is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and producer. He is most famous for his group, KC and the Sunshine Band, and as a producer of several hits for other artists.-Early years:...

, Miami-based producer/musician/songwriter/media personality Robert W. Walker, and Ron Taylor. Give It Up
Give It Up (KC song)
"Give It Up" was a hit song for KC and the Sunshine Band, although it was simply credited as KC in many countries, including the US. Following the backlash against many disco artists on the charts at the beginning of the 1980s, the song was a comeback hit for the act in the US, where it peaked at...

 was also placed on this album and became a US hit.

The band disbanded after this album was released; ten years would pass before the band was reformed.

Track listing

  1. "Give It Up
    Give It Up (KC song)
    "Give It Up" was a hit song for KC and the Sunshine Band, although it was simply credited as KC in many countries, including the US. Following the backlash against many disco artists on the charts at the beginning of the 1980s, the song was a comeback hit for the act in the US, where it peaked at...

    " (Harry Wayne Casey. D. Carter) – 4:03
  2. "Are You Ready?" (H. W. Casey) – 3:04
  3. "On the Top" (H. W. Casey, J. Simmel, R. Walker) – 3:34
  4. "Don't Break My Heart" (H. W. Casey, H. King) – 3:11
  5. "Nobody Knows" (H. W. Casey) – 3:50
  6. "Uptight Everythings Alright" (Henry Crosby, Stevie Judkins, Rose Sylvia Moy)] – 3:27
  7. "Too High" (H. W. Casey, R. Walker) – 3:34
  8. "Don't Let Go" (H. W. Casey) – 4:36
  9. "In My World" (H. W. Casey) - 3:37
  10. "Let's Get Together" (H. W. Casey, P. Rodriguez, D. Carter) – 3:03
  11. "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
    Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
    "Thank You " is a 1969 hit single recorded by Sly and the Family Stone, recognized as one of the greatest and most influential funk songs of all time. The song, double a-sided with "Everybody Is a Star", reached number one on the soul single charts for five weeks, and reached number one on the...

    " (Sylvester Stewart) – 4:53

Personnel

  • Harry Wayne Casey
    Harry Wayne Casey
    Harry Wayne "K.C." Casey is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and producer. He is most famous for his group, KC and the Sunshine Band, and as a producer of several hits for other artists.-Early years:...

     – keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

    , vocal
  • Emeridge Jones – keyboards
  • Ellis Parker Jr. – keyboards
  • Ron Taylor – keyboards
  • James Magnole – guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

  • Jerome Smith – guitar
  • George Terry
    George Terry
    George E. Terry is an American blues rock and rock and roll guitarist most known for his live and studio work with Eric Clapton during the 1970s and studio work with a long list of artists...

     – guitar
  • Steve Argy – bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Gary King – bass guitar
  • Joe Galdo - drums
  • Fermin Goytisolo – percussion
  • Phil Rodriguez – percussion
  • Ricky Webb – percussion
  • Ken Faulk – trumpet
    Trumpet
    The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...

  • Eugene Timmons – saxophone
    Saxophone
    The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

  • Deborah Carter – background vocals
  • Denise King – background vocals
  • Margaret Reynolds – background vocals
  • Jeanette Williams – background vocals
  • Betty Wright
    Betty Wright
    Bessie Regina Norris, better known by her stage name, Betty Wright , is a Grammy winning Miami-based soul and R&B singer-songwriter, who won fame in the 1970s with hits such as "Clean Up Woman" and "Tonight Is the Night"...

    – background vocals
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