ANDERSON, Ind. —
Harry Wayne Casey, known to disco dancers as the KC of KC and the Sunshine Band, ended a recent phone interview with a tagline.
First off, he was eager to perform at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino on Saturday.
“I can’t wait to do the thing I love to do and be there and do it. because that’s the way, un-huh, I like it,” he laughed.
Of course, he was referring to his hit song of 1975, “That’s the Way I Like It,” a provocative number released during the disco age. Back then, the “uh-huhs” were sexy.
In the chorus, Casey sings the title followed by a male agreeing twice with “uh-huh” and a female responding with the same.
KC and the Sunshine band will perform two shows at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino in Anderson. Ticket information is available through www.hoosierpark.com.
Performances are set for 7:30 and 10 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4. He brings a full band and plays his hits.
“Uh-huh,” recalled Casey in a phone interview from his Miami, Fla., home.
“I tamed them down. They were really like moans and groans and stuff when I was originally recording them.”
On the first take, the voices clearly sound like the singers are passionate, Casey acknowledged.
“I thought this is a little bit too risque for the time period and what was going on. So I cleaned them up to be ‘uh-huhs’.”
In November 1975, the song became KC’s second No. 1 hit, following “Get Down Tonight” in 1974.
His third No. 1 would be “Shake Shake Shake (Shake Your Booty)” in September 1976 — one of the first disco hits to specifically instruct dancers what part of the body they should be moving.
“There’s a lot more depth to that than anybody thinks about,” said Casey of “Shake Shake Shake.”
“It was built out of going to shows and looking out at the audience and seeing people with their arms crossed and afraid to get out and have a good time.
“It was kind of a song saying, you know, don’t fight the feeling. Give yourself a chance. Shake your ass, you know?
“As simple as the lyrics were there was a message to people,” he said.
The word “shake” is sung more than 86 times although Casey said he hadn’t counted.
“But I heard it’s pretty close to ‘My Sharona’s’ my-my-my-my-my,” he said.
Contact Scott L. Miley, 648-4230, scott.miley@heraldbulletin.com
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