So when I started doing the first record, I used whatever studio musicians were around at the time. And the guitar player and the drummer were actually musicians at TK. Q: When ‘Get Down Tonight’ took off, did you already have a live band for shows, or did you have to get it together quickly?Ī: In the very beginning, I worked with a local band that toured with Betty Wright. Just all those years that I believed in what I wanted to do, and that’s all I dreamed about, and it was actually happening. So that meant now I’ve just written two million-selling records, almost back to back – ‘Rock Your Baby’ and “Get Down Tonight.’ So that meant a lot. 1, I came from a label that had one-hit wonders pretty much. Q: How did the huge success of ‘Get Down Tonight’ feel to you?Ī: It meant a lot of things, because No. And I went to Henry (Stone, co-owner and president of TK Records), and said, ‘Henry, this is a hit song, what’s happening?’ He says, ‘Don’t worry about it,’ and then next thing you know, five weeks later it was No. That went right on the Billboard chart and then fell off. It just had some kind of mystical, magical sound. I just remember that when the song, when I finished it, like it was the most unbelievable song that I’d ever heard. Q: Such a great groove, tell me how that one emerged.Ī: I had a working title for ‘Tonight’ which was ‘All You Want Is What You Get,’ and then at some point I changed it to ‘Get Down Tonight.’ The process of writing a song was pretty regular for me. So then it was time to do another record, that’s when ‘Get Down Tonight’ happened. And he heard this song called ‘Queen of Clubs.’ He said, ‘That’s a hit…,’ and he took it back to Europe and it became a huge hit, like No. When did it really take off for KC and the Sunshine Band?Ī: The guy that was putting the records out in the UK came over and wanted to know if we had any more KC songs done. And you wrote a big hit, “Rock Your Baby,” for George McRae. Q: Your first single, “Blow Your Whistle,” made the Top 20 on the R&B charts and did well in Europe.

So I was around a certain part of the business, but never directly involved. A lot of my family put out gospel records and stuff like that. From an early age, I just always wanted to be an entertainer or wanted to be in show business.

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