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K.C. & the Sunshine Band, led by Harry Wayne Casey, brought a bit of male bravado to the predominantly diva-led disco scene. K.C. and company incorporated a Caribbean feel to their music, with swelling–and staccato–horn parts and multi-layered vocals. The repetition of the choruses of “Shake Your Booty” and “That’s the Way (I Like It)” had every gold-chain wearing male on the dance floor singing along. While these hits, and “Get Down Tonight”, are now disco cultural reference points, “Sound Your Funky Horn”, a minor hit earlier in the band’s career, has more of an island feel to it. Best of K.C. & the Sunshine Band provides a fairly broad sampling of the Sunshine Band’s music, including “Keep It Comin’ Love”, “I’m Your Boogie Man”, and the tropical funk of “Boogie Shoes”. –Steve Gdula