I was totally unfamiliar with the music on them, aside from 'give it up' which I adore. I know this is an old thread, but I just recently bought the CD releases of 'all in a night's work' and 'the painter' and I like them very much. So, he's apparently not trying to hide anything in his day-to-day life, but publicly he's staying closed-mouth about his sexuality. In any case, there have been frequent sightings of KC at gay bars over the years, accompanied by young men. Then there was Rick's sex conviction, which had KC going into damage-control mode and distancing himself from Rick as much as possible, even saying that Rick was never an integral part of the band [[which is ridiculous). Rick had a HUGE role in the ground-breaking sound of those original albums, but I believe that most of the writing was done by KC. I personally believe that KC originally gave Rick that 50% share as a gift, and my theory is backed up by a former TK employee who was in the office the day KC came in and asked that Rick be given co-writing credits for all future songs. There was some legal ugliness after they split, when KC took back Rick's 50% of song rights, which Rick claims he was duped into relinquishing. Their relationship was known to those in the music business, but wasn't talked about openly in those days, presumably because it could be a career-ender. Rick and KC lived together for many years, in a house where KC still resides. He is gay, and apparently doesn't want to make this known to his [[mostly female) fans.

I never bought 'feeling you!.the 60s', because what I've heard of it on YouTube sounds pretty awful.Īs for your question about KC's private life, the reason there is so little info about his personal life, like the names of any women he's dated, is because there aren't any. Hopefully that will be released for digital download at some point in the future as well. I think 'space cadet: solo flight' was released recently for digital download [[but some of the tracks were released on CD as bonus tracks on the 1994 Rhino release of 'part 3.and more'). Is any of that true? I just find it very interesting that so little has been said about KC's personal life.I know this is an old thread, but I just recently bought the CD releases of 'all in a night's work' and 'the painter' and I like them very much. Does anyone know if KC is gay? What was his relationship with former KCSB member, Rick Finch? I read somewhere that it was widely known in music circles that KC and Finch were lovers during the heyday of the Sunshine Band, and that when they went their separate ways around 1980, KC sank into depression and had a hard time getting over this. With all this KC activity, I have a few questions about the personal KC. Hopefully 'Space Cadet' and 'KC Ten' will follow. I am a huge fan and look so forward to having these albums on CD. Columbia Artist Denise Williams says that Arnold is directly responsible for her loss of pop radio exposure and sales in the early 80s, while she was originally a pop artist at the label.įunky Time Grooves is in the process of re-issuing the two KC & The Sunshine Band albums recorded for and released on Epic records in the early '80's, and there is also a new KC album 'Feeling You - The 1960's' that came out in March. he did the same thing at Capitol Records in the 70s. I think part of the problem at Epic may have been Larkin Arnold, who believed that Black artists should be marketed to Black radio, and White artists marketed to pop radio. 'Please Don't Go', 'Betcha Didn't Know That', and his duet with Teri DeSario on Casablanca influenced that move, even though the title track was issued as the lead-off single. But, the band had already started the change in direction with the 'Do You Wanna Go Party' album, released in 1979 on the T.K.

The band would have fallen a bit in mainstream popularity, but they would have been right in with Dazz Band, Cameo, and Con Funk Shun, who were still having hits. I expect KC intentionally changed directions a little bit as the 80's started and the disco period faded away.Of course! But, he could have taken the other path of becoming more R&B/funk. They were more pop than soul a little different from the TK releases. As for the Epic albums, I personally loved them.

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