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KC and the Sunshine Band

American disco and funk band
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KC and the Sunshine Band

Summary

KC and the Sunshine Band is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,601 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • KC and the Sunshine Band received the Grammy Award for Album of the Year[3].
  • KC and the Sunshine Band received the star on Hollywood Walk of Fame[4].
  • KC and the Sunshine Band's instance of is recorded as musical group[5].
  • KC and the Sunshine Band's genre is funk[6].
  • KC and the Sunshine Band's genre is disco[7].
  • KC and the Sunshine Band's record label is recorded as ZYX Music[8].
  • KC and the Sunshine Band's record label is recorded as Epic Records[9].
  • KC and the Sunshine Band's record label is recorded as Rhino Entertainment Company[10].
  • KC and the Sunshine Band's record label is recorded as TK Records[11].
  • KC and the Sunshine Band's discography is recorded as KC and the Sunshine Band discography[12].
  • KC and the Sunshine Band's Commons category is recorded as KC & the Sunshine Band[13].
  • KC and the Sunshine Band's country of origin is recorded as United States[14].
  • KC and the Sunshine Band comprises Harry Wayne Casey[15].
  • 1973 marks the founding of KC and the Sunshine Band[16].
  • KC and the Sunshine Band's location of formation is recorded as Miami[17].
  • KC and the Sunshine Band's official website is recorded as http://www.kcsbonline.com[18].
  • KC and the Sunshine Band's official website is recorded as https://heykcsb.com/[19].
  • KC and the Sunshine Band's topic's main category is recorded as Category:KC and the Sunshine Band[20].
  • KC and the Sunshine Band's nominated for is recorded as Grammy Award for Best New Artist[21].
  • KC and the Sunshine Band's nominated for is recorded as Juno Award for Best Selling Single[22].
  • KC and the Sunshine Band's nominated for is recorded as Juno Award for Best Selling Single[23].
  • KC and the Sunshine Band's nominated for is recorded as Grammy Award for Album of the Year[24].
  • KC and the Sunshine Band's topic has template is recorded as Template:KC and the Sunshine Band[25].
  • KC and the Sunshine Band's start of work period is recorded as 1973[26].
  • KC and the Sunshine Band's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'KC and the Sunshine Band'}[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[28]

  • Country: US[29]

  • Began / founded: 1973[30]

  • Genre(s): dance-pop, disco, funk, pop, pop soul[31]

  • Community tags: dance-pop, disco, funk, pop, pop soul[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 76a5a114-ed6a-4eb6-8a81-ad5768d4b41c[33]

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Founding

1973 marks the founding of KC and the Sunshine Band[16]. Its location of formation is recorded as Miami[17].

Recognition

Awards received include Grammy Award for Album of the Year[3], a class of award[34], in United States[35], founded in 1959[36] and star on Hollywood Walk of Fame[4], a commemorative plaque[37], in United States[38].

Why It Matters

KC and the Sunshine Band ranks in the top 1% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,601 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

FAQs

What awards did KC and the Sunshine Band receive?

Honors received include Grammy Award for Album of the Year[3] and star on Hollywood Walk of Fame[4].

Related Entities

Epic Records United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . AllMusic. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . AllMusic. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . rockonthenet.com. rockonthenet.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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