Harry Wayne Casey

Harry Wayne Casey (born January 31, 1951), better known by his stage name KC, is an American record producer, musician, and songwriter. He is best known for his band, KC and the Sunshine Band. Casey has enjoyed success and recognition as a producer of several hits for other artists, and as a pioneer of the disco genre of the 1970s.

He grew up in Hialeah, Florida, and graduated from Hialeah High School in September 1969.

In January 1981, he survived a serious car crash when another car hit his vehicle head-on. He was left partially paralyzed for six months, and had to relearn how to walk, dance, and play the piano, but by the end of the year he was back in the recording studio.

In the 1990s and 2000s, he split his time between Miami Lakes, Florida, and Durham, North Carolina.

Biography summary from English Wikipedia, photograph via Wikimedia Commons.