Music Trivia Quiz #9 Answers

1. How did KC get his stage name?: His last name is Casey
2. What city did KC grow up in?: Hialeah, Florida
3. What record label did KC and the Sunshine Band record for? TK
4. What word, signifying Bahamian music, was originally part of the band's name?: Junkanoo
5. Who did KC write most of his songs with? Original Sunshine Band bass player Richard Finch
6. To whom does the title "Shotgun Shuffle" refer to?: The band's original drummer, Robert "Shotgun" Johnson
7. In what year did KC and the Sunshine Band have its first Number 1 hit in the United States?: 1975
8. And what was that song?: Get Down Tonight
9. What original member of the band was born outside (but not very far outside) the United States? Percussionist Fermin Goytisolo, who still records and tours with the band, was born in Havana, Cuba
10. KC and the Sunshine Band was nominated for the Best New Artist Grammy Award, but didn't win. Who did?: Natalie Cole
11. What is the title of KC and the Sunshine Band's forgotten first album?: Do It Good
12. Who was the band's original guitarist?: Jerome Smith
13. What was the band's only Number 1 hit in 1976?: Shake Your Booty
14. Which KC and the Sunshine Band song was featured in the movie Saturday Night Fever? Boogie Shoes
15. Which of these songs: "I'm Your Boogie Man?" "That's the Way I Like It," or "Keep It Comin' Love" was NOT a Number 1 hit?: Keep It Comin' Love
16. What was the band's final Number 1 hit?: Please Don't Go
17. What was the band's only Number 1 hit in Great Britain? Hint: It was released in the United States using only the name KC.: Give It Up

Bonus: What British singer/drummer was born on the exact same day as KC, January 31, 1951?: Phil Collins

Super Bonus, for musicians only: What is musically unusual about the five KC and the Sunshine Band Number 1 songs?: The songs with the upbeat, positive lyrics: Get Down Tonight, That's the Way I Like It, Shake Your Booty, and I'm Your Boogie Man are all pitched in minor keys. The song with the sad lyrics, Please Don't Go, is pitched in a major key. (Well, I thought it was unusual, anyways!)




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Becky's Island Music Trivia Quiz #9 - 4/25/01 KC and the Sunshine Band Answers 1. How did KC get his stage name?: His last name is Casey 2. What city did KC grow up in?: Hialeah, Florida 3. What record label did KC and the Sunshine Band record for? TK 4. What word, signifying Bahamian music, was originally part of the band's name?: Junkanoo 5. Who did KC write most of his songs with? Original Sunshine Band bass player Richard Finch 6. To whom does the title "Shotgun Shuffle" refer to?: The band's original drummer, Robert "Shotgun" Johnson 7. In what year did KC and the Sunshine Band have its first Number 1 hit in the United States?: 1975 8. And what was that song?: Get Down Tonight 9. What original member of the band was born outside (but not very far outside) the United States? Percussionist Fermin Goytisolo, who still records and tours with the band, was born in Havana, Cuba 10. KC and the Sunshine Band was nominated for the Best New Artist Grammy Award, but didn't win. Who did?: Natalie Cole 11. What is the title of KC and the Sunshine Band's forgotten first album?: Do It Good 12. Who was the band's original guitarist?: Jerome Smith 13. What was the band's only Number 1 hit in 1976?: Shake Your Booty 14. Which KC and the Sunshine Band song was featured in the movie Saturday Night Fever? Boogie Shoes 15. Which of these songs: "I'm Your Boogie Man?" "That's the Way I Like It," or "Keep It Comin' Love" was NOT a Number 1 hit?: Keep It Comin' Love 16. What was the band's final Number 1 hit?: Please Don't Go 17. What was the band's only Number 1 hit in Great Britain? Hint: It was released in the United States using only the name KC.: Give It Up Bonus: What British singer/drummer was born on the exact same day as KC, January 31, 1951?: Phil Collins Super Bonus, for musicians only: What is musically unusual about the five KC and the Sunshine Band Number 1 songs?: The songs with the upbeat, positive lyrics: Get Down Tonight, That's the Way I Like It, Shake Your Booty, and I'm Your Boogie Man are all pitched in minor keys. The song with the sad lyrics, Please Don't Go, is pitched in a major key. (Well, I thought it was unusual, anyways!)
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