Sunday December 5, 2021 “Please Don’t Go” KC & the Sunshine Band
Formed in 1973 by record store employee Harry Wayne Casey in Hialeah, FL KC & the Sunshine Band would tap into the disco moment with a string of top ten dance tunes. Casey would have a number one hit before the Sunshine Band with a song he wrote, “Rock Your Baby” that was recorded and released by George McCrea.
Please Don't Go" was KC & The Sunshine Band's first love ballad, and the last of their incredible five number one hits in the United States. Like all their hits, it was written by their bass player/producer Rick Finch and frontman Harry Wayne Casey.
Here’s some background on this unusual song from disco songwriter Casey, "Near the end of 1978, I was kind of anti-disco believe it or not, and I was trying to change a little bit from 'That's The Way (I Like It)' and 'Shake Your Booty' and all that and I was in the studio waiting for the next session to start, I'm sitting at the piano and I just start playing these chords, and I remember how beautiful they were. I decided that was the song I was going to record that day, and that became 'Please Don't Go'.”
The group has had six top ten singles, five number one singles and a number two single on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and has sold almost one hundred million records worldwide.
Stay safe and well...and I never knew what these guys looked like, now I’m sorry I do.
Guitar chords: D Bm7 C G