Released in October 1976, Part 3 captured KC And The Sunshine Band at the height of their chart run, bringing together “(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty”, “I’m Your Boogie Man” and “Keep It Comin’ Love”.
by Paul Cashmere
KC And The Sunshine Band’s Part 3 reaches its 50th anniversary in October 2026, marking half a century since the Florida funk and disco group released one of the most commercially significant albums of their career. Produced by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch, the TK Records album became the home of three songs that would define the group’s place in the disco era: “(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty”, “I’m Your Boogie Man” and “Keep It Comin’ Love”.
Released on October 1, 1976, Part 3 followed The Sound Of Sunshine from 1975 and preceded Who Do Ya (Love) in 1978. At just 28 minutes and 44 seconds, it was a compact record, but its eight tracks produced an extraordinary run of singles that extended well beyond the album’s initial release.
The first major single, “(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty”, became the group’s third number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and also topped the US Hot Soul Singles chart. Written by Casey and Finch, the track reduced its central message to an irresistible rhythmic instruction, with the word “shake” repeated throughout the chorus.
Part 3’s next major chapter came with “I’m Your Boogie Man”, released as a single in 1977. The song again reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, extending the group’s run of mainstream success.
Its story is particularly tied to the band’s early history. Richard Finch said the song was written about Miami radio DJ Robert W. Walker, who had been the first DJ to give airplay to KC And The Sunshine Band’s “Get Down Tonight”. What might have been a simple dance record therefore carried a specific connection to the local radio support that helped establish the group.
The third major single from Part 3, “Keep It Comin’ Love”, followed in 1977 and peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. It did reach number one on the US Hot Soul Singles chart, while also becoming an international hit.
The song was held from the top of the Billboard Hot 100 by two very different records, Meco’s “Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band” and Debby Boone’s “You Light Up My Life”. In Australia, “Keep It Comin’ Love” reached number 28.
The album had already demonstrated its singles potential with “I Like To Do It” and “Wrap Your Arms Around Me”, both of which also received single releases. “I Like To Do It” generated contemporary praise from Record World, which observed that the group’s chart momentum was continuing with the song.
Behind the record was the creative partnership of Casey and Finch, who wrote all eight original Part 3 tracks. Casey handled keyboards and vocals, while Finch played bass, drums and percussion. The wider recording lineup included guitarist Jerome Smith, drummer Robert Johnson, percussionists Fermin Goytisolo and Oliver C. Brown, trumpet players Ken Faulk and Vinnie Tanno, saxophonists Mike Lewis and Whit Sidener, and backing vocalists Beverly Champion, Margaret Reynolds and Jeanette Williams.
The album’s original running order began with “Baby I Love You (Yes, I Do)” before moving through “Wrap Your Arms Around Me”, “I Like To Do It” and “(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty”. The second side continued with “Let’s Go Party”, “Come On In”, “I’m Your Boogie Man” and “Keep It Comin’ Love”.
Part 3 was subsequently revisited in expanded form. Rhino remastered the album in 1994 as Part 3…And More, adding eight bonus tracks, including “Por Favor No Te Veyas (Please Don’t Go)”, several KC recordings and a Tom Moulton mix of “Get Down Tonight”. Big Break Records issued another remastered version with bonus material in 2012, including single versions of “I’m Your Boogie Man” and “Keep It Comin’ Love”.
Fifty years after its original release, Part 3 remains notable not simply because it contains several of KC And The Sunshine Band’s biggest songs, but because those songs continued to move between formats, charts, soundtracks and generations of listeners.
The album’s three major singles each took a different route to the top, but together they document the period when Casey, Finch and KC And The Sunshine Band were turning the dancefloor into one of the most commercially powerful spaces in popular music.
Tracklisting:
1. “Baby I Love You (Yes, I Do)”
2. “Wrap Your Arms Around Me”
3. “I Like to Do It”
4. “(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty”
5. “Let’s Go Party”
6. “Come on In”
7. “I’m Your Boogie Man”
8. “Keep It Comin’ Love”
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