Barbados (Typically Tropical song) Barbados (Typically Tropical song) "Barbados" was a UK Number 1 single released in May 1975 by Typically Tropical. "Barbados" entered the UK Singles Chart at number 37 in late June 1975, and five weeks later was at Number 1 for a week. In total, "Barbados" spent eleven weeks on the chart. The track also reached Number 1 on the Irish Singles Chart, Number 1 on the South African Singles Chart, and 20 on the Australian Singles Chart (Kent Music Report). The track was later released on an album in 1975 by Gull Records. The album was named "Barbados Sky". Follow-up
KC and the Sunshine Band was a hit in the UK, peaking at #7, and they went on a tour there in 1975. With the release of the self-titled second album "KC and the Sunshine Band" in 1975 came the group's first major U.S. hit with "Get Down Tonight". It topped the R&B chart in April and hit number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in August. "That's the Way (I Like It)" also became a number one hit in November 1975 and the group did well at the 1976 Grammy Awards. The 1976 album "Part 3" yielded two number one singles: "I'm Your Boogie