K-Jee | |
Type: | single |
Artist: | The Nite-Liters |
Album: | Morning, Noon & the Nite-Liters |
Released: | 1971 |
Recorded: | 1971 |
Studio: | RCA Mid-America Center, Chicago |
Genre: | Soul, funk |
Label: | RCA |
Producer: | Harvey Fuqua |
"K-Jee" is a 1971 instrumental song by American soul and funk band The Nite-Liters.[1] [2] [3] Written by Harvey Fuqua and Charlie Hearndon it charted in 1971 at No. 17 on the US Billboard R&B chart, and at No. 39 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4] The song gained some notoriety again when it was included on the successful Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in 1977, from the eponymous film.
Year | Single | Chart positions | ||
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width=40 | US | width=40 | US R&B | |
1971 | "K-Jee" | 39 | 17 | |
The instrumental has also appeared as a theme for newscasts presented on KMSP-TV in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, WKAB in Montgomery, Alabama, and WMAR-TV in Baltimore, Maryland.[6] It also used for Today In Chicago on WMAQ-TV in Chicago. It was also used by WTVM in Columbus, GA as the opening theme for their Action 9 News broadcast in the late 70s. In the early 80s, the start of the song was used as "bumper" music (going into the commercial break) on WICZ-TV 40 in Binghamton, NY.