Taylor had covered some Kool & the Gang songs in his early years, and at one point, Fillet of Soul got to open for the band. He tried to meet them, but says security wouldn’t let him backstage.

Taylor had covered some Kool & the Gang songs in his early years, and at one point, Fillet of Soul got to open for the band. He tried to meet them, but says security wouldn't let him backstage.

“It just flowed. And we’re just grooving.” Over nearly six decades, Kool & the Gang have released 25 albums and toured worldwide, playing Live Aid in 1985 and Glastonbury in 2011.

The R&B group that formed 60 years ago in 1964 will be reveling in their own “good times” when they are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday in Cleveland, Ohio.

George Brown, a founding member of Kool & the Gang who played drums with the band and co-wrote such enduring standards as “Celebration,” “Jungle Boogie” and “Ladies Night,” died of ...

Kool & the Gang Talk Songwriters Hall of Fame, Reunion With James ‘JT’ Taylor After 25 Years In a night of so many celebratory moments, it was a subtle but exceedingly profound lightning bolt ...