So that means a double dose of “DWTS” this week, starting Monday, October 7, with “Soul Train Night” and ... set to "Get Down On It" by Kool and the Gang in which the six-time Mirror ...

Michael Sumler, who spent years working with the venerable soul-funk group Kool & the Gang as both an onstage hype man and a behind-the-scenes stylist, died Sunday in a car crash in Georgia. He ...

NEW YORK (AP) — You can call the music of Kool & the Gang funky or R&B ... The group was honored with a BET Soul Train Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014 and inducted into the Songwriters ...

Chuck D inducted Kool & the Gang, saying "This is a long-due celebration ... who is credited with creating a completely new category of music - hip-hop soul. The nine-time Grammy-winner's ...

Michael Sumler, who worked alongside funk legends Kool & the Gang as their band's hypeman and was known as "Chicago Mike," died at age 71.

Kool & The Gang won a Grammy in 1979 for their work on Saturday Night Fever, and have won five American Music Awards and the Soul Train Music Legend Award. It was their fourth album, ...

Kool & the Gang's Michael Sumler was killed in a car crash just outside Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday, local media reported. Also known as "Chicago Mike," the 71-year-old died at the scene just ...

Everyone here at Kool & the Gang has fond memories of Mike and will miss him. May he rest in peace." Sumler's death comes one year after the iconic R&B, funk and soul band, known for hits like ...

Last year, Kool & the Gang released a new album, “People Just Wanna Have Fun,” with the first single the infectious, happy “Let’s Party,” featuring vocals from Sha Sha Jones.

Michael Sumler, Kool & the ... from Kool & the Gang, stylist and dancer. Thank you Mike for always supporting Con Funk Shun. We had no idea that Sunday night's Love's Train would be your last ...