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Kool & The Gang's Michael Sumler has passed away at 71, following a car crash over the weekend in in Georgia's Cobb County.
In April, it was announced that Kool & the Gang, top right, would be among the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees this fall. Other inductees include Suzanne de Passe, Ozzy Osbourne and Peter ...
EXCLUSIVE: AllHipHop had a chance to not only meet Kool & the Gang’s namesake, Robert “Kool” Bell, and fellow member J.T. Taylor but also got to ask them about sampling. Par for the course ...
It was 1978, and nearly a decade into their recording career, Kool & the Gang — the once-dominant jazz and funk group whose biggest hits propelled clubs all over the world — were at a low point.
NEW YORK (AP) — You can call the music of Kool & the Gang funky or R&B, soulful or disco, pop or dance. What you cannot call it is partisan. When Iowa’s delegation at this summer’s ...
Floyd Amphitheater. This year's event will be headlined by Kool and the Gang, known for hits like "Celebration" and "Get Down On It." Tickets are free but required for entry and can be reserved ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Kool & The Gang, which will be inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday in Cleveland, is one of those bands that many folks, even funk and R&B aficionados can take ...
STAMFORD — Grammy-winning R&B band and 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Kool & The Gang will perform at the 13th annual Stamford Palace Theatre gala on May 16. Stamford residents may ...
Tickets go on sale Friday. By Mesfin Fekadu Joe Walsh has recruited Eric Church, Kool & the Gang and Toto for his eighth annual VetsAid concert. The event, where Walsh will also perform ...
Warwick, who lives in South Orange, was one of two New Jersey inductees honored at this year’s ceremony — the other was Jersey City’s Kool & the Gang. While Warwick was originally nominated ...
Tia Sinclair — Kool & The Gang’s manager and widow of founding member Ronald “Khalis” Bell — planned the party, and the celebration took inspiration from the band’s “Wild & Peaceful ...