“That still sticks with me to this day.” 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 ...

It’s a testament to just how popular these songs were ... relied heavily on Kool & the Gang’s 1974 smash “Summer Madness.” “We did ‘Summer Madness ‘ and Will Smith called it ...

Kool and the Gang was officially launched in 1969. The band is known for its unique jazz, R&B, soul, and funk blend. With iconic songs like "Celebration," "Jungle Boogie," and "Get Down On ...

STAMFORD — Grammy-winning R&B band and 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Kool & The Gang will perform at the ... group as the musicians behind hit songs like "Celebration," which was ...

PERHAPS ONE OF THE GREATEST CELEBRATORY SONGS IN HISTORY BY TIME TO COME ... I FEEL LIKE THEY MIGHT TAKE MY CARD IF I GET IT WRONG. KOOL AND THE GANG. RIGHT. YEAH. IT’S THAT COOL IN THE GAME.

It’s a pretty smooth collection of adult contemporary R&B songs and the versatile Brown, who at various points played keyboards with Kool & The Gang, played most of the album’s instruments ...

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 ... with the 1974 hit “Hollywood ...

Talib Kweli performed two new songs as well, we’re told ... Tia Sinclair — Kool & The Gang’s manager and widow of founding member Ronald “Khalis” Bell — planned the party, and the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — You can call the music of Kool & the Gang funky or R&B ... one of the wake-up songs was “Celebration.” That party-time juggernaut was inducted into the Grammy Hall of ...

"That still sticks with me to this day." Taylor had covered some Kool & the Gang songs in his early years, and at one point, ...