Kool & The Gang's Michael Sumler has passed away at 71, following a car crash over the Memorial Day weekend in Georgia's Cobb ...

She has been working at PEOPLE for 17 years. Donald Kravitz/Getty Michael Sumler, a member of R&B band Kool & the Gang, has died. He was 71. In a statement shared with PEOPLE, the musical group ...

Kool & the Gang are officially marking their 60 th anniversary ... He laughs at his initial reaction, which was to say, “Really?” “But I thought about it, and I said ‘Lionel Richie with ...

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 ...

"They finally recognized us," said Robert "Kool" Bell about Kool & the Gang's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction. Getty Images for The Buoniconti Fund To Cure Paralysis Kool & the Gang have ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...