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Kool & the Gang is an American R&B, soul, and funk band formed in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1964. Its founding members include brothers Robert "Kool" Bell and Ronald Bell (also known as "Khalis Bayyan"), Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas , Robert "Spike" Mickens, Charles Smith , George Brown, Woodrow "Woody" Sparrow, and Ricky Westfield.
Kool & the Gang Spin Their Top Hits — — — — — 1983 Twice as Kool: The Hits of Kool & the Gang — — — — — 4 UK: Gold [13] 1984 The Very Best of Kool & the Gang: Let's Go Dancing — — — — 21 — Disques Vogue: 1988 Everything's Kool & the Gang: Greatest Hits & More: 109 58 — 17 73 — Mercury: The Singles Collection ...
The year of its release, the band played at a record store to promote Everybody's Dancin'. [where?] When nobody showed up for the performance, the band was "humiliated". [citation needed] Ronald Bell recalled that a teenager visiting the store told the band "something they all vaguely sensed": that despite the success of "Jungle Boogie" (1973), "Hollywood Swinging" (1974), and "Funky Stuff ...
Kool & the Gang Robert "Kool" Bell – bass guitar, drums, electric guitar, keyboard, tenor saxophone , backing vocals Ronald Bell – mixing , production , executive production
Light of Worlds is the fifth studio album, and seventh album of new material by the American R&B group Kool & the Gang.Released in 1974, it was later remastered by Polygram and was a second success for the band, reaching number 16 in the R&B chart and number 63 in the pop chart.
"For over 50 years, Kool & the Gang have been essential innovators of funk, soul, disco, and R&B, creating rock 'n roll's most danceable anthems," reads the band's Rock Hall official bio.
Kool & the Gang had 12 Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 including the 1980 chart-topper “Celebration” as well as “Cherish,” “Get Down On It,” “Ladies Night” and “Joanna.”
Forever is the seventeenth studio album by the funk band Kool & the Gang, released in 1986.The album included two major hits on the US Hot 100 Chart: "Victory" (US #10, R&B #2) and "Stone Love" (US #10, R&B #4).