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James "JT" Warren Taylor (born August 16, 1953) is an American singer who achieved fame as the lead singer of Kool & the Gang between 1979 and 1988. Taylor joined Kool & the Gang in 1979 and remained with the group for nine years. His tenure as lead singer was the most successful era in the band's history with the albums Ladies' Night (1979 ...
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 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.”
Kool & the Gang Musical artist Ronald Nathan Bell (November 1, 1951 – September 9, 2020), also known as Khalis Bayyan , [ 1 ] was an American composer, singer, songwriter, arranger, producer, saxophonist and co-founding member of Kool & the Gang .
Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas, a founding member of the long-running soul-funk band Kool & the Gang known for such hits as “Celebration” and “Get Down On It,” has died. Thomas was the alto ...
Robert Earl "Kool" Bell (born October 8, 1950), also known by the name Muhammad Bayyan, [1] is an American musician, singer & songwriter. He is the last surviving founding member of the American R&B , soul , funk and disco band Kool & the Gang .
Kool & the Gang Musical artist Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas (February 9, 1951 – August 7, 2021) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] was an American alto saxophone player, flautist , and percussionist , who was a founding member of R&B / soul / funk Kool & the Gang , and one of the few members to remain with the band for over 50 years, from its foundation in 1964 into the ...
Sennie "Skip" Martin III (born June 25, 1957, in San Francisco, California, U.S.) is an American musician, now based in Las Vegas.He is a lead vocalist, trumpet player, songwriter and producer who was formerly lead vocalist for Kool & The Gang (1988–2007) and the Dazz Band, winning a Grammy Award with the latter group for the song “Let It Whip”.