Unlike many of their peers, Kool & the Gang transitioned effortlessly into the 1980s, augmenting the funk-jazz fusion they pioneered with a smoother pop sound that yielded hits like “Celebration,” ...
Just before disco reached mainstream status in 1974 with the Hues Corporation’s “Rock the Boat,” live funk bands dominated at clubs in many urban markets. The bump was a dance rage, and Kool & the ...
The funk classics of Kool and the Gang have found eternal life in everything from stadium pump-up songs to hip-hop samples to wedding parties. Yet more than 50 years after forming, the group itself ...
CANTON "Celebrate good times, COME ON!" Truer words were never spoken as Kool & the Gang, that timeless funk-soul machine, delivered the goods and then some Friday night at Canton Memorial Civic ...
A lot of kids who grew up listening to Kool & the Gang are now grandparents. The creators of such classics as “Jungle Boogie,” “Hollywood Swinging,” “Ladies’ Night,” “Take it to the Top” and ...
The funk classics of Kool and the Gang have found eternal life in everything from stadium pump-up songs to hip-hop samples to wedding parties. Yet more than 50 years after forming, the group itself ...