ALBUMVIP (feat. Ami Miller) - SingleKool & The Gang
Albums by Kool & The Gang
ALBUMPeople Just Wanna Have FunKool & The Gang
ALBUMKool for the HolidaysKool & The Gang
ALBUMState of AffairsKool & The Gang
ALBUMSweatKool & The Gang
ALBUMForeverKool & The Gang
ALBUMEmergencyKool & The Gang
ALBUMIn the HeartKool & The Gang
ALBUMAs OneKool & The Gang
ALBUMSomething SpecialKool & The Gang
ALBUMCelebrate!Kool & The Gang
Kool & The Gang's Popular Music Videos
Fresh
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Celebration
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Cherish
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Get Down On It
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Joanna
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Emergency
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Let's Party (feat. Sha Sha Jones) [Official Music Video]
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Take My Heart
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Stone Love
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Hi De Hi Hi De Ho
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Artist Playlists
Kool & The Gang Essentials
These hitmakers wed body-moving funk to sleek disco-pop.
Kool & The Gang: Sampled
Their original tunes have been the source material for some of modern music’s biggest hits.
Inspired by Kool & The Gang
Their funky disco-soul influenced generations of party starters.
Kool & The Gang: Deep Cuts
Look beyond the R&B hits to find their roots in soul jazz.
Artist Biography
After finding success as a gritty funk band in the mid-’70s, Kool & The Gang reinvented themselves with a poppier sound and scored massive hits like songs like “Ladies’ Night,” “Cherish,” and the timeless party jam “Celebration.”
• In 1964, Robert “Kool” Bell, his brother Ronald, and their friends Clifford Adams, Charles Smith, Woody Sparrow, Robert “Spike” Mickens, Dennis “D.T.” Thomas, Ricky West, and Funky George Brown formed The Jazziacs in Jersey City, New Jersey.
• They became Kool & the Gang in 1969 and released their self-titled debut album the following year.
• Their commercial breakthrough came with 1973’s gold-certified Wild and Peaceful. The album spawned two Top 10 pop hits: “Jungle Boogie” and “Hollywood Swinging.” The latter was the band’s first R&B chart-topper.
• Eclipsed by the rise of disco in the mid-’70s, the Gang enlisted singer James “J.T.” Taylor and modernized their sound. The approach paid off—1979’s Ladies’ Night went platinum and yielded two Top 10 pop hits: the title track and “Too Hot.”
• “Celebration,” the lead single off 1980’s Celebrate! album, reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• Boasting double-platinum sales and three Top 10 pop singles—including the No. 2 smash “Cherish”—1984’s Emergency marked the peak of the band’s commercial success.
• Kool & The Gang has continued touring and recording well into the 21st century. Their 2016 single “Sexy” went Top 20 on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart.