The trailblazer from Jersey City, whose music melds jazz, funk, soul, R&B, disco and pop, has been at it for 60 years now. Kool & the Gang took flight just a few years after Bell and his younger ...

Very sad news: Kool & the Gang co-founder Ronald “Khalis” Bell — who wrote and produced “Celebration,” “Cherish,” “Jungle Boogie,” “Ladies Night,” and other hits for the funk/disco/soul/etc group — ...

Few bands dominated the R&B charts in the 70s and 80s like Kool & the Gang. The group emerged from jazz beginnings in Jersey City in the 60s to become one of the heaviest and most successful funk ...

The band co-founder helped write such classics as "Celebration," "Ladies Night" and "Jungle Boogie." By Seth Abramovitch Senior Writer George Brown, the drummer who gave Kool & the Gang its propulsive ...

Kool & the Gang will headline the 26th Annual Celebrate Anderson Festival on August 31, 2025. The free community festival requires attendees to obtain tickets through AndersonEvents.com. Robert "Kool" ...