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Kool & The Gang

R&B/Soul

The next Kool & The Gang concert is scheduled for Friday, June 13, 2025 at Watt’n Hus in Büsum, Germany. See all 24 upcoming concerts
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Top Songs By Kool & The Gang

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Upcoming Concerts for Kool & The Gang

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  • Jun
    13
    Jun 13, 2025
    Watt’n Hus
    Büsum
  • Jun
    15
    Jun 15, 2025
    La Seine Musicale
    Boulogne-Billancourt
  • Jun
    18
    Jun 18, 2025
    O2 universum
    Prague 9
  • Jun
    21
    Jun 21, 2025
    Freilichtbühne
    Wiesmoor
  • Jun
    25
    Jun 25, 2025
    Real Jardín Botánico Alfonso XIII
    Madrid
  • Jun
    27
    Jun 27, 2025
    Starlite Catalana Occidente
    Marbella
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Latest Release

Listen to Movie Star (feat. Ami Miller) - Single by Kool & The Gang
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More albums from Kool & The Gang

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ALBUMLove & UnderstandingKool & The Gang
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ALBUMLight of WorldsKool & The Gang
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ALBUMWild and PeacefulKool & The Gang
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Kool & The Gang's Popular Music Videos

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Cherish
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Get Down On It
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Artist Playlists

Kool & The Gang Essentials
Kool & The Gang Essentials
These hitmakers wed body-moving funk to sleek disco-pop.
Kool & The Gang Essentials
Kool & The Gang: Sampled
Kool & The Gang: Sampled
Their original tunes have been the source material for some of modern music’s biggest hits.
Kool & The Gang: Sampled
Kool & The Gang: Deep Cuts
Kool & The Gang: Deep Cuts
Look beyond the R&B hits to find their roots in soul jazz.
Kool & The Gang: Deep Cuts
Inspired by Kool & The Gang
Inspired by Kool & The Gang
Their funky disco-soul influenced generations of party starters.
Inspired by Kool & The Gang

About Kool & The Gang

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Hometown
Jersey City, NJ, United States
Formed
1964
Genre
R&B/Soul
Kool & The Gang’s punchy, riff-driven urban grooves cemented funk music as a versatile and radio-friendly force during the ’70s and ’80s. Robert “Kool” Bell and his brother Ronald formed the band in New Jersey in 1964 as an Afro-jazz outfit, using several names before settling on Kool & the Gang and signing to De-Lite Records in 1969. The band specialized in chant-like, horn-filled rhythms that toggled between jazz fusion and James Brown-inspired soul. Its breakthrough came in 1973 when it cracked the R&B charts with “Funky Stuff.” Its seminal album, Wild and Peaceful, yielded the Gang’s first crossover hits with proto-disco classics “Jungle Boogie” and “Hollywood Swinging,” paving the groundwork for its many dance-floor staples throughout the rest of the decade. But as funk cooled in disco’s wake, the band members traded their gutsy tricks for a slick cosmopolitan sound. The addition of James “J.T.” Taylor’s smooth, charismatic falsetto kept the Gang aflame with a parade of chart-dominating hits—from 1979’s “Ladies’ Night” to 1985’s “Cherish”—that have endured as pop culture anthems as equally as R&B mainstays.
Members of Kool & The Gang include, or have included, Robert Bell, Ronald Bell, Claydes Smith, George Brown, Robert Mickens, James "J.T." Taylor, Gary Brown, Clifford Adams, Mohamed Moretta, Michael Ray, Rodney Ellis, Louis Van Taylor, Kevin Lassiter, Lavell Evans, Jermaine Bryson, Rick Marcel, Skip Martin, and Sir Earl Toon.
Musical InfluencesKool & The Gang's musical influences include James Brown, The Isley Brothers, Marvin Gaye and more.
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James Brown
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