People Just Wanna Have Fun is a fitting next chapter in the Kool & the Gang legacy. Founded in 1964, the band is behind a string of timeless hits that include “Celebration,”“Ladies Night,”“Get Down on It,”“Summer Madness” and “Hollywood Swinging.” A release announcing the new...
Bell also showed that he still keeps his ears open to modern pop. At one point he noted, “electronic music is what’s happening today,” and pointed out that an electronic dance remix of Kool & the Gang will be appearing in the not-so-distant future. In addition, the band now often...
He and other members of Kool and the Gang were in the office of their attorney, who told them in no uncertain terms: “Listen guys, we just need some hits.” ‘You Beat Me To The Punch’: Mary Wells Lands A Motown Knockout ‘California Soul’: Marlena Shaw’s Classic Celebration Of...
spawning not only hits but a wholesale swing by sheep-like radio stations, discos and roller rinks to a country music format. Being a comfortingly familiar roots music for white Americans (though not exactly exciting listening), country must come as a ...
‘ sounds of course like a speeded up adaptation of the piano from the Rolling Stones’ ‘We Love You‘, a song of support (complete with prison sound effects) for Mick Jagger while he was briefly gaoled in 1967, never one of their major hits — except right now ...
You can definitely “Get Down On It” with Kool & the Gang in concert. With hits like “Celebration,”“Misled,” and “Fresh,” Kool & The Gang are one of the premier funk bands of the 1970’s and ’80s. The group was started in the 1960s by Robert “Kool” Bell and his ...
March, performing nearly every night of the month and supported on select dates by No Resolve. The Gang's All Here Tour takes its name from Skid Row's most recent album, but keep an ear out for new music by Buckcherry, who say their next album will arrive sometime in the late spring...
YouTube 74: "One in a Million" (1988) Guns N' Roses' most controversial tune (and, man, ain't that saying something?), "One in a Million" understandably ignited a firestorm of politically correct outrage. Even with acoustic guitars in their mitts, GNR remained "the most dangerous band ...
“Still Kool” is the 25th entry for Kool & the Gang on the R&B/Hip-Hop album chart. If you want to know more about Kool & the Gang and check out their top 20 hits according to chart performance on the Hot 100, I’ve added the group to the artists’ section in the forthcoming...
Khalis: [But other than the Temptations cover] that was all new material. After a few more releases comesWild and Peaceful,where you reached a new level thanks to hits like “Jungle Boogie” and “Hollywood Swinging.” Did you know that album would be different?