George Brown, the drummer of R&B giants Kool and the Gang since the band’s inception in 1964, died yesterday (November 16, 2023) in his Los Angeles home, following a battle with cancer. Brown is credited with co-writing several of the group’s biggest hits, including “Celebration,”“...
“An original member of Kool & the Gang, Dennis was known as the quintessential cool cat in the group, loved for his hip clothes and hats, and his laid-back demeanor,” Kool & the Gang said. “A huge personality while also an extremely private person, Dennis w...
Image:Kool & The Gang at the 1982 American Music Awards The beginnings of Kool & The Gang were formed when Bell and his brother Robert 'Kool' Bell would collect old paint cans and use them as makeshift percussion instruments. They later went on to form the Jazziacs with ...
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class included Mary J. Blige, Foreigner, the late Jimmy Buffett and A Tribe Called Quest, among others.
Despite personnel changes through the years, this was Kool and the Gang still retaining at its core the two brothers Robert “Kool” Bell and Ronald “Khalis Bayan” Bell. The death of Ronald Bell on September 9 at the age of 68 marks the end of an era for a musician who c...
the band they said I was never a member of the band, but you reflect on how we did our music. We were together 24/7 for a decade. Our families were together, we broke bread together and we prayed together. And when we came up with the music, it was like one day a guy would ...
you wouldn’t even know he had such a stellar resume. “He was one of the most humble brothers I have ever met. For him to be a Kool & the Gang member and behind songs I grew up with, you wouldn’t know it from talking to him. He was just like everybody else. He didn’t ...
so I went to work on a script I wrote strictly on speculation at the Plaza Hotel in New York City while I was actually there on business for NBC,” he toldEpic Illustratedin 1980. “I was with Charlie Engle, one of the vice presidents at Universal TV, and the president of the compan...
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class included Mary J. Blige, Foreigner, the late Jimmy Buffett and A Tribe Called Quest, among others.
“An original member of Kool & the Gang, Dennis was known as the quintessential cool cat in the group, loved for his hip clothes and hats, and his laid-back demeanor,” Kool & the Gang said. “A huge personality while also an extremely private person, Dennis was the alto saxophone play...