Kool & The Gang drummer and co-founder George 'Funky' Brown dies Brown stepped down from the band earlier this year almost 60 years after helping to create the Grammy Award-winning group, known for hits including Celebration, Too Hot, Joanna and Ladies Night. George "Funky" Brown, the...
and navigating fame’s wild ride as an African American trailblazer, George Brown was a one of a kind musician, as he documented earlier this year in his memoirToo Hot: Kool & The Gang & Me. In the book, Brown shared how his bout with cancer over the last few years of his ...
“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,”the statement said.“A huge personality while also an extremely private person, Dennis was the alto saxophone player, flu...
Ronald Bell, a self-taught saxophonist and singer, composed, arranged, produced some of the band's biggest dance hits of the 1980s like ‘Fresh’ ‘Let’s Go Dancing (Oh La La La) ‘Get Down on It’ and ‘Ladies Night; and his personal favourite ‘Celebration.’ Kool and t...
led by Robert "Kool" Bell — bass guitarist, co-founder and last original member — and longtime singer James "JT" Taylor. Confetti shot into the arena and Taylor asked the crowd to use their cellphone lights as he read off the names of 10 members who were critic...
NEW YORK (AP) — Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas, a founding member of the long-running soul-funk band Kool & the Gang known for such hits as “Celebration” and “Get Down On It,” has died. He was 70. He died peacefully in his sleep Saturday in New Jersey, where he was a resident...
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 ...