Kool & the Gang co-founder and singer, Ronald “Khalis” Bell, is dead. He was 68. Bell passed away in the U.S. Virgin Islands at his home on Wednesday morning with his wife by his side, publicist Sujata Murthy said. No information regarding his cause of death has been released. Koo...
Kool & the Gang Co-Founder Ronald ‘Khalis’ Bell Dead at 68 Singer-saxophonist co-wrote the band's biggest hits, including "Ladies' Night," "Jungle Boogie" and "Celebration" September 9, 2020 Kool & the Gang co-founder Ronald "Khalis" Bell has died at the age of 68.Courtesy of Tia...
The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time Followingthe death of fellow saxophonist Ronald “Khalis” Bellin 2020, Thomas was one of three surviving members of the original Kool & The Gang; only Ronald “Kool” Bell and drummer-keyboardist George Brown remain from the band’s 1964 formation. ...
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 critical to the band's success. ...
Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas, the co-founder and saxophonist of Kool & the Gang, has died. He was 70. The legendary funk band announced Thomas’ passing on Saturday (Aug. 7), writing in a statement that the musician died “peacefully in his sleep” in New Jersey...
So we put that away and started coming up with more original material like “We Are the Party,” once again with all the original members. So that’s very special. Also on the 15th track, “99 Miles to JC,” you hear Ronald Bell on a sax solo and [the group’s late trombonist]...
SiriusXM is sad to report that Kool & the Gang co-founder, singer, and saxophonist Ronald “Khalis” Bell died in his U.S. Virgin Islands home on Wednesday, September 9, at the age of 68. SiriusXM’sVOLUME (Ch. 106)will be remembering the late musician by rebroadcasting a ...
Adams, who had battled the illness for about a year, reportedly had no health insurance to cover his mounting medical costs. Family members, friends, and fellow musicians of the beloved performer attempted to put together fund-raisers in an attempt to cover the astronomical costs of a liver tr...
Ice Cube said he never expected to be onstage accepting a gilded gramophone with his fellow N.W.A members, but that’s what happened Saturday when he, Mc-Ren, DJ Yella and the mother and son of late rapper Eazy-e received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy at the Recording Academy’s Specia...
s Bootsies soul club this and every Friday (NUS members and guests, details from Events Dept. 0703-556291) and are looking at the possibilities of forming a “college circuit” for upcoming young jazz bands rather in the style of the sixties when universities w...