Complete your Kool & The Gang record collection. Discover Kool & The Gang's full discography. Shop new and used Vinyl and CDs. Kool & The Gang: Kool & The Gang (2012) Achtergrondinformatie: Jaren actief: 1969 - heden: Oorsprong: Jersey City, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten: Genre(s) Jazz, Funk. Listen to music by Kool & The Gang on Pandora. Discover new music you'll love, listen to free personalized radio. Kool & The Gang has sold over 70 million albums worldwide and influenced the music of three generations. Thanks to songs like Celebration, Cherish, Jungle Boogie. Kool & The Gang, Hi De Hi Hi De Ho, je originální videoklip, který je možné stáhnout i jako mp3. Kool & The Gang new music, concerts, photos, and official news updates directly from Kool & The Gang's Twitter and Facebook.
Les frères Robert « Kool » et Ronald Bell grandissent à New Jersey City et sont vite plongés dans une abondante atmosphère musicale, malgré des moyens. Music video by Kool & The Gang performing Misled. (C) 1984 The Island Def Jam Music Group.
Kool & The Gang Discography at Discogs. Formed by Robert "Kool" Bell, his brother Ronald Bell and a bunch of their New Jersey teenage friends in the mid- 6. Jazziacs), Kool & the Gang played traditional jazz in regional venues for several years, slowly morphing their style to incorporate emerging funk sounds of Sly and the Family Stone and James Brown.
They were signed by the De- Lite label in the early '7. Live at the Sex Machine). The group's fortunes exploded in 1. Wild and Peaceful, an infectiously raw album that spawned three smash hits, "Funky Stuff," "Hollywood Swinging," and "Jungle Boogie," all featuring great instrumentation and lyrics virtually shouted by the group.
However, as quickly as they rode to fame, Kool & the Gang faded, their rough sound appearing out of place against the slick, dance- oriented sounds that began to dominate popular radio in the late '7. Kool & the Gang was an afterthought in the music world in 1. James J. T. Taylor and pop/jazz producer Eumir Deodato for one last gasp, a shiny dance album called Ladies Night. Deodato simplified and sweetened the group's jazz stylings in a heavily produced package, fronted by Taylor's irresistible tenor voice. It was an across- the- board smash, leading to two top hits, the title cut and the midtempo "Too Hot." It was also the beginning of a nearly unprecedented string of top- 1. Kool & the Gang the top- selling soul group of the '8.
Ladies Night was followed by the even bigger Celebration, the joyous title cut of which becoming the theme song of countless sports teams in the '8. The next five years brought hit after hit, including chart toppers "Misled," "Cherish," "Take My Heart," "Joanna," "Fresh," and "Let's Go Dancin'." The infectious innocuousness of their music sometimes went to a silly extreme ("Get Down On It"), but the group clearly created a catalogue of enjoyable, well- performed cuts, both during Deodato's tenure as producer and after they took over the production of their albums in 1. Their 1. 98. 7 album, Forever, was another smash, but also provided warning sign that the fresh sounds Kool and the Gang introduced in 1.
In 1. 98. 7, Taylor left the group to pursue a modestly successful solo career (he had one major hit with "All I Want Is Forever," a duet with Regina Belle), and the group continued on but never had another chart hit. They spent the next decade on the oldies circuit before Taylor rejoined for a 1.
State of Affairs, an extremely enjoyable disc (and the group's strongest lyrically) that was ignored by both Pop and Soul radio. Now a quintet consisting of brothers Robert "Kool" Bell, Ronald Bell (Khalis Bayyan), George Brown, Dennis Thomas, and Charles Smith (all original group members), the group tours internationally, and has a particularly large following in Asia. J. T. Taylor has continued his solo career, with limited success.
Kool & the Gang es un grupo estadounidense de R&B, soul, funk y disco. El grupo se formó en Jersey City, Nueva Jersey en 1964. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later.