Kool & The Gang

NEW YORK (AP) — Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas, a founding member of the long-running soul-funk band Kool & the Gang, has died. He was 70. A statement from his representative says Thomas died peacefully in his sleep Saturday in New Jersey, where he was a resident of Montclair. The soul-funk band is known for such […]

Kool & The Gang is getting recognized for their lengthy and influential career. The group was honored with the Legend Award at the annual Soul Train Awards, which were taped Friday in Las Vegas. In his acceptance, founding member Robert “Kool” Bell acknowledged that it hasn’t been easy to log a 50-year career. Billboard.com says […]

Oh what a night it will be when Lil Kim, Missy Elliot and Da Brat reunite during the Soul Train Awards to perform their hit – Not Tonight (Ladies’ Night Remix). The performance will be part of a tribute to Kool & The Gang who will receive the Legend Award. The original version of the […]

Kool & The Gang are an American jazz, R&B, soul, funk and disco group, originally formed in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964. They went through several musical phases during the course of their recording career, starting out with a purist jazz sound, then becoming practitioners of R&B and funk, progressing to a smooth pop-funk ensemble, and in the post-millennium creating […]

jungle boogie (jungle –oft attrib to Hindi jangal + boogie – prob alter of bogle – goblin, object of fear) a 1974 hit by Kool & the Gang, frequently sampled by hip-hop artists, perhaps the funkiest piece of music ever recorded.