Kool & The Gang is set to celebrate 60 years as R&B and funk veterans in 2024. However, ahead of that monumental feat, the group is releasing a new album and will be embarking on an international tour ...

The Grammy Award-winning duo announced Wednesday (May 3) that they will honor their 60th Anniversary with a collection titled, People Just Wanna Have Fun. The project is scheduled to arrive on July 14 ...

Kool & the Gang will release their new album Just Wanna Have Fun on July 14th. Next year will be the 60th anniversary of the R&B and funk band Kool & the Gang. And, even though we are still a year out ...

KOOL AND THE GANG: (Singing) Celebrate good times, come on. It's a celebration. Celebrate good times, come on. RASCOE: After 60 years moving and grooving and giving us all reason to get down, the band ...

Everyone in the band knew there was a problem, even if they didn’t know exactly how to fix it. It was 1978, and nearly a decade into their recording career, Kool & the Gang — the once-dominant jazz ...

Just before disco reached mainstream status in 1974 with the Hues Corporation’s “Rock the Boat,” live funk bands dominated at clubs in many urban markets. The bump was a dance rage, and Kool & the ...

George Brown is grateful for the love. As the esteemed drummer and percussionist for the Grammy Award winning band Kool & the Gang reflects on his career in music, he really wants to thank the fans ...

When Kool & the Gang perform, it’s always a celebration, so as the song says, “Celebrate good times, come on.” The band will mark its 60th anniversary next year, and co-founder, bassist and bandleader ...

In celebration of Kool & The Gang’s 60th anniversary next year, the iconic funk and soul group announced their new album People Just Wanna Have Fun on Wednesday. The record is set to release on July ...

James “JT” Taylor, lead singer during the band’s commercial peak, may be long gone but bassist, Robert “Kool” Bell and keyboard player, George “Funky” Brown (all the original band members seem to be ...