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Additional Reading

Kool and the Gang are profiled in Rickey Vincent, Funk: The Music, the People, and the Rhythm of the One (1996), pp. 182–184; Irwin Stambler, Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock & Soul, rev. ed. (1989), pp. 380–382; Colin Larkin (ed.), The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 2nd ed., vol. 3 (1995); and Patricia Romanowski, Holly George-Warren, and Jon Pareles (eds.), The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (1995), pp. 554–555. The recording of their top singles is chronicled in Adam White and Fred Bronson, The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits (1993).

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Representative Works

  • Live at the Sex Machine (1971)
  • Wild and Peaceful (1973)
  • Spirit of the Boogie (1975)
  • Ladies’ Night (1979)
  • Celebrate! (1980)
  • Emergency (1984)

Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: BBC - Ronald Bell: Kool and The Gang founder dies aged 68. Dec 11, 2024
Changed group members' information to a list format and corrected Dennis Thomas's nickname and birth and death information. Oct 19, 2024
Added a photo. May 01, 2024
Noted the band's Grammy nominations and scheduled induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2024. Apr 29, 2024
Add new Web site: NPR - Kool and the Gang's Robert "Kool" Bell. Jan 15, 2024
Noted the death of George Brown. Nov 17, 2023
Add new Web site: Vocal Group Hall of Fame - Kool and The Gang. Aug 21, 2023
Add new Web site: Hollywood Walk of Fame - Kool & The Gang Honored With A ‘Celebration’ For Their 50th Anniversary With A Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame. Oct 19, 2021
Noted the death of Dennis Thomas. Aug 07, 2021
Khalis Bayyan (Ronald Bell) died on September 9, 2020. Sep 10, 2020
Add new Web site: New Jersey Hall of Fame - Kool & the Gang. Mar 31, 2020
Changed "Kool and the Gang" to "Kool & the Gang" throughout and added the albums State of Affairs and Still Kool. Feb 01, 2019
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Kool and the Gang. Apr 10, 2017
Updated biographical information. Jun 22, 2012
Add new Web site: Official Site of Kool and the Gang. Jul 30, 2010
Article revised and updated. Jun 29, 2006
Article revised. Nov 10, 1999
New article added. Oct 28, 1999
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