Kool & the Gang's George Brown in 2014. (Leon Bennett / Getty Images for BET) George Brown, a founding member of Kool & the Gang who played drums with the band and co-wrote such enduring standards as ...

Kool & the Gang will headline the 26th Annual Celebrate Anderson Festival on August 31, 2025. The free community festival requires attendees to obtain tickets through AndersonEvents.com. Robert "Kool" ...

Michael Sumler, in a red jersey, performs with Kool & the Gang in Atlantic City, N.J., in 2005. (Donald Kravitz / Getty Images) Michael Sumler, who spent years working with the venerable soul-funk ...

Kool & the Gang, Midnight Star, Lakeside and the Bar-Kays will play Tuscaloosa's Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater 6 p.m. June 1, according to Birmingham-based Red Mountain Entertainment, which books and ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Kool & The Gang are playing Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls, ON, on Aug. 23. Robert “Kool” Bell previewed the show and spoke with WIVB about the group’s longevity, their 2024 ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to a patron of the party, musician George Brown of the band Kool & The Gang, about his new book, new record, and the "Celebration" of a long and funky career. When it comes ...

Kool & the Gang, founded by Youngstown natives Robert “Kool” Bell and his younger brother Ronald Bell, is among the 15 nominees being considered for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for ...

STAMFORD — Robert "Kool" Bell is the only surviving original member of the celebrated and influential R&B and funk band Kool & the Gang, but that hasn't stopped the band from touring and putting out ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — You can call the music of ...

The band co-founder helped write such classics as "Celebration," "Ladies Night" and "Jungle Boogie." By Seth Abramovitch Senior Writer George Brown, the drummer who gave Kool & the Gang its propulsive ...

George Brown, founding member and drummer of Kool & The Gang, died Thursday night in Los Angeles, after a battle with cancer. He was 74. Brown, along with founding members Robert "Kool" Bell, Ronald ...