Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. George Brown, co-founder of Kool & the Gang and the band’s longtime drummer, has died. He was 74. Brown died Thursday in Los ...

Kool & The Gang celebrates America's 250th birthday with PBS 'A Capitol Fourth' and shares why they will celebrate America's big birthday celebration in Washington, DC, and what the country means to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. James "JT" Taylor in May 2024 in New York - Credit: Photograph by Griffin Lotz Everyone in the band knew there was a problem, even ...

Arts, Beats & Eats has invested more in the 2026 music lineup than any previous edition of the 28-year-old fest.

As trends came and went in the R&B world in the 70s and 80s, Kool & The Gang showed the ability to navigate it all and stay popular. If anything, they only improved their crossover strategies as the ...

NEW YORK – You can call the music of Kool & the Gang funky or R&B, soulful or disco, pop or dance. What you cannot call it is partisan. When Iowa’s delegation at this summer’s Democratic National ...

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. KOOL AND THE ...

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. Photo Credit: Joshua Atkins. Robert “Kool” Bell, the co-founder of Kool & the Gang and bass guitar player, chatted about their latest EP “Kool Summer” and his respected career in the ...

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George Brown, a founding member of Kool & the Gang who played drums with the band and co-wrote such enduring standards as “Celebration,” “Jungle Boogie” and “Ladies Night,” died of lung cancer in L.A.

The drummer, keyboardist, songwriter, and co-founder of Kool & the Gang, George “Funky” Brown, has died at the age of 74. He passed on November 16 of stage 4 lung cancer, as previously reported by ...