Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are not the only New Jersey group in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame playing the Sea Hear Now festival in Asbury Park this weekend. Kool and the Gang are also on ...

Michael Sumler, who worked alongside funk legends Kool & the Gang as their hype man and was known as “Chicago Mike,” died in a car crash on Sunday in Georgia. He was 71. Local Atlanta television ...

Few bands dominated the R&B charts in the 70s and 80s like Kool & the Gang. The group emerged from jazz beginnings in Jersey City in the 60s to become one of the heaviest and most successful funk ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Kool & The Gang, which will be inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday in Cleveland, is one of those bands that many folks, even funk and R&B aficionados can take for ...

Michael Sumler, affectionately known as “Chicago Mike,” and a longtime member of the legendary funk and R&B group Kool & the Gang, died in a car crash over the weekend in Cobb County, Georgia. He was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "It's gonna be a nice party," said Robert "Kool" Bell about Kool & the Gang's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction. Kool & the Gang ...

Prime Wave Music announce the agreement, which includes ownership interests in portions of the band’s publishing catalog. Legendary funk and R&B group Kool & the Gang has entered into a new ...

When George “Funky” Brown passed away in 2023 from lung cancer, he was commemorated as the drummer for Kool & the Gang whose remarkable 60-year career took the band from the hardscrabble streets of ...

Sumler played with the legendary R&B and funk group and acted as their hype man for more than three decades. Ryan Coleman is a news writer for Entertainment Weekly with previous work in MUBI Notebook, ...