The funk masters’ only surviving original member explains the humble beginnings of most of their hits, how they put them ...

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 ...

The great funk band Kool and the Gang began 50 years ago in Jersey City, New Jersey. In 1964, brothers Khalis Bayyan, aka Ronald Bell, and Robert “Kool” Bell joined their neighborhood friends Robert ...

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, 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 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 ...

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