Daily Eighties Flashback: Kool & The Gang “Stone Love”
Kool & The Gang hit the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart twelve times. On this date in 1987, the last of those ten songs, “Stone Love,” rose to a peak position...
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It Happened 50 Years Ago: Kool & The Gang “Jungle Boogie”
Kool & The Gang hit the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart twelve times. Exactly 50 years ago, the first of those twelve hits, “Jungle Boogie,” rose to a peak position of number...
Title Title “Cherish”
“Cherish” reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in September of that year and remained in the top position for three weeks. Billboard ranked the record as the No. 7 song...
Daily Eighties Flashback: Kool & The Gang “Special Way”
Kool and The Gang made thirty-three appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. Their very last appearance came with “Special Way,” which on this date in 1987 climbed to a peak position of number 72.
Daily Eighties Flashback: Kool & The Gang “Joanna”
Kool & The Gang hit the Top 20 with two songs from their 1983 In the Heart album. On this date in 1984, the first of that pair of hits, “Joanna,” rose to a...
Daily Eighties Flashback: Kool & the Gang “Fresh”
All four songs from Kool & The Gang‘s 1984 Emergency album that appeared on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart reached the Top 20. On this date in 1985, the second of those four hits, “Fresh,” rose to...
Daily Eighties Flashback: Kool & The Gang “Let’s Go Dancin’ (Ooh La, La La)”
Two songs from Kool & The Gang‘s 1982 As One album hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date in 1983, the second of that pair of songs, “Let’s Go Dancin’...
DEF: Kool & The Gang “Tonight”
Two songs from Kool & The Gang‘s 1983 album In the Heart hit the Top 20 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date in 1984, the second of that pair of hits, “Tonight,” rose to...
Birthday of the Week: Robert “Kool” Bell
This week’s Birthday of the Week is Robert Bell, a.k.a., Kool from Kool & The Gang. On Thursday (October 8) Bell turns 70. To commemorate Bell’s milestone, let us know your favorie Kool &...
MOTW: Running With the Celebration
 What do you get when you take David Lee Roth’s vocals from Van Halen’s “Running with the Devil” and combine it with the music from Kool and the Gang’s “Celebration”? You get the...
