NEW YORK (AP) — George “Funky” Brown, the co-founder and longtime drummer of Kool & The Gang who helped write such hits as “Too Hot,” “Ladies Night,” “Joanna” and the party favorite “Celebration,” ...

NEW YORK (AP) — George “Funky” Brown, the co-founder and longtime drummer of Kool & The Gang who helped write such hits as “Too Hot,” “Ladies Night,” “Joanna” and the party favorite “Celebration,” ...

Kool & the Gang's live shows are renowned for being energetic, which impressed Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth, who invited ...

Kool & The Gang’s last surviving original member, Robert “Kool” Bell, took over the Lobster Club in New York on Wednesday ...

George Brown has died at the age of 74. The musician was the key drummer and one of the founding members of the popular 70s band Kool & The Gang which had dozens of hit songs that had heavy radio play ...

"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 have provided the soundtrack to many a soirée — and sporting event — ...

Nearly a decade later, however, Bell says it was all good. "Oh, we had a great time," he recalls of the multi-month run. "We had fun for all 48 shows." The key, he explains, was the ladies. "It was a ...

George "Funky" Brown, the co-founder and longtime drummer of Kool & The Gang who helped write such hits as "Too Hot," "Ladies Night," "Joanna" and the party favorite "Celebration," died Thursday in ...