Kool & The Gang ~ Celebration 1980 Disco Purrfection Version

Hey everyone, you are now 325K strong! It was not that long ago I had 10K. So to mark this event, here is my take on “Celebration“! Thank y’all so much. Stay healthy. You can trace the origin of this band with Robert “Kool“ Bell’s first band, the Jazziacs in 1964 at the age of 14. Members included his brother Ronald, along with Robert Mickens, George Brown, Dennis Thomas and Charles Smith. Changing their name to Soul Town Band in the late 60’s to reflect the fusion of R&B/funk with their jazz roots, they began accumulating a large audience. This let to their new name “Kool & The Gang“ in 1969 and their first release with the new name was “Kool & The Gang“ a jazzy R&B instrumental on De-Lite Records that made it to the lower rungs of the pop chart at #59. It wasn’t until 1973 that they had a bona fide hit with “Funky Stuff“ that peaked at #29. Then two of their now signature hits “Jungle