KOOL AND THE GANG: (Singing) Celebrate good times, come on. It's a celebration. Celebrate good times, come on. RASCOE: After 60 years moving and grooving and giving us all reason to get down, the band ...

When it comes to party music, there's a few standards that everybody knows and just can't resist dancing to. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "CELEBRATION") KOOL AND THE GANG: (Singing) Celebrate good times, come ...

February 12, 2026 – Known for hits like “Celebration,” “Get Down On It,” “Jungle Boogie,” and “Ladies’ Night,” the American R&B, soul and funk band Kool & the Gang will bring their authentic live ...

George “Funky” Brown, one of Kool & the Gang’s founding members, died on November 18 at the age of 74. In one of his last interviews, he and co-founder Robert “Kool” Bell spoke about the band’s legacy ...

Kool & The Gang has never really needed a reason to party, but it certainly got one last week. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "CELEBRATION") KOOL AND THE GANG: (Singing) Celebrate good times, come on. It's a ...

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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to a patron of the party, musician George Brown of the band Kool & The Gang, about his new book, new record, and the "Celebration" of a long and funky career. When it comes ...