- disco
- funk
- United States
- formed 1964, Jersey City
- 1 album
- 13 Dutch Top 40 hits
- 2018
Kool & The Gang is a group from the United States, formed in 1964 in Jersey City. Over the years, Robert “Kool” Bell, Curtis “Fitz” Williams, Shawn McQuiller, Kevin Bell, Curtis Pulliam, Jermaine Bryson and Walt Anderson played in the group. The collection holds one album by the group: Collected, from 2018. On top of that, the group appears on three albums by others. In all, 13 records reached the Dutch Top 40. The highest was Celebration: number 2 in week 3 of 1981.
Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs
Albums by Kool & The Gang
Click the cover and you get the tracks per side, with the whole album on Spotify.
Sound of Kool & The Gang
Kool & The Gang sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 114 bpm.
Across 28 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of Kool & The Gang
The seven members of Kool & The Gang, with the years they belonged to the group, including anyone who left for a while and came back. The thin lines are the albums and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line and click for the album or the weekly chart. A linked name has its own page.
Robert “Kool” Bell
Curtis “Fitz” Williams
Shawn McQuiller
Kevin BellMember of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member
Concert videos of Kool & The Gang
All concert videosFour clips from one concert, newest concert first and per concert in the order of the night, filmed on a phone from the audience. Click a clip to play it here.
Also appears on
Kool & The Gang also appears on three albums by others, from compilations to soundtracks.
Biggest hits of Kool & The Gang
In the Dutch Top 40, Kool & The Gang had 13 records. Each record shows its peak position, how long it stayed in the chart and the week of that peak. These are the five biggest. The button after the list opens all of them, with the run from week to week.
week 3, 198187weeks in the chart
with 13 records1980first entry
week 10, 19802004latest entry
week 7, 20049years with an entry
- 2CelebrationKool & The Gang198011 weeks
- 4CherishKool & The Gang198514 weeks
- 8Get Down On ItKool & The Gang19828 weeks
- 8Let's Go Dancin' (Ooh La, La, La)Kool & The Gang19828 weeks
- 11Straight AheadKool & The Gang19846 weeks
All 13 records by Kool & The Gang in the Dutch Top 40
Source: top40.nl
Frequently asked questions
How many albums by Kool & The Gang are in the collection?
There is one: Collected, from 2018.
Which Dutch Top 40 hits did Kool & The Gang have?
Kool & The Gang had 13 records in the Dutch Top 40. The best-charting record is Celebration, which reached number 2 in week 3 of 1981.
Who played in Kool & The Gang?
Over the years that was Robert “Kool” Bell, Curtis “Fitz” Williams, Shawn McQuiller, Kevin Bell, Curtis Pulliam, Jermaine Bryson and Walt Anderson. The timeline shows the years each member belonged to the group; anyone with a page of their own is linked in the side column.
Which albums by other artists feature Kool & The Gang?
Kool & The Gang appears on three albums by others: NOW Presents... Disco, Pulp Fiction and Saturday Night Fever.
Are there concert videos of Kool & The Gang?
Yes: four clips from one concert, filmed from the audience, newest concert first. They play on this page.
How do you play the music of Kool & The Gang?
Open an album and use the round Spotify button after a track. The Dutch Top 40 entries have the same button. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify. A concert video plays when you click the clip.
Keep exploring
If you have landed here, you probably want to keep going: an album, an artist, a week in the Dutch Top 40 or a concert.