Rock & Roll Hall of Fame · Class of 2024

Kool & the Gang
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The music

Five Decades, One Kool Catalog

  • 50releases, 1969–2025
  • 29studio and live
  • 21compilations
  • 9certified releases

1969–1978

Instrumental jazz-funk from the 1969 debut, then Wild and Peaceful through Everybody's Dancin'. Jungle Boogie, Hollywood Swinging, Summer Madness, Open Sesame.

1979–1986

Deodato produces; J.T. Taylor on lead vocals. Ladies' Night through Forever. Every platinum record the band has.

1987–2012

Lineup and label changes after the commercial peak. The band keeps recording, Sweat through Still Kool, while sampling and film give the catalog a second life.

2013–present

Active touring and new records alongside growing recognition of the catalog: Songwriters Hall of Fame 2018, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2024.

Compilations

21 releases

Hits packages, anthologies and reissues, drawn from the records above.

  • 1971The Best of Kool and the GangDe-Lite#32 R&B
  • 1974Kool JazzDe-Lite#26 R&B
  • 1975Kool & the Gang Greatest Hits!De-Lite#21 R&B
  • 1977Hollywood Swinging / Summer Madness—
  • 1978Kool & the Gang Spin Their Top Hits—
  • 1983Twice as Kool: The HitsDe-Lite
  • 1984The Very Best of Kool & the GangDisques Vogue
  • 1988Everything's Kool & the GangMercury#58 R&B
  • 1988The Singles CollectionDe-Lite
  • 1990Kool LoveTelstar
  • 1990The Very Best of Kool & the GangArcade
  • 1993The Best of Kool & the Gang: 1969-1976Mercury
  • 1994AnthologyMercury
  • 1994Celebration: The Best of Kool & the Gang 1979-1987Mercury
  • 199912" Collection & More—
  • 1999The Very Best of Kool & the Gang—
  • 2000The Millennium Collection: The Best of Kool & the Gang—
  • 2002Kool Funk EssentialsCharly
  • 2005GoldMercury
  • 2011Icons—
  • 2025Greatest Hits—