Coverage

Press

15 Oct 2026
Grunge
5 Funk Bands With The Longest Careers In Music History
19 Oct 2024
Rock & Roll Hall of FameHonor
Inducted with the Class of 2024
21 Apr 2024
Variety
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Announces 2024 Inductees: Cher, Jimmy Buffett, Mary J. Blige, Dave Matthews, Peter Frampton, Foreigner and More
2023
Billboard
Kool & the Gang Celebrate 60th Anniversary With New Album
Jul 2023
Celebrate good times - Youngstown honours Robert 'Kool' Bell
Outlet not recorded
24 Mar 2021
'Celebration' added to the Library of CongressHonor
2021
Library of CongressHonor
National Recording Registry adds titles
2019
Billboard
Kool & the Gang Look Back on 50 Years of Funk
2018
The New Yorker
Kool & the Gang put the fun in at Cafe Wha?
Jun 2018
Songwriters Hall of Fame inductionHonor
Aug 2017
Billboard
Sexy (Where'd You Get Yours)
2014
Billboard
Keeping the Brand Alive
Nov 2014
Billboard
Soul Train Awards
2014
The Hollywood Reporter
Billboard Touring Awards performance announced
2014
BET
2014
Billboard
Performing at the 2014 Touring Awards
Mar 2012
The Van Halen tour, 2012

Date not recovered

From the band

The band's own announcements, kept apart from the coverage above rather than mixed into it.

Ventures

Le Kool Champagne and the Accutron collaboration are Robert Bell's ventures rather than coverage of the band. Their own stream, on the band's own terms.

Oct 2023
Forbes
Accutron partners with Kool & The Gang's Le Kool Champagne
2 Sep 2021
Forbes
Robert 'Kool' Bell celebrates new champagne launch
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Champagne by Kool!
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Robert 'Kool' Bell launches Le Kool Champagne in New Jersey
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Sealed Up Celebration

The archive also holds an obituary. It is not listed here — the founders are remembered on the band page, not in a news feed.