KOOL & THE GANG

One of the most “disco” groups to ever exist, with the true look—tight pants, flared bottoms, the “right” shirts, big hair, necklaces… and then refined yet engaging music…
Their story dates back to 1964, in New Jersey, under the leadership of Robert Kool Bell (and let’s not make jokes about that double surname…). Kool was the glue, the constant thread throughout the history of a group that changed members and lineup numerous times.

Some successes before Disco, but it was with its arrival that they found their path and subsequent recognition. The first noteworthy track is “Jungle boogie” from 1974, considered to this day one of the first of this beloved musical genre (it even appears in the Pulp Fiction soundtrack…). From then on, always on the charts, but never quite achieving similar success and results. “Open sesame” also secured them a place in history, getting them onto the soundtrack of “Saturday Night Fever,” but it wasn’t much…

It took the arrival of producer Eumir Deodato to send them to the top of the charts in 1979, with tracks of the caliber of “Ladies night,” “Celebration,” “Too hot.” Then, until ’83, four more successful LPs.

The lineup continued to change, and as disco music faded, they followed suit… A couple of modest releases in the mid-1980s, but the story doesn’t end there—they continue to perform concerts to this day, and rumors suggest they’re in the recording studio…