Primary Wave partners with Robert “Kool” Bell, adding Kool & the Gang classics like “Celebration” and “Jungle Boogie” while expanding NIL initiatives.

With only one living member of the group remaining, Robert "Kool" Bell, the goal is to expand the group's legacy and introduce their music to new audiences.

Primary Wave Music has partnered with musician, singer, songwriter and founding member of Kool & The Gang, Robert “Kool” Bell. Terms of the deal will see the publisher partner with Bell on his ...

Kool & the Gang will headline the 26th Annual Celebrate Anderson Festival on August 31, 2025. The free community festival requires attendees to obtain tickets through AndersonEvents.com. Robert "Kool" ...

HIGH POINT — The High Point Market Authority (HPMA) is bringin the American funk, soul and R&B group Kool and & The Gang to the High Point Market for the Sunday evening concert on Apr. 26. The group, ...

Ronald “Khalis” Bell, a co-founder and singer of the group Kool & the Gang, has died. He was 68. Publicist Sujata Murthy says Bell died Wednesday morning at his home in the U.S. Virgin Islands with ...

Michael Sumler, who spent years working with the venerable soul-funk group Kool & the Gang as both an onstage hype man and a behind-the-scenes stylist, died Sunday in a car crash in Georgia. He was 71 ...

Michael “Chicago Mike” Sumler, 77, was identified as the driver killed in a crash in Cobb County, Georgia, according to our news partner, WSB-TV, in Atlanta. Cobb County police told WSB that Sumler’s ...

He first crossed paths with the legendary group in 1985 when he was performing with his own band, Power Pac. By McKinley Franklin Mike Sumler, hype man of the Grammy Award-winning group Kool & the ...

Michael Sumler of Kool & the Gang has died. He was 71 years old. The band confirmed his death with a statement, saying that "Chicago Mike" made sure the band "looked their best on stage every night" ...

Michael Sumler, in a red jersey, performs with Kool & the Gang in Atlantic City, N.J., in 2005. (Donald Kravitz / Getty Images) Michael Sumler, who spent years working with the venerable soul-funk ...