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Its founding members include brothers Robert "Kool" Bell and Ronald Bell aka "Khalis Bayyan", Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas, Robert "Spike" Mickens, Charles Smith, George Brown, Sir Earl Toon, Woodrow "Woody" Sparrow, and Ricky Westfield. They have undergone numerous changes in personnel and have explored many musical styles throughout their history ...
Musician. Born in Jersey City New Jersey. He was an original member of the musical group Kool and the Gang. Kool & the Gang were one of the most successful R&B and pop groups of the 1980s, placing more singles in the pop top ten during the first half of that decade.
- January 5, 1949
In 1964, Ronald Bell and his brother, Robert “Kool” Bell, joined Jersey City neighborhood friends Robert “Spike” Mickens, Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas, Ricky Westfield, George Brown, and Charles Smith to create a unique musical blend of jazz, soul and funk.
Dec 16, 2014 · Kool & The Gang - FRUITMAN Extended Mix 1974. Richard "Ricky West" Westfield, Keyboards, born Jan 5th 1949, Died 1985. One of the best tracks by KATG by this underated performer.
Sep 10, 2020 · A self-taught saxophonist and singer, he founded the group in New Jersey with Robert and five schoolfriends - Dennis Thomas, Robert Mickens, Charles Smith, George Brown and Ricky Westfield.
In 1976 Ricky Westfield left the band, and the remaining group members made two important decisions that would soon result in skyrocketing popularity. The first was to hire a lead vocalist. Most of the Kool & the Gang hits to that point had lyrics, but weren't really vocally oriented.
Kool & the Gang, American funk and pop band from Jersey City, New Jersey, that was one of the first successful self-contained African American bands of the 1970s, writing its own songs and its members all playing their own instruments. The principal members were Khalis Bayyan (byname of Ronald Bell; b.
