CLEVELAND, Ohio - Kool & The Gang, which will be inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday in Cleveland, is one of those bands that many folks, even funk and R&B aficionados can take for ...

The musician was among the founding members and songwriters of the iconic funk group Isa Foltin/Getty George “Funky” Brown, drummer and co-founder of Kool & the Gang, has died at age 74. A rep for the ...

On Friday (Nov. 17), CBS New York reported that Kool & The Gang drummer George “Funky” Brown has passed away at the age of 74. According to a representative, the musician lost his battle with stage ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to a patron of the party, musician George Brown of the band Kool & The Gang, about his new book, new record, and the "Celebration" of a long and funky career. When it comes ...

Brown and bandmates were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2018. Kool & The Gang drummer and founding member George "Funky" Brown has died, his family announced Friday. He was 74. "We lost ...

Everyone in the band knew there was a problem, even if they didn’t know exactly how to fix it. It was 1978, and nearly a decade into their recording career, Kool & the Gang — the once-dominant jazz ...

The drummer, keyboardist, songwriter, and co-founder of Kool & the Gang, George “Funky” Brown, has died at the age of 74. He passed on November 16 of stage 4 lung cancer, as previously reported by ...

Brown passed away surrounded by his family in his Los Angeles home on the night of Nov. 16. The lead drummer and one of the founding members of the band Kool & The Gang, George “Funky” Brown, died on ...

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When it comes to party music, there's a few standards that everybody knows and just can't resist dancing to. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "CELEBRATION") KOOL AND THE GANG: (Singing) Celebrate good times, come ...

rep for the group confirmed in a statement Brown lost his battle with Stage 4 lung cancer on Thursday night (November 16). Kool & The Gang drummer George “Funky” Brown has died mere months after ...

George “Funky” Brown, the drummer, founding member and one of the main songwriters of pop-R&B group Kool & The Gang, died in Los Angeles last night following a battle with lung cancer. He was 74.