Robert "Kool" Bell

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Biography

Early life

Bell was born in Youngstown, Ohio, to Aminah Bayyan (1932–2014) and Robert "Bobby" Bell (1929–1985). Bell grew up in Jersey City, New Jersey. Growing up, Bell was nicknamed "Kool", due to being "laid back":<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Kool & The Gang

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Along with his brother, Ronald Bell, he began playing jazz, and in 1964 they formed a group named The Jazziacs. They began playing at clubs in New York City under a series of different band names before settling on the name Kool & the Gang in 1968. Their debut album, Kool and the Gang, was released the following year. The band's first major hit came in 1973, with "Jungle Boogie", which charted at number four on the Billboard Hot 100. Their first number one hit single was "Spirit of the Boogie", which was released in 1975.

Bell, along with Kool & the Gang members James "J.T." Taylor and Dennis Thomas, were a part of the 1984 charity supergroup Band Aid.

Kool & the Gang have won numerous awards, including two Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, and, in 2006, a Music Business Association Chairman's Award for artistic achievement. The band recorded nine No. 1 R&B singles in the 1970s and 1980s, including its No. 1 pop single "Celebration". They have seven American Music Awards, 25 Top Ten R&B hits, nine Top Ten Pop hits, and 31 gold and platinum albums.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The group is honored on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As of 2024, Bell still tours with Kool & the Gang.

In 2024, Bell was selected for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of Kool & the Gang.<ref name="rrhof24">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal life

Bell's younger brother, Ronald Bell, was also a musician, and co-formed the band with Robert in 1964. Both brothers converted to Islam in 1972.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Ronald died of undisclosed causes on September 9, 2020.

In 1971, Robert married Deborah Jones. Bell and Jones met when they were teenagers.<ref name=":0" /> Deborah died on November 4, 2018, aged 67.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Her death was later revealed to have been the result of a long-standing illness.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Together, they had two sons, one of whom has worked with Kool & the Gang in the past.

Discography

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Studio albums

Year Album
1969 Kool and the Gang
1972 Music Is the Message
Good Times
1973 Wild and Peaceful
1974 Light of Worlds
1975 Spirit of the Boogie
1976 Love & Understanding
Open Sesame
1977 The Force
1978 Everybody's Dancin'
1979 Ladies' Night
1980 Celebrate!
1981 Something Special
1982 As One
1983 In the Heart
1984 Emergency
1986 Forever
1989 Sweat
1992 Unite
1996 State of Affairs
2001 Gangland
2004 The Hits: Reloaded
2007 Still Kool
2013 Kool for the Holidays
2021 Perfect Union

See also

References

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