Kool & the Gang delivered all the hits at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
Inductees James J.T. Taylor and Robert ‘Kool’ Bell of Kool & The Gang perform onstage during the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremonyfirst being eligible for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, funk gods Kool & the Gang were finally inducted at a ceremony in Cleveland on Saturday night. The group that wrote “Celebration” naturally was one of the most exuberant performers of the night, drawing from both the 1970s and Eighties to deliver a hits-laden set.
Robert “Kool” Bell, the group’s co-founder, opened the medley by taking center stage for “Hollywood Swinging” before vocalist James “JT” Taylor appeared for their 1981 smash “Get Down on It.” Taylor and Bell almost never perform together anymore, so to watch the interplay of the two was as exhilarating as it was rare.
The Rock Hall inducted Taylor, who sang the group’s biggest hits from 1979 to 1988, and Bell alongside founding members Ronald Bell, Dennis Thomas,– have all died in the past three years. “We the last of those members,” Robert Bell says. “The only ones left are me from the Seventies and Eighties and JT from the Eighties. That’s it.”Vans Warped Tour to Return to Three Cities in 2025earlier this year. “I think about her sacrifices. A young mother who was widowed in her forties. This is her award.
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