High Times
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Location: music written by JK/Toby Smith
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~~~~~~~~~Kool And The Gang!~~~~~~~~~~
HAVE YOU HEARD THEIR TRACK
"HOLLYWOOD SWINGING" PERFORMED BY JAY KAY?  
their biography
Formed by Ronald Bell originally as The Jazziacs - by 1969 they were called Kool and the Gang. Formed their own record label, De-lite. Without a lead singer, they produced funk songs from the late sixties to the early seventies with minimal vocals. This phase included releases like "Kool and the Gang", "Pneumonia", "Kool it", "Dujii", "Who's gonna take the weight" and "Chocolate buttermilk". Changing their funk sounds to glide with the onset of the mid seventies, they recorded songs like "Funky stuff", "Jungle boogie", "Hollywood swinging", "Higher plane" and "Rhyme tyme people"; these allowed them to break into the mainstream US singles charts. As disco began, their music followed with "Spirit of the boogie", "Open sesame" and "Superband". By the time of their Force album of 1977, they were heavily disco-funk styled; listen for "Slick Superchick" and "A place in space". Their last album of this era unfortunately flopped - it contained the full length cut of their "Everybody's dancin'" disco groover. New producer Eumir Deodato ("Whistle bump") and a vocalist, James Taylor, yielded the international smash single and album "Ladies Night" - a true classic. Listen also for the great "Tonight's the night". "Celebration" was even better received than "Ladies Night" and quickly went platinum. Other singles of the early eighties included UK hits "Take it to the top", "Steppin' out" and "Get down on it".
Discography
Kool and the Gang (LP, 1969)
Live at the sex machine (LP, 1971)
Live at PJ's (LP, 1971)
Music is the message (LP, 1972)
Good times (De-lite LP, 1973)
Wild and peaceful (De-lite LP, 1973)
Light of the worlds (De-lite LP, 1974)
Spirit of the boogie (De-lite LP, 1975)
Love and understanding (De-lite LP, 1976)
Open sesame (De-lite LP, 1976)
The force (De-lite LP, 1977)
Everybody's dancin' (De-lite LP, 1978)
Ladies night (De-lite LP, 1979)
Celebrate! (De-lite LP, 1980)
Something special (De-lite LP, 1981)
As one (De-lite LP, 1982)
Hollywood swinging (De-lite, 1973)
Higher plane (De-lite, 1974)
Rhyme tyme people (De-lite, 1974)
Spirit of the boogie (De-lite, 1975)
Open sesame (De-lite, 1976)
Superband (De-lite, 1976)
Everybody's dancin' (De-lite, 1978)
Ladies night (De-lite, 1979)
Too hot (De-lite, 1979)
Hangin' out (De-lite, 1979)
Celebration (De-lite, 1980)
Take it to the top (De-lite, 1980)
Steppin' out (De-lite, 1981)
Get down on it (De-lite, 1981)
Take my heart (De-lite, 1981)
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