"He said, ‘I think you need a lead singer,'" Bell tells Rolling Stone. Up until that point, Kool & the Gang had relied on ...
Kool & The Gang also had an opportunity to tour with ... We could have all been gone. [Singer] James “J.T.” Taylor is also ...
saxophonist and singer. But that was just a fraction of the very long rock hall honors. In addition to the tributes to and performances from Warwick and Kool & the Gang, the expansive ceremony’s ...
Kool & the Gang had 12 Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot ... A pivotal moment came when the group hired James “JT” Taylor as lead singer in 1979, fueling most of their ‘80s hits.