The 2024 Rock Hall induction ceremony invaded Cleveland on October 19, whicn included inductees Kool & the Gang.

Michael Sumler, in a red jersey, performs with Kool & the Gang in Atlantic City, N.J., in 2005. (Donald Kravitz / Getty Images) Michael Sumler, who spent years working with the venerable soul-funk ...

Members of Kool & the Gang returned to Jersey City in September 2006 to honor Tom Pakidis, who was affiliated with the Boys and Girls Clubs and also let the band members use his Junction insurance ...

GEORGIA — A former member of the legendary music group Kool & the Gang has died in a crash. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Michael “Chicago Mike” Sumler, 77, was ...

George "Funky" Brown, was a founding member of Kool & The Gang who died in 2023. Now, Brown is going into the Rock Hall and has a recent memoir and a posthumous solo album leaving his message to ...

NEW YORK (AP) — You can call the music of Kool & the Gang funky or R&B, soulful or disco, pop or dance. What you cannot call it is partisan. When Iowa’s delegation at this summer’s Democrat… ...

Michael Sumler of Kool & the Gang has died. He was 71 years old. The band confirmed his death with a statement, saying that "Chicago Mike" made sure the band "looked their best on stage every ...