The group’s funk, disco and pop songs have been sampled over 1,800 times, but haven’t collected the same accolades as many contemporaries. A new boxed set takes a look back. By Steve Knopper “Do ...

Ronald "Khalis" Bell co-wrote many of Kool and the Gang's most popular songs, including 1980's "Celebration" Ronald "Khalis" Bell, singer and co-founder of Kool & the Gang, died Wednesday at his U.S.

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Ronald “Khalis” Bell, the singer, songwriter and saxophonist whose group Kool & the Gang became one of the most celebrated and musically eclectic funk bands in the 1970s and beyond, died Wednesday at ...