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Kool & the Gang. Ronald Nathan Bell (November 1, 1951 – September 9, 2020), also known as Khalis Bayyan, [1] was an American composer, singer, songwriter, arranger, producer, saxophonist and co-founding member of Kool & the Gang. The band recorded nine No. 1 R&B singles in the 1970s and 1980s, including its No. 1 pop single "Celebration". [2]
Kool & the Gang is an American R&B, soul, and funk group formed in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964. Its founding members include brothers Robert "Kool" Bell and Ronald Bell aka "Khalis Bayyan", Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas, Robert "Spike" Mickens, Charles Smith, George Brown, Sir Earl Toon, Woodrow "Woody" Sparrow, and Ricky Westfield.
Co-founder Ronald Bell, the group's saxophonist and musical arranger, explained the origins of the song; . The initial idea came from the Quran.I was reading the passage, where God was creating Adam, and the angels were celebrating and singing praises.
Ronald "Khalis" Bell, a co-founder of Kool & the Gang, died Wednesday at his home in the U.S. Virgin Islands, his publicist said. He was 68 and the cause of death was not released. Bell formed the ...
Ronald “Khalis” Bell, a co-founder, singer and producer of the group Kool & the Gang, has died. Bell died at his home in the U.S. Virgin Islands Wednesday morning with his wife by his side ...
"Ladies' Night" is a song by American band Kool & the Gang, released as the first single from their eleventh album of the same name (1979). It is a play on the popular use of "Ladies Nights" at bars and clubs that were meant to draw in more female patrons in order to draw in even more male clientele.
Bell's younger brother, Ronald Bell, was also a musician, and co-formed the band with Robert in 1964. Both brothers converted to Islam in 1972. [7] Ronald died of undisclosed causes on September 9, 2020. In 1971, Robert married to Deborah Jones. Bell and Jones met when they were teenagers. [4] Deborah died on November 4, 2018, aged 67. [8]
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