Kool & The Gang - Celebration (information, lyrics & video)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post presents information about the Funk & R&B group Kool & The Gang and showcases their 1980 mega hit "Celebration".

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Thanks to Kool & The Gang for their musical legacy and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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Celebrate Alabama! You deserve it and lots of folks throughout the United States thank you.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Kool & The Gang - Celebration




KoolAndTheGangVEVO, Published on Oct 5, 2009

Music video by Kool & The Gang performing Celebration. (C) 1980 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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Statistics as of December 12, 2017 11:43 PM EST:
total number of hits 107,888,763 views
total likes 412,000
total dislikes: 13,000

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INFORMATION ABOUT KOOL & THE GANG
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool_%26_the_Gang
"Kool & the Gang is an American funk and rhythm and blues band that was popular in the 1970s and 1980s.

Music career
Early years
In 1964, thirteen-year-old Robert Bell, his brother Ronald, and five high-school friends in Jersey City, New Jersey, formed an instrumental band called the Jazziacs.[1] They changed their name to Kool & the Flames in 1967, then Kool & the Gang in 1969 (to avoid confusion with James Brown's Famous Flames) and were signed by Gene Redd to his new record label De-Lite Records in 1969.[2]

The band consisted of Robert "Kool" Bell (bass), Ronald Bell (keyboards), Robert Mickens (trumpet), Dennis Thomas (saxophone), Ricky West, George Brown (drums), and Charles Smith (guitar).[3]

The Bell brothers' father Bobby and uncle Tommy were boxers. They moved to New York to train and lived in the same apartment building as Thelonious Monk, who became Robert's godfather when he was born. Miles Davis would drop by because he wanted to be a boxer.[4] They played occasionally with McCoy Tyner, Pharoah Sanders, and Leon Thomas.[5]

Success in the 1970s and 1980s
The band's debut album, Kool and the Gang (1969), produced three hit singles on the pop and R&B charts of Billboard magazine. Wild and Peaceful (1973) gave the band three more hits: "Funky Stuff" in the Top 40 pop chart and "Jungle Boogie" and "Hollywood Swinging" in the Top 10.[6] The latter two songs sold over one million copies and were certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[7] The band remained productive, with albums coming out in 1974 (Light of Worlds) and 1975 (Spirit of the Boogie).

In 1979, James "J.T." Taylor joined as lead singer. Kool and the Gang starting working with Brazilian fusion musician Eumir Deodato as producer, and they moved away from funk and closer to rhythm & blues and pop music. The songs "Ladies' Night" and "Too Hot" were hits[8] and the album was certified platinum by the RIAA.[6] Even more successful was the album Celebrate! (1980), also produced by Deodato, also certified platinum, giving Kool and the Gang its first number one hit ("Celebration"), which Robert Bell called "an international anthem".[8]

More international hits followed in the early 1980s, including "Big Fun", "Get Down on It", and "Joanna". The album Emergency (1984) yielded four Top 20 pop hits, including "Fresh" and "Cherish"."...


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INFORMATION ABOUT THE SONG "CELEBRATION"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebration_(Kool_%26_the_Gang_song)
""Celebration" is a song released in 1980 by Kool & the Gang from their album Celebrate!.

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Commercial performance
"Celebration" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on February 7, 1981, and held that position for two weeks before being ousted by Dolly Parton's "9 to 5".[4] It remains the band's only No. 1 hit.
By late 1980, the song had also reached No. 1 on both the Billboard Dance and R&B charts. The song was featured heavily on the radio throughout the year and is still heard today at weddings and parties,[4] and is a popular anthem for sporting events. It was also an international hit, reaching No. 7 in the United Kingdom on November 29, 1980, spending 13 weeks in the chart.

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Songwriter(s)
Ronald Nathan Bell
Claydes Charles Smith
George Melvin Brown James
"J.T." Taylor
Robert Spike Mickens
Earl Eugene Toon Jr.
Dennis Ronald Thomas
Robert Earl Bell
Eumir Deodato


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LYRICS: CELEBRATION
(as performed by Kool & The Gang)

[Intro]
(This is your celebration)
(This is your celebration)
Celebrate good times, come on (Let's celebrate)
Celebrate good times, come on (Let's celebrate)

[Verse 1]
There's a party goin' on right here
A celebration to last throughout the years
So bring your good times and your laughter too
We gonna celebrate your party with you
Come on now

[Hook]
(Celebration) Let's all celebrate and have a good time
(Celebration) We gon' celebrate and have a good time

[Bridge 1]
It's time to come together
It's up to you, what's your pleasure?
(Everyone around the world come on)

[Pre-Hook]
(Yahoo) It's a celebration
(Yahoo)

[Hook]
Celebrate good times, come on (It's a celebration)
Celebrate good times, come on (Let's celebrate)

[Verse 2]
There's a party goin' on right here
A dedication to last throughout the years
So bring your good times and your laughter too
We gonna celebrate your party with you
Come on now

[Hook]
(Celebration) Let's all celebrate and have a good time
(Celebration) We gon' celebrate and have a good time

[Bridge 1]

[Pre-Hook]
(Yahoo) It's a celebration
(Yahoo) It's a celebration

[Hook]
Celebrate good times, come on (Let's celebrate, come on now)
Celebrate good times, come on (Let's celebrate)

[Bridge 2]
We're gonna have a good time tonight
Let's celebrate, it's all right
We're gonna have a good time tonight
Let's celebrate, it's all right, baby
We're gonna have a good time tonight (Celebration)
Let's celebrate, it's all right
We're gonna have a good time tonight (Celebration)
Let's celebrate, it's all right

[Pre-Hook]
(Yahoo)
(Yahoo)

[Hook]
Celebrate good times, come on (Let's celebrate)
Celebrate good times, come on (It's a celebration)
Celebrate good times, come on (Let's celebrate)
Celebrate good times, come on (Come on and celebrate tonight)
(Baby everything's gonna be alright, let's celebrate)
Celebrate good times, come on
Celebrate good times, come on (Let's have a great time, celebrate)
Celebrate good times, come on

Source: https://genius.com/Kool-and-the-gang-celebration-lyrics

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