This song was SO BIG back in the day! Many will suggest "Celebration" another big hit but I'd suggest "Summer Madness" to welcome in the warm weather! This video is from the American Music Awards I believe.
Sadly, this feel-good music is no more. That's what I loved about the disco era...all of it was feel-good music that just made you wanna sing or get up and dance your tush off! I was really sad when disco faded. What came after disco is trash! ☹☹☹
Probably best known to movie audiences as Lily in the '82 movie of Annie or, going deeper, as Steve Martin's love interest in The Jerk (and in real life at the time). The Jerk came out the same year as this song so Bernadette was blowing up.
This song was one of Kool and the Gamg’s big hits. In my opinion, it’s an absolute banger! It’s just a really Kool song and it was fun to dance to too!
The audience close-ups show Dionne Warwick and Bernadette Peters, who is a queen of Broadway musicals. Kool and the Gang have a great string of hits and you can easily find more to hear. Seeing Dionne in the audience reminds me of the tribute show that was for her which features one of the best live music videos on the internet - Luther Vandross singing "A House Is Not a Home". If you choose the right video, it will blow you away!
That was the American Music Awards show back in the late 70s/early 80s. Not only was Michael Jackson jamming. The ladies were Dionne Warrick in the green dress and the other lady was Bernadette Peters who was the hottest actress on Broadway at the time.
Such a classic song, so good! "Joanna" "Cherish" "Victory" "Jungle Boogie" "Misled" "Tonight" "Get Down On It" "Steppin' Out" "Love Festival" "Emergency" "Too Hot" "Take My Heart" "Hi De Hi Hi De Ho" "Stone Love" "Let's Go Dancing (Oh, La, La)" "Summer Madness" "Big Fun." There you go :D
Amber & Jay, here are some other Kool & The Gang songs to check out: "Misled", "Celebration", "Too Hot", "Take My Heart", "Hi de Hi, Hi de Ho", "Joanna", and "Emergency".
They really were so "kool" 😁 Our ladies night in the clubs/discos where I lived was Thursday (free admission, cheap drinks) and this song was a staple.
I was broke in college, so my roommate and I would first stop at a couple of happy hours, so we could eat for free before going to the clubs! Good times! 😊
They're 100% legendary. I grew up in the 70s/80s and they were just a part of our lives, always on the radio, on Soul Train or American Bandstand, among others.
Jay & Amber, you'll love their "Celebration" and "Joanna" !! edit- that was Toni Tennille on their introduction, you've done 2 Captain & Tennille songs. You'll love their "The Way I Want to Touch You"!!
"Jungle Boogie", "Spirit of the Boogie", "Hollywood Swinging", "Love and Understanding", "Summer Madness", "Universal Sounds", "Celebration", "Open Sesame", "Too Hot", "Funky Stuff", just to name a few. 💛
The song by Kool & the Gang in Saturday Night Fever was "Open Sesame." There were other artist's songs in the movie like (off the top of my head) "If I Can't Have You" by Yvonne Elliman, "K-Gee" by the Nite-Liters, "Disco Inferno" by the Tramps.
We were blessed with a wealth of great music: Kool and the Gang, Raydio, Earth Wind and Fire, The Gap Band, Dazz Band, James Ingram, Grover Washington, Jr. and the list just goes on. You could do a few months on just these greats. Keep them coming.
The roller rink and the school dances were as cool as you imagine. It was such a fun time!!!!! I’m so happy I grew up with this music. It’s just feel good anytime!!
This is when K&G went pop (This song was considered disco) even though their true fans like this song we loved their earlier true FUNK songs like "Jungle Boogie", "Hollywood Swinging", "Summer Madness" "I Can't Get Enough of That Funky Stuff" "Open Sesame" "Winter Sadness" "Spirit of the Boogie"
Yes, "Jungle Boogie" and "Hollywood Swinging" from the mid-70s were great hits and nice slabs of raw funk that they released before they went all smooth and glossy (although "Hollywood Swinging" is kind of smooth too).
This song just brings me right back to 1979, a sophomore in college and getting ready to go out for the night with my roommate and best friend! Best of times!! 😊
The "if you hear any noise" line was borrowed from P-Funk's "Mothership Connection." Please play "Summer Madness" (from the Rocky soundtrack), "Hollywood Swinging," "Funky Stuff," or "Jungle Boogie" for a taste of the group's original sound from before they started going for the pop audience.
@@karencolley-smidt864 I've got an old portable record player from the 70's that belonged to my late uncle...in mint condition. When I first found it I took it home and took out all my old 45's and listened to them. The crackle sound when the needle touches the records...the old sound of the music coming out of the speakers....I brought back so many memories. Thank God by the time Kool and the Gang came onto the scene...we had a bigger stereo system with a lot of bass....LOL!!! Some music doesn't even sound right without the thumping of the bass.
Kool and the Gang's Ronald Bell: "“‘Ladies Night’ came about [when] my wife and I were hanging out in New York over at Studio 54 … J.T. Taylor had just joined the band, so I went back to the guys and said, ‘I got a perfect title for a song for our new lead singer … ‘Ladies’ Night’.’ The guys said, ‘Wow, yeah they’re all over the world, every weekend there’s a Ladies’ Night.’ That’s how it came about.” Let the party start! 🎉🪩🎶
"Summer Madness" is one of their coolest tunes ever....it's an instrumental with all the cool vibes they can muster. The bass line is instantly recognizable as well as the keyboard work making this tune very unique, very smooth, very cool!!! no pun intended. I hope someday you can fit it in your repetoire.
It’s the perfect summer tune for me, I always have it on when summertime rolls round and it pairs up real nice with Roy Ayers- “My Life In The Sunshine”.
AMBER AND J, YOU HAVE TO HEAR JUNGLE BOOGIE BY THEM! IT'S ICONIC! It's funny because the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack was the very first 8-track that my parents bought when they finally went and got us a home stereo system from Kmart in the early to mid 70s. And it's a fantastic soundtrack and the Bee Gees are only on a couple of them. Disco Inferno by the Disco band Tramp, was a huge huge deal and the whole soundtrack is really really good.
I can't believe you haven't done "Celebration" by them. That's one of their biggest hits. "Joanna" is a really good one too. "Open Sesame" is a lot of fun as well.
This is the best of the best by Kool and the Gang. I feel this song started the phenomenon of "Ladies Nights" at all the clubs! This song was a mega hit in the late seventies (1979). This song brought everyone to the dance floor then and it still does today! They were super successful in the seventies and eighties with a string of hits like; "Too Hot", "Celebration", "Joanna", "Cherish", and more! ❤❤
Loved this song ,danced to it for years. My favorite line is " IF YOU HEAR ANY NOISE, IT IS THE BOYS"💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻. You would like CELEBRATION or JOANNA or CHERISH. Have a Kool -and - The - gang - day and play all 3😆😆😆
The "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack was a 2 record set (or 1 8-track tape) when it was originally released. The majority of it was previously released songs, like "Disco Inferno" by The Trammps which y'all recently reacted to. The Kool & The Gang song on it is "Open Sesame", which is pre- James JT Taylor (the lead singer here). Their very early stuff had a more jazz sound & was sometimes instrumental like "Summer Madness", which you might have heard sampled in "Summertime" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. Madonna wasn't out yet when "Ladies Night" was released in 1979, that was Bernadette Peters in the audience, an actress/singer.
Summer Madness is a must for my Summertime jams every year, doesn’t even matter that it’s an instrumental as it hits the mood just perfect like a Summer movie soundtrack!
Kool and the Gang, Earth, Wind and Fire, the Isley Brothers, Heatwave, the Tavares, and all the other bands. such amazing music!!!!! Thanks for your reaction!!
You have not done Kool & The Gang's signature song... Celebration! My personal favorite is Too Hot, the follow up to Ladies Night. One more suggestion; Cherish! Beautiful ballad
Kool and the Gang is so much fun!! I LOVE your channel! You guys are the best!! If I may, I'd like to suggest a few amazing songs I believe you would both enjoy: • "Something about you" by Level 42 • "Perhaps Love" by John Denver and Plácido Domingo • "Separate Lives" by Phil Collins (the live version duet with Bridgette Bryant) • "Your smiling face" by James Taylor Love, love, LOVE you guys and your joyful videos ❤
Spent the holiday weekend at the shore in Wildwood Crest NJ, was a band playing called Coast 2 Coast. Sounded great, everything they performed had horns; trumpet, trombone and sax. Awesome performance!
If it was the Grammies back in the day, the people were ver respectful of the venue. Everyone just sat there and just listened to the music. We at home on the other hand we’re dancing!
I saw them at the Ohio State Fair many years ago and I can honestly say that not one person sat down throughout the entire concert. They put on the best performance ever. Legends!
Great choice! I absolutely love this group! You both should react to "Joanna" which is my personal favorite of theirs. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and reactions to this awesome jam! 😎✌️👍
"Mislead" is my favorite song from Kool & The Gang. This song was very popular back in 1979. K&TG sang a song called "Open Sesame (Get Down With The Genie)" on the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack.
Love Kool and the Gang! Saw them open for Van Halen in 2012. Of course they played this one. You MUST do Celebration. Their biggest hit, and such a fun, happy song. Gets stuck in my head all the time.
Thats why said i did not know that they opened for Van Halen. I saw them in on tour all thru the 80's with David Lee Roth then one concert with Sammy Hagar here in San Antonio Tx. N I know Kool n the Gang never opened up for them .
Live performance was so incredible. My friend and I were the only white girls in the place up and going funk all over this. Our black friends were bumping into it. So eighties crazy funky town. You can't stay sitting to this. Loved it. Canadian Grandma Lori. C.
The crowd was sitting down because this song was recorded at an award show. Opening announcement made by soft rock performer Toni Tennille from the married duo Captain & Tennille who had lots of hits in the 70s. They crossed over into R&B music during the late 80s. This was one of the first biggest chart toppers from an R&B/Funk group of male musicians who had some hits from the 70s. The was the first song that featured newest lead singer James JT Taylor who recorded a few solo albums with a couple of R&B hits for fans.
You really gotta play Kool and the Gang Take My Heart (You Can Have It). Y'all would definitely love it. Hope you play it soon. I love y'all. You and your family always stay blessed and healthy ✝️🙏🛐🕊️
Great song! If you ever watch Family Matters, the girl who played Steve Urkel's girlfriend, Michelle Thomas is the daughter of one of the Gang...Dennis Thomas.
I believe this was their first hit with lead singer JT Taylor. I think EVERYBODY has heard "Celebration" at a wedding or party. Request reaction to Smooth "Too Hot" or wild crazy "Jungle Boogie".
Always loved this band saw them at Disneyland on New Year's Eve and they did something you don't see at amusement parks or seldom anywhere they did an extra hour
One of my favorites from Kool and the Gang! The best songs are from their early 70s hits, 'Hollywood Swinging', 'Jungle Boogie', 'Open Sesame' (from soundtrack Saturday Night Fever,). Great band.
Making me smile.😀 I remember when clubs had "ladies night" and women got free or discounted drinks--great for getting people in because if the ladies are there, the men will also want to be there. I took some prelaw classes in the 80's and seem to remember some guy brought a discrimination case against "ladies night" we don't have ladies nights anymore. 😒
My favorite Kool and the Gang song is “Too Hot”(1979), but their ultimate hands down gem has got to be their instrumental “Summer Madness”(1974). Highly recommend 🔥🔥🔥
Oh what a night. I love Kool & the gang. I was into big band music but I was a little kid. And being it was the Disco era. These men did the best job of smashing the two together. I also play the trumpet, so when those horns blow you got to get on your feet! At least I do. They also brought a word to our vocabulary a word you don't hear any more. This music was downright "funk", a one-of-a-kind groove. I agree with you, how can that audience just sit there!!! They even mix some Marvin Gaye in. Sophisticated mama, what a voice for a generation.
The song on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack is Open Sesame, which is great but you've gotta hear Hollywood Swinging. It's the ultimate funky Kool and the Gang song!
Kool and the Gang was created in the early 70's by Robert "Kool" Bell who plays bass guitar and his brother Ronald Bell who played Saxophone. It was originally a Contemporary Jazz band. Their first hit was a Contemporary Jazz number titled Summer Madness which can be heard in the movie Rocky 2. The band then turned to playing Funk music and had a huge hit titled Jungle Boogie that was featured in the movie Saturday Night Fever. As the 70's were coming to an end and the 80's were ahead, the band decided to take a direction more toward R&B/Pop music. They hired James "J.T." Taylor to be their front man and lead singer. Kool and the Gang would fill the 80's with hit after hit and become a mainstay on the radio. Other great hits by Kool and the Gang include: 1. Celebration 2. Let's Go Dancing 3. Joanna 4. Cherish 5. Jungle Boogie 6. Summer Madness 7. Too Hot 8. Mislead 9. Hollywood Swinging 10. Stone Love. Thanks for carrying these great artists and songs into the future. You always make my day! 😊
You noticed Michael Jackson in the Audience (You'd figure HE'D be the one jumping up dancing FIRST), But the Blonde Lady was Bernadette Peters (Singer/Dancer/Actress) and the Fabulous Dionne Warwick! That was a GREAT ERA for music! Light, Free, "Let's have a good time" Party music!
1980 Friday Night Roller Rink. They played this and only the ladies were allowed to skate. Good times.❤
Those were the days
Yep, shortly before Limbo or shooting the duck.
YES! We lived through the best of the best years for sure!
such fun times
I took a bus to go to the roller rink every Saturday...wish I could live those days again, so fun!!!
Michael Jackson,Bernadette Peters (stage actress singer) and Dionne Warwick are the people you spotted.
...also Peaches and Herb
Bernadette Peters was moving 😂
This song was SO BIG back in the day!
Many will suggest "Celebration" another big hit but I'd suggest "Summer Madness" to welcome in the warm weather!
This video is from the American Music Awards I believe.
They also had one called "Winter Sadness"
“Summer Madness” is what can best be described as “baby-making music”. 😉 Seriously, a beautiful song, though, and such a cool vibe.
Summer Madness is incredible. I love the version with lyrics
Definite YES to Summer Madness.
Definitely do "Summer Madness". Then do the off-shoot of it by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince called "Summertime".
That is the amazing Bernadette Peters sitting up front in the audience. Best known for Broadway, she's a terrific singer and actress.
I knew it wasn't Madonna and I knew the face but could NOT but a name to the face LOL
They should watch “The Jerk” 😂
@@pigmeatmarkham898 um yes, everyone should watch that.
When you hear Kool and the Gang you know it's about to be good, they were a big part of my teens and 20s
If you want a bass line, try Hollywood Swingin’. One of their earliest hits.
...and real FUNK song
Love that song so much!
Agree 100%, love Hollywood Swingin'
Whatever happened to "feel good" songs like this? Glad I grew up when I did.
Sadly, this feel-good music is no more. That's what I loved about the disco era...all of it was feel-good music that just made you wanna sing or get up and dance your tush off! I was really sad when disco faded. What came after disco is trash! ☹☹☹
DITTO ....absolutely
The lady you said you didn’t know who she was. She’s Bernadette Peters. She’s a triple threat. She can do it all. Quite an entertainer.
Probably best known to movie audiences as Lily in the '82 movie of Annie or, going deeper, as Steve Martin's love interest in The Jerk (and in real life at the time). The Jerk came out the same year as this song so Bernadette was blowing up.
Wow , yeah Bernadette was special. She was one of a kind , something about her. I was ooh lala for her when I was young
Loooove her!
@@zippymacadoo6336
Me too…even as a child I was drawn to her. Always enjoyed watching her perform.
This song was one of Kool and the Gamg’s big hits. In my opinion, it’s an absolute banger! It’s just a really Kool song and it was fun to dance to too!
HUGE hit of theirs- love Kool and the Gang. Check out “Misled” next! 🛼 🛼 💃
My favorite from Kool!
Misled isn't talked about enough
Yes, PLEASE check out Misled.
@@MightMouse2174 absolutely agree, obviously- 🙂
Actually my favorite song by them that got very little airplay!
The audience close-ups show Dionne Warwick and Bernadette Peters, who is a queen of Broadway musicals. Kool and the Gang have a great string of hits and you can easily find more to hear. Seeing Dionne in the audience reminds me of the tribute show that was for her which features one of the best live music videos on the internet - Luther Vandross singing "A House Is Not a Home". If you choose the right video, it will blow you away!
They never bothered
The song that they have on Saturday Night Fever soundtrack is Open Sesame and for that time that song was fire!
That was the American Music Awards show back in the late 70s/early 80s. Not only was Michael Jackson jamming. The ladies were Dionne Warrick in the green dress and the other lady was Bernadette Peters who was the hottest actress on Broadway at the time.
Such a classic song, so good! "Joanna" "Cherish" "Victory" "Jungle Boogie" "Misled" "Tonight" "Get Down On It" "Steppin' Out" "Love Festival" "Emergency" "Too Hot" "Take My Heart" "Hi De Hi Hi De Ho" "Stone Love" "Let's Go Dancing (Oh, La, La)" "Summer Madness" "Big Fun." There you go :D
Amber & Jay, here are some other Kool & The Gang songs to check out: "Misled", "Celebration", "Too Hot", "Take My Heart", "Hi de Hi, Hi de Ho", "Joanna", and "Emergency".
"Stand up and sing" and "straight ahead" too
I love when they show Michael Jackson in the audience and he's singing along. ❤
They really were so "kool" 😁 Our ladies night in the clubs/discos where I lived was Thursday (free admission, cheap drinks) and this song was a staple.
I was broke in college, so my roommate and I would first stop at a couple of happy hours, so we could eat for free before going to the clubs! Good times! 😊
Kool & the Gang have so many amazing songs. They are an amazing group!
Even minor hits like "Big Fun" are great.
They're 100% legendary. I grew up in the 70s/80s and they were just a part of our lives, always on the radio, on Soul Train or American Bandstand, among others.
7dz 1979
Glad you both reacted to this jam! This was part of my 1979 disco craze growing up!
Alright my babies.... Giving the people what they want, again ‼️ This band is so darn good with a great catalog ‼️💯🔥🎼🎶😁👍🏼
💯% !!!!!
Jay & Amber, you'll love their "Celebration" and "Joanna" !!
edit- that was Toni Tennille on their introduction, you've done 2 Captain & Tennille songs. You'll love their "The Way I Want to Touch You"!!
"Celebration" is most definitely my favorite song of theirs.
That dumb drunken presenter got them mixed up with the bee gees.not even from harlem.that group is from philly, I believe. 😅
I don’t think you’ll love Johanna
"Jungle Boogie", "Spirit of the Boogie", "Hollywood Swinging", "Love and Understanding", "Summer Madness", "Universal Sounds", "Celebration", "Open Sesame", "Too Hot", "Funky Stuff", just to name a few. 💛
A really fun and classy group...A lot of great old school memories of this group...One of their many great songs.
It truly is. Misled is my favorite 💯🙌
Truly astounding the diversity of great music that came out in that era.
The song by Kool & the Gang in Saturday Night Fever was "Open Sesame." There were other artist's songs in the movie like (off the top of my head) "If I Can't Have You" by Yvonne Elliman, "K-Gee" by the Nite-Liters, "Disco Inferno" by the Tramps.
Disco Inferno was fire! 😆
@@canonfodder2068 "More Than A Woman" by Taveras and The Bee Gees separately also on SNF.
We were blessed with a wealth of great music: Kool and the Gang, Raydio, Earth Wind and Fire, The Gap Band, Dazz Band, James Ingram, Grover Washington, Jr. and the list just goes on. You could do a few months on just these greats. Keep them coming.
Love Kool and The Gang...absolutely awesome 😎. Next Celebration 🎉, Misled 😮 and Cherish ❤. So many great songs 🕊️💜
Love Kool and the gang, this is an absolutely awesome song, the dance floor was always packed during this song
Dionne Warwick can sit or stand whenever she chooses - she’s Royalty !
The roller rink and the school dances were as cool as you imagine. It was such a fun time!!!!! I’m so happy I grew up with this music. It’s just feel good anytime!!
Really funky band from late 70's and 80's ,great to dance to. Celebration and Too hot are other good ones.
Big hit before the 80s STARTED LOL
" Jungle Boogie " " Cherish" " Celebration " Love Them❤
This is when K&G went pop (This song was considered disco) even though their true fans like this song we loved their earlier true FUNK songs like "Jungle Boogie", "Hollywood Swinging", "Summer Madness" "I Can't Get Enough of That Funky Stuff" "Open Sesame" "Winter Sadness" "Spirit of the Boogie"
Those are much better especially Jungle Boogie than the later sappy songs.
Lady's Night is still funky. After that, I cant get with. Give me 1976 or before.
Definitely "Jungle Boogie" and "Hollywood Swinging" were awesome songs!
Agree, but also loved even their earlier stuff that was much more Jazz oriented.
Yes, "Jungle Boogie" and "Hollywood Swinging" from the mid-70s were great hits and nice slabs of raw funk that they released before they went all smooth and glossy (although "Hollywood Swinging" is kind of smooth too).
This song just brings me right back to 1979, a sophomore in college and getting ready to go out for the night with my roommate and best friend! Best of times!! 😊
The "if you hear any noise" line was borrowed from P-Funk's "Mothership Connection." Please play "Summer Madness" (from the Rocky soundtrack), "Hollywood Swinging," "Funky Stuff," or "Jungle Boogie" for a taste of the group's original sound from before they started going for the pop audience.
I've still got this on 45 in my old record collection from the 80's....such a great hit!!!
I think I do too 🤣
@@karencolley-smidt864 I've got an old portable record player from the 70's that belonged to my late uncle...in mint condition. When I first found it I took it home and took out all my old 45's and listened to them. The crackle sound when the needle touches the records...the old sound of the music coming out of the speakers....I brought back so many memories. Thank God by the time Kool and the Gang came onto the scene...we had a bigger stereo system with a lot of bass....LOL!!! Some music doesn't even sound right without the thumping of the bass.
Kool and the Gang's Ronald Bell: "“‘Ladies Night’ came about [when] my wife and I were hanging out in New York over at Studio 54 … J.T. Taylor had just joined the band, so I went back to the guys and said, ‘I got a perfect title for a song for our new lead singer … ‘Ladies’ Night’.’ The guys said, ‘Wow, yeah they’re all over the world, every weekend there’s a Ladies’ Night.’ That’s how it came about.” Let the party start! 🎉🪩🎶
"Summer Madness" is one of their coolest tunes ever....it's an instrumental with all the cool vibes they can muster. The bass line is instantly recognizable as well as the keyboard work making this tune very unique, very smooth, very cool!!! no pun intended. I hope someday you can fit it in your repetoire.
It’s the perfect summer tune for me, I always have it on when summertime rolls round and it pairs up real nice with Roy Ayers- “My Life In The Sunshine”.
AMBER AND J, YOU HAVE TO HEAR JUNGLE BOOGIE BY THEM! IT'S ICONIC!
It's funny because the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack was the very first 8-track that my parents bought when they finally went and got us a home stereo system from Kmart in the early to mid 70s. And it's a fantastic soundtrack and the Bee Gees are only on a couple of them. Disco Inferno by the Disco band Tramp, was a huge huge deal and the whole soundtrack is really really good.
I can't believe you haven't done "Celebration" by them. That's one of their biggest hits. "Joanna" is a really good one too. "Open Sesame" is a lot of fun as well.
Open Sesame was one of the songs in the dance contest in the movie Saturday night fever
It's 1979 & Thursday night @ the disco, & ladies drink free!! It's ladies night, this was an anthem! 💃🕺
Classic song from a classic group. Glad to see you both reacted to this classic.
A fantastic band. They have so many hits. It's hard to sit still with this music. Enjoy it! 🎶🎶🎶
This is the best of the best by Kool and the Gang. I feel this song started the phenomenon of "Ladies Nights" at all the clubs! This song was a mega hit in the late seventies (1979). This song brought everyone to the dance floor then and it still does today! They were super successful in the seventies and eighties with a string of hits like; "Too Hot", "Celebration", "Joanna", "Cherish", and more! ❤❤
Back in the 70s at the Roller skating rink this song was one that was always played when Ladies only skate came.
Loved this song ,danced to it for years. My favorite line is " IF YOU HEAR ANY NOISE, IT IS THE BOYS"💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻. You would like CELEBRATION or JOANNA or CHERISH. Have a Kool -and - The - gang - day and play all 3😆😆😆
The "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack was a 2 record set (or 1 8-track tape) when it was originally released. The majority of it was previously released songs, like "Disco Inferno" by The Trammps which y'all recently reacted to. The Kool & The Gang song on it is "Open Sesame", which is pre- James JT Taylor (the lead singer here). Their very early stuff had a more jazz sound & was sometimes instrumental like "Summer Madness", which you might have heard sampled in "Summertime" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. Madonna wasn't out yet when "Ladies Night" was released in 1979, that was Bernadette Peters in the audience, an actress/singer.
Summer Madness is a must for my Summertime jams every year, doesn’t even matter that it’s an instrumental as it hits the mood just perfect like a Summer movie soundtrack!
Kool and the Gang, Earth, Wind and Fire, the Isley Brothers, Heatwave, the Tavares, and all the other bands. such amazing music!!!!! Thanks for your reaction!!
Kool and the Gang is SO underrated. They had lots of great songs and hits. I would suggest "Misled" as a follow up, a song that rocks a little bit.
You have not done Kool & The Gang's signature song... Celebration! My personal favorite is Too Hot, the follow up to Ladies Night. One more suggestion; Cherish! Beautiful ballad
One of my favorite groups. Played at all the parties and skating rinks. Such a blast from the past 😊
I love this song! I could see the joy on Amber's face hearing the song again after awhile. Love it!
This was a roller skating jam back in the day!!!
However, I still can't get Wedding Singer out of my head when I hear this! LOL
Wednesday night's were " ladies night " at the Roller Disco back in the day & of course this song was always played..Great memories 😊
"Misled" is THE JAM!!!
They were amazing. The singer was amazing. All the music you're listening to is so much better than the stuff that I hear these days.
The group that gave us the original "Summer Time." Love Kool and The Gang.
Summer Madness
Kool and the Gang is so much fun!!
I LOVE your channel! You guys are the best!!
If I may, I'd like to suggest a few amazing songs I believe you would both enjoy:
• "Something about you" by Level 42
• "Perhaps Love" by John Denver and Plácido Domingo
• "Separate Lives" by Phil Collins (the live version duet with Bridgette Bryant)
• "Your smiling face" by James Taylor
Love, love, LOVE you guys and your joyful videos ❤
Great suggestions 🥰🥰🥰
@@juliewhite7469 Aw... thank you, Julie! ❤️
@@marciabee 💖
Great song - happy to see Jordan get to hear it.
Spent the holiday weekend at the shore in Wildwood Crest NJ, was a band playing called Coast 2 Coast. Sounded great, everything they performed had horns; trumpet, trombone and sax. Awesome performance!
If it was the Grammies back in the day, the people were ver respectful of the venue. Everyone just sat there and just listened to the music. We at home on the other hand we’re dancing!
I saw them at the Ohio State Fair many years ago and I can honestly say that not one person sat down throughout the entire concert. They put on the best performance ever. Legends!
Great choice! I absolutely love this group! You both should react to "Joanna" which is my personal favorite of theirs. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and reactions to this awesome jam! 😎✌️👍
This threw me back to the seventies and it was a great song to dance to
"Mislead" is my favorite song from Kool & The Gang.
This song was very popular back in 1979.
K&TG sang a song called "Open Sesame (Get Down With The Genie)" on the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack.
Thanks guys for reacting to this disco classic again I really appreciate it. This is feel good music at it's best 😊
Love Kool and the Gang! Saw them open for Van Halen in 2012. Of course they played this one. You MUST do Celebration. Their biggest hit, and such a fun, happy song. Gets stuck in my head all the time.
Wow I did not know that
@Frank....you dint know it cause it`s wrong !! Like I said, they where famous long before *Celebration* !
Thats why said i did not know that they opened for Van Halen. I saw them in on tour all thru the 80's with David Lee Roth then one concert with Sammy Hagar here in San Antonio Tx. N I know Kool n the Gang never opened up for them .
Live performance was so incredible. My friend and I were the only white girls in the place up and going funk all over this. Our black friends were bumping into it. So eighties crazy funky town. You can't stay sitting to this. Loved it. Canadian Grandma Lori. C.
The crowd was sitting down because this song was recorded at an award show. Opening announcement made by soft rock performer Toni Tennille from the married duo Captain & Tennille who had lots of hits in the 70s. They crossed over into R&B music during the late 80s. This was one of the first biggest chart toppers from an R&B/Funk group of male musicians who had some hits from the 70s. The was the first song that featured newest lead singer James JT Taylor who recorded a few solo albums with a couple of R&B hits for fans.
You really gotta play Kool and the Gang Take My Heart (You Can Have It). Y'all would definitely love it. Hope you play it soon. I love y'all. You and your family always stay blessed and healthy ✝️🙏🛐🕊️
LOVE that song!
@@taneshah.1260 Yes my beautiful sister. The song is sexy and so is the singer 🤗. You and your family always stay blessed and healthy ✝️🙏🛐🕊️
Great song! If you ever watch Family Matters, the girl who played Steve Urkel's girlfriend, Michelle Thomas is the daughter of one of the Gang...Dennis Thomas.
Didn’t she pass away recently?
EDIT: I guess it wasn’t that recent. 1998. Maybe I just found out recently.
I didn't know that. WOW 🤗
@@76JStucki Yes unfortunately she did.
I believe this was their first hit with lead singer JT Taylor. I think EVERYBODY has heard "Celebration" at a wedding or party. Request reaction to Smooth "Too Hot" or wild crazy "Jungle Boogie".
Earliest hit I know by them is "Jungle Boogie". Highly suggest this one.
Love Kool and the Gang. Gotta do Jungle Boogie next.
Ultimate funk song
Great reaction as always. Misled is my very favorite by them. 🙌💯
Great song 💖
I danced to this Song many Times at School Dances and Parties. I also Roller Skated to this Song!
Always loved this band saw them at Disneyland on New Year's Eve and they did something you don't see at amusement parks or seldom anywhere they did an extra hour
I love this group! Thanks for the reaction. Anything by them is good with me!
One of my favorites from Kool and the Gang! The best songs are from their early 70s hits, 'Hollywood Swinging', 'Jungle Boogie', 'Open Sesame' (from soundtrack Saturday Night Fever,). Great band.
Great group and song! Cherish, Celebration, Too Hot are all great!
Kool and the Gang always had the funk in the early 70s. Then when JT joined the group, it raised them up to another level!!
IMO, their smoothest song is Too Hot
LOVE that song! So underrated.
Great song.
Making me smile.😀 I remember when clubs had "ladies night" and women got free or discounted drinks--great for getting people in because if the ladies are there, the men will also want to be there. I took some prelaw classes in the 80's and seem to remember some guy brought a discrimination case against "ladies night" we don't have ladies nights anymore. 😒
What a jerk he was
My favorite Kool and the Gang song is “Too Hot”(1979), but their ultimate hands down gem has got to be their instrumental “Summer Madness”(1974). Highly recommend 🔥🔥🔥
Great song!
I agree, J...I would have been dancing in my seat!
Every male stripper show in the 80's played this song at some point in the night. Or so Ive been told!!!
JT with the swag. Stepping up to the mic In the white suit. All cool. So good
Oh what a night. I love Kool & the gang. I was into big band music but I was a little kid. And being it was the Disco era. These men did the best job of smashing the two together. I also play the trumpet, so when those horns blow you got to get on your feet! At least I do. They also brought a word to our vocabulary a word you don't hear any more. This music was downright "funk", a one-of-a-kind groove. I agree with you, how can that audience just sit there!!! They even mix some Marvin Gaye in. Sophisticated mama, what a voice for a generation.
The song on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack is Open Sesame, which is great but you've gotta hear Hollywood Swinging. It's the ultimate funky Kool and the Gang song!
JT had one of the smoothest singing voices ever
Oooh La la la, let's go dancing is a highly overlooked song of theirs. Love it.
My kids thought they were going to get me with this one. Nope! Daughter-in-law just said, " Dad is singing every word."
his Sophisticated Mama line is THE best
They got into at the end and Bernadette Peters looked over a Dionne like what's going on 😆 should I get up and get down 😆
Kool and the Gang has so many great songs. I saw them live for free and they were amazing.
I was doin the disco thing when this song was popular and it always packed the dance floor. Amber you would have loved it
Classic !!!!!! Too Hot is a great one too !! These guys were fire in the late 70's and early 80's.
Kool and the Gang was created in the early 70's by Robert "Kool" Bell who plays bass guitar and his brother Ronald Bell who played Saxophone. It was originally a Contemporary Jazz band. Their first hit was a Contemporary Jazz number titled Summer Madness which can be heard in the movie Rocky 2. The band then turned to playing Funk music and had a huge hit titled Jungle Boogie that was featured in the movie Saturday Night Fever. As the 70's were coming to an end and the 80's were ahead, the band decided to take a direction more toward R&B/Pop music. They hired James "J.T." Taylor to be their front man and lead singer. Kool and the Gang would fill the 80's with hit after hit and become a mainstay on the radio.
Other great hits by Kool and the Gang include:
1. Celebration
2. Let's Go Dancing
3. Joanna
4. Cherish
5. Jungle Boogie
6. Summer Madness
7. Too Hot
8. Mislead
9. Hollywood Swinging
10. Stone Love.
Thanks for carrying these great artists and songs into the future. You always make my day! 😊
I wish this song would go on forever! Awesome vibe, beat, etc...such a groove.
An obscure Kool song, but outstanding....."Straight Ahead."
You noticed Michael Jackson in the Audience (You'd figure HE'D be the one jumping up dancing FIRST), But the Blonde Lady was Bernadette Peters (Singer/Dancer/Actress) and the Fabulous Dionne Warwick!
That was a GREAT ERA for music! Light, Free, "Let's have a good time" Party music!