Michael Sumler of Kool & the Gang is dead at the age of 71 after suffering injuries from a horrific car crash. Fans of the ...

Known for his work as both a stylist and a hypeman, Michael Sumler was killed on Sunday in Georgia's Cobb County.

Kool & the Gang's Michael "Chicago Mike" Sumler died in a car crash in Mableton, Georgia over Memorial Day Weekend.

Michael Sumler, who served as Kool & The Gang's hype man for many years, passed away in Georgia after a car crash.

“I wish the band the best, but part of the break-up was ... he’s received from fans eager to tell him how certain Kool & the Gang songs affected their life — a marriage soundtracked to ...

Kool & The Gang, best known for hit songs such as “Ladies Night” and “Celebration,” has finally been recognized for a huge ...

Some of their most iconic songs include “Celebration,” “Get Down On It,” “Jungle Boogie,” “Ladies’ Night” and “Cherish.” Initially a jazz band, Kool & the Gang evolved over ...

NEW YORK (AP) — You can call the music of Kool & the Gang funky or R&B ... one of the wake-up songs was “Celebration.” That party-time juggernaut was inducted into the Grammy Hall of ...

It’s a pretty smooth collection of adult contemporary R&B songs and the versatile Brown, who at various points played keyboards with Kool & The Gang ... get it down as best as he could, after ...

Michael Sumler, the resident hype man for Kool & the Gang for more than three decades, has died in a car crash. His death was ...

The revered funk group, which is entering the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, was stuck until James “JT” Taylor helped them become one of the biggest bands of the Eighties ...