Mike Sumler, hype man of the Grammy Award-winning group Kool & the Gang, has died. He was 71. Sumler died in a car crash over ...

Kool & the Gang's Michael Sumler was killed in a car crash just outside Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday, local media reported.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "LET'S PARTY") KOOL AND THE GANG: (Singing) Let's party, get on down. Let's party. Let's party, get on down. Oh. Oh. RASCOE: How do you and the rest of the band create music ...

When it comes to party music, there's a few standards that everybody knows and just can't resist dancing to. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "CELEBRATION") KOOL AND THE GANG: (Singing) Celebrate good times ...

Kool & the Gang were prolific, and their sound evolved over a long period. Michael Neidus — global commercial manager for the British record label Demon Music Group, which licensed the Kool ...

George “Funky” Brown, the co-founder and longtime drummer of Kool & The Gang who helped write such ... according to a statement released by Universal Music. He had retired earlier in the ...

MUSIC ROYALTY. PERHAPS ONE OF THE GREATEST ... I FEEL LIKE THEY MIGHT TAKE MY CARD IF I GET IT WRONG. KOOL AND THE GANG. RIGHT. YEAH. IT’S THAT COOL IN THE GAME. YEAH. YOU CHEATED.

NEW YORK (AP) — You can call the music of Kool & the Gang funky or R&B, soulful or disco, pop or dance. What you cannot call it is partisan. When Iowa’s delegation at this summer’s ...

Kool & the Gang's newest single, "Let's Party," was released in 2022. Their impressive accolades include two Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, and numerous gold and platinum albums.

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

Michael Sumler, member of funk and R&B group Kool & the Gang, has died at the age of 71. Sumler – also known as ‘Chicago ...

Sarah Michaud is the senior news editor of PEOPLE's music vertical. She has been working at PEOPLE for 17 years. Donald Kravitz/Getty Michael Sumler, a member of R&B band Kool & the Gang ...