The first of four Kool & the Gang members to appear on our chart.
76 RONALD BELL
Born 1st November in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. He is now known by his Muslim name of Khalis Bayyan. Ronald along with elder brother Robert grew up in New Jersey, where they were to form the Jazziacs, who were to evolve into Kool and the Gang. Known as 'The Captain' he played saxophone and keyboards for the band, who were to first hit the charts Stateside in the early 70's, but it was during the disco boom of the late 70's and early 80's that was to change them into world stars. Come the mid 80's their sound had changed again into a more Pop/Soul sound and by the end of the decade they had all but disappeared from view, although they still perform to this day. Their music shows no sign of disappearing though being as they are one of the most sampled artist's in history.
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NO. OF HITS |
52 |
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NO. OF NO.1'S |
0 |
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NO. OF TOP TENS |
17 |
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WEEKS ON CHART |
381 |
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TITLE |
ARTIST |
POS |
WKS |
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1 |
Tonight (1) |
Kool And The Gang |
2 |
11 |
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2 |
Joanna (1) |
Kool And The Gang |
2 |
11 |
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3 |
I Got 5 On It (2) |
Luniz |
3 |
15 |
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4 |
Get Down On It (3) |
Kool And The Gang |
3 |
13 |
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5 |
Boy You Knock Me Out (4) |
Tatanya Ali/Will Smith |
3 |
9 |
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6 |
All About Us (5) |
Peter Andre |
3 |
9 |
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7 |
Cherish (6) |
Kool And The Gang |
4 |
22 |
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8 |
Crazy (7) |
Mark Morrison |
6 |
13 |
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9 |
Ooh La La La (Let's Go Dancin') (8) |
Kool And The Gang |
6 |
9 |
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10 |
Celebration (9) |
Kool And The Gang |
7 |
18 |
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11 |
Freeek! (10) |
George Michael |
7 |
10 |
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12 |
(When You Say You Love Somebody) In The Heart (1) |
Kool And The Gang |
7 |
8 |
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13 |
Summertime (11) |
Dj Jazzy Jeff/Fresh Prince |
8 |
12 |
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14 |
Ladies Night (12) |
Atomic Kitten/Kool And The Gang |
8 |
11 |
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15 |
Ladies Night (12) |
Kool And The Gang |
9 |
12 |
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16 |
Too Hot (13) |
Coolio |
9 |
6 |
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17 |
Feels So Good (14) |
Mase |
10 |
8 |
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18 |
Fresh (15) |
Kool And The Gang |
11 |
12 |
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19 |
Steppin' Out (16) |
Kool And The Gang |
12 |
13 |
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20 |
Breathe And Stop (17) |
Q-Tip |
12 |
7 |
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21 |
Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg (18) |
Tlc |
13 |
5 |
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22 |
Pump It Up (19) |
Joe Budden |
13 |
7 |
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23 |
Big Fun (20) |
Kool And The Gang |
14 |
8 |
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24 |
You Want This (21) |
Janet Jackson |
14 |
3 |
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25 |
Straight Ahead (22) |
Kool And The Gang |
15 |
10 |
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26 |
Take It To The Top (9) |
Kool And The Gang |
15 |
9 |
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27 |
Somethin' 4 Da Honeyz (23) |
Montell Jordan |
15 |
4 |
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28 |
Jones Vs Jones (24) |
Kool And The Gang |
17 |
11 |
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29 |
Summer Madness (25) |
Kool And The Gang |
17 |
11 |
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30 |
Celebration (9) |
Kylie Minogue |
20 |
7 |
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31 |
We Just Wanna Party With You (26) |
Snoop Doggy Dogg |
21 |
2 |
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32 |
Who's The Man (43) |
House Of Pain |
23 |
4 |
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33 |
Too Hot (27) |
Kool And The Gang |
23 |
8 |
|
34 |
I Found Love (28) |
C & C Music Factory |
26 |
2 |
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35 |
Misled (29) |
Kool And The Gang |
28 |
5 |
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36 |
Take My Heart (30) |
Kool And The Gang |
29 |
7 |
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37 |
Hi De Hi, Hi De Ho (31) |
Kool And The Gang |
29 |
8 |
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38 |
Victory (32) |
Kool And The Gang |
30 |
12 |
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39 |
This Is Your Night (33) |
Heavy D |
30 |
3 |
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40 |
Is It Love? (34) |
Chilli Hi Fly |
37 |
2 |
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41 |
Forget I Was A G (35) |
Whitehead Bros |
40 |
2 |
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42 |
Stone Love (36) |
Kool And The Gang |
45 |
4 |
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43 |
Cherish (6) |
Pappa Bear |
47 |
1 |
|
44 |
Emergency (22) |
Kool And The Gang |
50 |
3 |
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45 |
Get Down (37) |
Jungle Brothers |
52 |
1 |
|
46 |
Hangin' Out (38) |
Kool And The Gang |
52 |
4 |
|
47 |
Get Down On It (3) |
Louchie Lou & Michie One |
58 |
1 |
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48 |
Ooh La La La (39) |
Red Raw |
59 |
1 |
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49 |
The Spell (40) |
Funky Worm |
61 |
3 |
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50 |
It Ain't Hard To Tell (41) |
Nas |
64 |
1 |
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51 |
You Can Have It (Take My Heart) (30) |
Robert Palmer |
66 |
2 |
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52 |
Oh My God (42) |
A Tribe Called Quest |
68 |
1 |
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381 |
(1) with Clifford Adams/Robert Bell/James Bonnefond/George Brown/Michael Ray/Claydes Smith/James Taylor/Curtis Williams
(2) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Donald Boyce/Jerold Ellis/Denzil Foster/Tony Gilmour/Garric Husbands/Jay King/Michael Marshall/Thomas Mcelroy/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/Richard Westfield
(3) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Woodrow Sparrow/Dennis Thomas/Richard Westfield
(4) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/Richard Westfield/Bobby Caldwell/Ray Calhoun/Alfons Kettner/Kelly Price/Will Smith/Alton Taylor
(5) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/Janay Armstrong/Tony Crawford/Eumir Deadato/Montell Jordan/James Taylor/Marco Tiso/Earl Toon
(6) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/Richard Westfield/Clifford Adams/Sennie Martin/Michael Ray/James Taylor/Curtis Williams
(7) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/Richard Westfield/Donald Boyce/Timothy Brown/Mark Morrison/Thomas Patterson/Teddy Riley
(8) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/Richard Westfield/Clifford Adams/Eumir Deodato/Michael Ray/James Taylor/Curtis Williams
(9) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/Eumir Deodato/James Taylor/Earl Toon
(10) with George Michael/Robert Bell/George Brown/Ruadri Cushnan/Kamaal Fareed/Niall Flynn/Stephen Garrett/Roy Handy/Cleveland Horne/James Jackman/Robert Mickens/Tim Mosely/Gene Redd/Claydes Smith
(11) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/Lamar Malone/Craig Simpkins/Will Smith/Alton Taylor/Richard Westfield
(12) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Dennis Thomas/James Taylor/Meekaaeel Muhamed/Earl Toon
(13) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/Richard Westfield/Gene Redd/Woodrow Sparrow/Brian Dobbs/Artis Ivey
(14) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/Richard Westfield/Deric Angelette/Mason Betha/Sean Combs/Lawrence Dermer/Jose Galdo/Rafael Vigil
(15) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/James Taylor/Curtis Williams/Sandy Linzer
(16) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Eumir Deodato/James Taylor
(17) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/Richard Westfield/James Taylor/Kamaal Fareed/Roy Handy/Cleveland Horne/Gene Redd/James Yancey
(18) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/Richard Westfield/Dallas Austin/Roger Ball/Donald Boyce/Malcolm Duncan/Steve Ferrone/Alan Gorrie/Lisa Lopes/Owen Mcintyre/James Stuart
(19) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/Richard Westfield/Joe Budden/Justin Smith
(20) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/Richard Westfield/James Taylor
(21) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/Richard Westfield/Donald Boyce/James Harris/Terry Lewis/Janet Jackson/Deke Richards/Pam Sawyer/Frank Wilson
(22) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/Clifford Adams /Michael Ray/James Taylor/Curtis Williams/James Bonnefond
(23) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/Richard Westfield/Montell Jordan/Oji Pierce/Doug Rasheed/Alton Taylor
(24) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/Richard Westfield/Eumir Deodato/James Taylor/Earl Toon
(25) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/Richard Westfield/Alton Taylor
(26) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/Richard Westfield/Eumir Deodato/James Taylor/Jermaine Dupri/Snoop Dogg
(27) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/Richard Westfield
(28) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/James Taylor/Robert Clivilles/David Cole/Meekaaeel Muhammad
(29) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/James Taylor/James Bonnefond/Curtis Williams
(30) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/James Taylor/Eumir Deodato
(31) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Clifford Adams/Michael Ray/James Taylor/Curtis Williams
(32) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/James Taylor/Curtis Williams
(33) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Dennis Thomas/James Taylor/Earl Toon/ Meekaaeel Muhammad/Dwight Myers/Teddy Riley/Rod Temperton
(34) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/James Taylor/Richard Westfield/Noel Burgess/Simon Lewicki/Eumir Deodato
(35) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/Donald Boyce/Errol Johnson/Richard Westfield/Kenneth Whitehead
(36) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Dennis Thomas/James Taylor/Curtis Williams
(37) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/Antonio Hardy/Richard Westfield
(38) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/James Taylor/Earl Toon
(39) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/James Taylor/Curtis Williams/Paula Abdul/Clifford Adams/Eumir Deodato/Andrew Kraus/Michael Munves/Michael Ray
(40) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/Richard Barrett/Mark Brydon/Carl Munson/Julie Ann Stewart/Richard Westfield
(41) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/John Bettis/Roy Handy/Cleveland Horne/Nasir Jones/Steve Porcaro/Clarence and Gene Redd/Richard Westfield
(42) with Robert Bell/George Brown/Claydes Smith/Robert Mickens/Dennis Thomas/Gene Redd/Richard Westfield/John Davis/Muhammad Jones/Hurdleim Morgan/Woodrow Sparrow/Malik Taylor
(43) with Wilson Beckett/Kevin Bell/Callie and Michael Cheek/Leor Dimant/Peter Duarte/Kevin Lassiter/Daniel O'Connor/Erik Schrody/Dennis White/Eric Wright