![1975](../graphics/1975.gif)
Kool & The
Gang hit the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100
chart with "Spirit Of The Boogie /
Summer Madness."
Year-End Chart
Position: # 212
# 25
Singles Artist of the Year
![January](../graphics/january.gif)
![Kool & The Gang - "Ladie's Night" (Single)](pix/koolandthegang_cds01.jpg) Kool & The
Gang were nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single ("Ladie's Night").
from the
LP Ladie's
Night
ARC chart run: 25 - 21 - 17 - 15 -
13 - 11 - 9 - 6 - 5 - 13 - 20 - 37 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 53
available for download at Amazon.mp3
![February](../graphics/february.gif)
![Kool & The Gang - "Too Hot" (Single)](pix/koolandthegang_cds02.jpg) Kool & The
Gang hit the Top 40 with "Too Hot,"
from the
LP Ladie's
Night
ARC chart run: 38 - 32 - 20 - 16 - 11 - 10 - 8 - 6 - 4 - 3 - 15 - 21 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 49
available for download at Amazon.mp3
![March](../graphics/march.gif)
Kool & The Gang hit the Top 10 with "Too Hot."
![November](../graphics/november.gif)
![Kool & The Gang - "Celebration" (Single)](pix/koolandthegang_cds03.jpg) Kool & The
Gang hit the Top 40 with "Celebration."
from the LP Celebrate!
ARC chart run: 34 - 29 - 25 - 20 - 18 - 14 - 12 - 10 - 9 - 6 - 2 - 1 - 5 - 8 - 15 - 24 - 34 - 40 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 11
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
# 20
Singles Artist of the Year
![January](../graphics/january.gif)
![Kool & The Gang - Ladie's Night](pix/koolandthegang_lp01.jpg) Kool & The
Gang hit the Top 10 with "Celebration."
Kool & The Gang were
nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B
Band/Duo/Group.
![February](../graphics/february.gif)
Kool & The
Gang hit #1 for a week with "Celebration."
![June](../graphics/june.gif)
![Kool & The Gang - "Jones Vs. Jones" (Single)](pix/koolandthegang_cds06.jpg) Kool & The Gang hit the Top
40 with "Jones Vs. Jones."
from the LP Celebrate!
ARC chart run: 36 - 31 - 29 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 194
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
![October](../graphics/october.gif)
![Kool & The Gang - "Take My Heart" (Single)](pix/koolandthegang_cds07.jpg) Kool & The Gang hit the Top
40 with "Take My Heart."
from the LP Something
Special
ARC chart run: 38 - 32 - 25 - 22 - 18 - 17 - 15 - 26 - 29 - 36 - 40 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 109
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
![December](../graphics/december.gif)
![Kool & The Gang - 'Celebrate'](pix/koolandthegang_lp03.jpg) Kool & The Gang topped the Billboard 1981
Year-End Chart Toppers as the Top Soul
Singles Artist - Duo/Group.
# 27
Singles Artist of the Year
![January](../graphics/january.gif)
Kool & The Gang won an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B
Band/Duo/Group.
![March](../graphics/march.gif)
![Kool & The Gang - "Get Down On It" (Single)](pix/koolandthegang_cds04.jpg) Kool & The Gang hit the Top
40 with "Get Down On It."
from the LP Something
Special
ARC chart run: 37 - 31 - 23 - 20 - 14 - 11 - 9 - 8 - 21 - 31 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 86
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
![May](../graphics/may.gif)
Kool & The Gang hit the Top 10 with "Get Down On It."
![September](../graphics/september.gif)
![Kool & The Gang - "Big Fun" (Single)](pix/koolandthegang_cds08.jpg) Kool & The Gang hit the Top
40 with "Big Fun."
from the LP As
One
ARC chart run: 36 - 29 - 24 - 22 - 21 - 19 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 145
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
![December](../graphics/december.gif)
Kool & The Gang hit the Top
40 with "Let's Go Dancin' (Ooh
La La La)."
from the LP As
One
ARC chart run: 37 - 35 - 32 - 32 - 29 - 25 - 23 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 151
# 93
Singles Artist of the Year
![January](../graphics/january.gif)
Kool & The Gang won an American Music
Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B
Band/Duo/Group Video Artist.
![December](../graphics/december.gif)
![Kool & The Gang - "Joanna" (Single)](pix/koolandthegang_cds05.jpg) Kool & The Gang hit the Top
40 with "Joanna."
from the LP In
The Heart
ARC chart run: 36 - 30 - 24 - 21 - 19 - 15 - 11 - 8 - 5 - 3 - 2 - 7 - 10 - 15 - 32 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 29
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
# 28
Singles Artist of the Year
![January](../graphics/january.gif)
![Kool & The Gang - "Tonight" (Single)](pix/koolandthegang_cds11.jpg) Kool & The Gang hit the Top 10 with "Joanna."
![March](../graphics/march.gif)
Kool & The Gang hit the Top
40 with "Tonight."
from the LP In
The Heart
ARC chart run: 35 - 29 - 24 - 20 - 17 - 14 - 12 - 11 - 21 - 31 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 110
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
![January](../graphics/january.gif)
Kool & The
Gang hit the Top 40 with "Misled."
from the LP Emergency
ARC chart run: 38 - 33 - 29 - 24 - 21 - 20 - 16 - 12 - 9 - 8 - 16 - 31 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 133
available for download
at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
Year-End Chart
Position: # 90
Kool & The Gang were
nominated for 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B
Band/Duo/Group and Favorite Soul/R&B
Band/Duo/Group Video Artist.
![April](../graphics/april.gif)
![Kool & The Gang - "Fresh" (Single)](pix/koolandthegang_cds14.jpg) Kool & The Gang hit the Top
40 with "Fresh."
from the LP Emergency
ARC chart run: 34 - 26 - 20 - 16 - 13 - 9 - 7 - 11 - 23 - 36 - off
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
Year-End Chart
Position: # 99
![June](../graphics/july.gif)
Kool & The Gang hit the Top
40 with "Cherish."
from the LP Emergency
ARC chart run: 37 - 30 - 23 - 17 - 13 - 8 - 7 - 4 - 2 - 2 - 6 - 14 - 24 - 34 - off
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
Year-End Chart
Position: # 25
![November](../graphics/november.gif)
Kool & The Gang hit the Top
40 with "Emergency."
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![January](../graphics/january.gif)
![Kool & The Gang - Emergency](pix/koolandthegang_lp02.jpg) Kool & The Gang won 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B
Band/Duo/Group Video Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Album (Emergency), and were nominated
for Favorite Pop/Rock
Band/Duo/Group and Favorite Soul/R&B
Band/Duo/Group Video Artist.
![November](../graphics/november.gif)
Kool & The Gang hit the Top
40 with "Victory."
# 36
Singles Artist of the Year
![March](../graphics/march.gif)
Kool & The Gang hit the Top
40 with "Stone Love."
![October](../graphics/october.gif)
![Kool & The Gang - 'The Very Best Of Kool & The Gang'](pix/koolandthegang_lp05.jpg) VH1: 100
Greatest Dance Songs included
"Celebration" at # 43.
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# 43 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
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![June](../graphics/june.gif)
Lead guitarist and co-founder of
the group, Claydes Charles Smith, died in New
Jersey at the age of 57.
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