Kool and the Gang is the debut studio album by funk band Kool & the Gang. The album was released in December 1969,^[3] and reached No. 43 on the Billboard R&B albums chart.

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Kool and the Gang
Studio album by Kool & the Gang
Released	December 1969
Studio	Bell Sound (New York City)
Genre	R&B, soul jazz, funk
Length	32:12
Label	De-Lite
Producer	Gene Redd
Kool & the Gang chronology
Kool and the Gang (1969) Live at the Sex Machine (1971)

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]

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The singles, "Kool and the Gang" and "Let the Music Take Your Mind", both peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard Best-Selling Soul Singles chart.^[4]

De-Lite Records – DE-2003:

• Robert "Kool" Bell – bass, vocals
• Khalis Bayyan aka "Ronald Bell" – tenor and soprano saxophones, alto flute, vocals
• George "Funky" Brown – drums, percussion, vocals
• Robert "Spike" Mickens – trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals
• Claydes Smith – guitars
• Woody Sparrow – guitars
• Dennis "D.T." Thomas – alto saxophone, flute, percussion, vocals
• Ricky West – keyboards, piano, vocals

Technical

• Malcom Addey - Sound engineer

design

• Robert Golden - album design

• "Kool & The Gang"/"Raw Hamburger" (#19 R&B/#59 pop) (1969)
• "The Gang's Back Again"/"Kool's Back Again" (#37/#85) (1969)
• "Let the Music Take Your Mind"/"Chocolate Buttermilk" (#19/#78) (1970)