De-Lite Records publish Kool & the Gang’s ‘Ladies’ Night,’ their thirteenth album featuring ‘Too Hot’ (1979)
Kool & the Gang‘s ‘Ladies’ Night’ is their thirteenth studio album produced by Eumir Deodato and released on September 6, 1979 by De-Lite.
Track listing : 1.Ladies’ Night (George Brown, Kool & the Gang) – 06:38 . 2.Got You into My Life (Ronald Bell, Kool & the Gang) – 04:25 . 3.If You Feel Like Dancin’ (Ronald Bell, Kool & the Gang) – 05:05 . 4.Hangin’ Out (Ronald Bell, Kool & the Gang) – 05:31 . 5.Tonight’s the Night (Ronald Bell, Kool & the Gang) – 07:21 . 6.Too Hot (George Brown, Kool & the Gang) – 05:05 .
Musicians : Robert “Kool” Bell – Bass, Vocals . Ronald Bell – Keyboards, Vocals, Wind . George “Funky” Brown – Drums, Keyboards, Vocals . Diane Cameron – Vocals . Deodato – Keyboards . Cynthia Huggins – Vocals . Adam Ippolito – Keyboards . Robert “Spike” Mickens – Trumpet, Vocals . Joan Motley – Vocals . Charles Smith – Guitar, Vocals . James “J.T.” Taylor – Vocals . Dennis “D.T.” Thomas – Keyboards, Vocals, Wind . Cedric Toon – Vocals . Earl Toon – Keyboards, Vocals . Clifford Adams – Trombone . Christine Albert – Trumpet . Jon Faddis – Trumpet .
Production Produced by Eumir Deodato . Jim Bonnefond – Engineer, Mixing . Gabe Vigorito – Mixing . Tom Coyne – Mastering .
Package : Mike Doud – Art Direction . Joe Kotleba – Cover Design . Raul Vega – Photography .
Recorded at House Of Music, New Jersey / Media Sound, New York .
Released on September 6, 1979 by De-Lite.
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Ladies’ Night kicked off Kool & the Gang‘s new musical era and, even though it certainly distanced some of their more funk-minded fans, it picked up a faithful army who’d keep the band in the charts for nearly a decade to come. […]
nsmith7 @ RateYourMusic
Too Hot is one of the greatest songs in the Kool and the Gang collection. In fact I can’t think of a better one. Straight Ahead is another one I like a lot (from another album), but it’s nowhere near as good as Too Hot. […]
Ear candy @ Amazon
J.T. Taylor’s voice and style is as smooth as strawberry cream-style yogurt and satin sheets. Kool and the Gang’s music has always been clean, kool, sharp and on-point; “Ladies Night” is no exception. Twenty-some years later it still sounds good! […]
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