Kool & The Gang es una de las bandas más icónicas de la música funk, soul y R&B. La historia de esta legendaria agrupación comenzó en 1964 en Jersey City, Nueva Jersey, cuando los hermanos Robert "Kool" Bell y Ronald Bell, junto a sus amigos, decidieron formar un grupo musical. Inicialmente, se hacían llamar "The Jazziacs" y se centraban en el jazz. Sin embargo, pronto actualizaron su nombre a "Kool & The Flames" y finalmente a "Kool & The Gang" para evitar confusiones con el famoso grupo de James Brown, The Famous Flames.
Durante sus primeros años, Kool & The Gang navegó por varios géneros, incluyendo el funk y el jazz. Su álbum debut homónimo, lanzado en 1969, no fue un gran éxito comercial, pero estableció las bases de su estilo único. Durante los primeros años de la década de los 70, su popularidad empezó a aumentar, gracias a su enérgico y distintivo sonido. Canciones como "Jungle Boogie" y "Hollywood Swinging" se convirtieron en grandes éxitos en 1973, consolidando a la banda como un talento emergente en la escena musical.
La siguiente década fue clave para Kool & The Gang. En 1979, con la llegada de James "J.T." Taylor como vocalista principal, la banda comenzó a experimentar un mayor éxito comercial. El álbum "Ladies' Night" (1979) se convirtió en un hito, seguido de trabajos exitosos como "Celebrate!" (1980). La canción "Celebration" de este último
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I thought at last love came to pass
In my life there was a chance
To believe in someone new
[Love finally came]
We waited for the perfect day
You and I would slip away
Become one inside our dreams
Oh, but I stood in the falling rain
You never showed, never came
I stood in the falling rain
You never showed, never came
No show
[You never showed, never came]
You said your love was strong for me
I must face reality
I believed and called your name, oh
[You never came]
Now I’m alone on my way home
Just a fool who played the game
With a love I thought I knew
Oh, yes, I stood in the falling rain
You never showed, never came
I stood in the falling rain
You never showed, never came
I stood in the falling rain
You never showed, never came
I tried to hide my emotions
But my lips kept on saying your name
No show
I thought at last love came to pass
In my life was a chance
To believe in someone new like you
We waited for the perfect day
For you and I to slip away
Become one inside our dreams
Oh, but I stood in the falling rain
You never showed, never came
I stood in the falling rain
You never showed, never came
No show
[You never showed, never came]
I stood in the falling rain (You never came)
You never showed, never came (Hurt me so, baby, why didn’t you show in the falling rain)
I stood in the falling rain
You never showed, never came
I stood in the falling rain (I thought that you loved me)
You never showed, never came (When you and I had made our plans, baby)
I stood in the falling rain (We waited for the perfect day)
You never showed, never came (Darling, I stood in the falling rain)
I stood in the falling rain
You never showed, never came
Stood in the falling rain
And you never showed, never came
I stood in the falling rain (I tried to hide my emotions)
You never showed, never came (But my lips kept on saying your name)
I stood in the falling rain