Robert Kool Bell
Rights position
| Company | Relationship | Ownership classification | Status | Verification | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Wave Music | listed in artist directory | artist association only | current | verified | directory page |
“Artist association only” is the accurate classification for a directory listing. No composition or recording of this artist has a documented Primary Wave publishing or master ownership interest in the supplied dataset, and SPEC §10 forbids inferring one from the relationship.
Biography
Kool & the Gang has influenced the music of three generations and the band has become true recording industry legends. From Nairobi to Newark, Kool & the Gang has performed continuously longer than any R&B group in history and their bulletproof funk and jazzy arrangements have also made them the most sampled R&B band of all time. A reviewer recently called their performance “a 24-karat show” and every year, even after a half-century on the road, yields a non-stop schedule of shows across the globe. The heavily-in-demand band has continued to tour the world. Today, the group enjoys global fame and recognition and a following that spans generations.
Short biography only; no full biography is published for this artist.
Digital profiles and identifiers
| Scheme | Value | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher profile | https://primarywave.com/artists/robert-kool-bell/ | high |
No MusicBrainz, Discogs, IPI, ISWC or ISRC identifier is present for any artist in this dataset. Those schemes exist in the schema and are unpopulated.
News mentions 1 post
| Date | Title | Matched by | Confidence | Words |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | Primary Wave Music Partners with Kool & The Gang’s Robert “Kool” Bell TERMS OF THE DEAL WILL SEE THE PUBLISHER PARTNER WITH BELL ON HIS MUSIC PUBLISHING CATALOG, AS WELL AS HIS RECORDINGS SONGS INCLUDE “LADIES NIGHT,” “CELEBRATION,” “GET DOWN ON IT,” “JUNGLE BOOGIE”, “HOLLYWOOD SWINGING” AND OTHERS NEW YORK, NY (March 10, 2026) – Primary Wave Music, the leading independent publisher […] | tag+title | high | 713 |
“Matched by” and the confidence are carried through from the source extraction rather than flattened: a tag or tag+title match is high confidence, a title-only match is medium or low. A mention is not a transaction.
Associated repertoire (SPEC §22 category C)
No playlist embed
No Spotify playlist is embedded on this artist's page. 108 of 178 artists have one.
Identity and aliases
| Alias | Type | Confidence | Status | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Kool Bell | source spelling | high | accepted | verbatim name as published in the Primary Wave artist directory |
A candidate alias is not used for matching until a reviewer accepts it. SPEC §12 forbids automatically merging low-confidence matches.