Kool & The Gang ~ Hollywood Swinging 1974 Funky Purrfection Version

"Soul Makossa" is a song that influenced the sound of disco and inspired Michael Jackson to write "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" and also affected Kool & The Gang back in 1972.
The tune was so hot and hard to get (it was an import from Cameroon) found in a New York record shop by DJ David Mancuso who immediately added it to his playlist. The response was overwhelming and scarce copies of the original by Manu Dibango led to covers being recorded to fill the void. Kool & The Gang were asked to re record the song and they went to the studio where they began riffing off the song and wrote three hit songs, "Jungle Boogie", "Funky Stuff" and "Hollywood Swinging" instead.
Ricky West co wrote the song with the band and the story in the song actually happened to Ricky. Put down in the studio, it was wildly received and topped the R& B chart in June, 1974.
Madnrill's "Fencewalk" (1973) was a song rhythm written in threes which Bayyan heard and them made that the bassline. The song was played by famed DJ Frankie Crocker of WBLS FM New York whose nickname was "Hollywood".

[@owensweetland342]

I won four backstage passes from a local AM radio station. Kool and The Gang was opened by the group War. The year was 1976.

[@styner3]

The first bass line I learned to play at age 12 and I still love playing it at age 60.

[@philsales7360]

Learning musical 🎼 skills 😊

[@REPOMAN24722]

My favorite bass lines is this and candy by cameo

[@saj8]

New Jersey has always had a ton of legendary artists.

[@AlbertoPerez-zu6wg]

Facts!

[@v.dargain1678]

Kool and the gang from Jersey ? I didn't know that .

[@saj8]

@@v.dargain1678 Jersey City.

[@v.dargain1678]

@@saj8 Well I sure learned something today .

[@Kitu74]

Definitely capture the mood of the 70s a generation of Afro ,bell bottoms, fly cars and big fun all night long..I remember

[@StephenSatterfieldTheSLSway]

Kool & the Gang sounds fresh as ever !!!

[@hermananderson]

The one thing that makes the Seventies the best decade ever in my opinion is the broad spectrum of the music 🎶 that came from it. With the sounds and genres emerging and evolving, the world 🌎 was playing a vast amount of different songs from different cultures and listening as well as enjoying it. This is one of the best examples of how artists were able to crossover from their own chart to another genre and not be called sellouts. And it still stands the test of time!

[@ronaldwilliams4954]

🥁😩🥁👍💯

[@ciaartin2221]

@hermananderson The Seventies-arguably the birthdate of the OGs.😎

[@6feet5inflorida36]

Plus those BANDS made their own music. There was no “sampling” stealing other people’s music or synthesizer machines.

[@JacquesMatory-nd2te]

Kool & the gang was one of the top bands when I was growing up dancing at the sock hops in jr High School, But not to many people knew that Kool & the gang also put out a album under a different name. That group's name was called The Kay Gees and there hit song on that album was called 'Keep on Bumpin' and it lead into the new dance craze the Bump and the Double Bump. The other groups that exploited the new dance craze called the Bump was the Commadores with there hit single named 'Do the Bump'. These two groups set the stage on the new Bump dancing music with these singles that rock the Dance floors with the coragraphic music that they played gave me a smooth rhythm on the dance floors. Classic unforgettable times for me and that will never be forgotten with me.

[@carrienixon6663]

This song will always be at the top of my list. Yes indeed. HOLLYWOOD SWINGING. a down home Jam.

[@fernandocalimanomartinex7988]

I remember when kool & da gang started,before they recording it was in da Bronx,69 or 70 they did a gig in a highschool yard.da name of da song was kool & da gang. Iwas hooked ever since!

[@randallgarza4065]

Funk at its best

[@dannygutierrez7941]

More or less, it was an intro to the Disco era. I remember bumping with my 2 sisters in HS. Later, We went to the Last National Bank, the top Disco in the San Antonio area. I also remember the LNB had no competition.

[@felixdacat6572]

Summertime Struttin down the Coney Island Boardwalk in Brooklyn, Blasting this jam on my Bose speakers headed for Nathans Franks for a hot dog and a beer...Life is simple and life is good...Check this one off the bucket list...Thanks.

[@HeavenlyRaven1978]

This was a Great Roller Skatin' song 🛼 I LOVE THIS SONG 🎶

[@PauloRomanini]

Takes me back to the Unity Station Lowrider battles, in Los Santos.

[@vigeram6041]

Funk jazz tunes all day and all night long I love it.

[@freespirit21newyork]

OMG YES ‼️ 1 of my favorites by Kool and the GANG ✨🗽✨🥃🍾✨🌟✨🌟✨🌟✨🌟✨🗽✨🌟✨🗽✨🌟✨

[@davidhurley6593]

I remember when this song come out 1974 back in the day I was 19 years old when came out how was you back then?

[@MemoGrafix]

I was 8 & My Brothers played this left & right until one of My Brothers left the record on the bed forgetting it was there and stood up on the bed and stepped on the record. He was real upset and My Mother was happy because she wasn't gonna have to hear it being played all day.

[@eddiemiles1280]

Bought this 8 Track Tape 49 years ago in April... 10th Grade... Totally Badassssssssss! Loved it... 9 minutes and 30 seconds each track if I Remember correctly... Thank You! A++++

[@thecunninlynguist]

Take hits from the 80s...do it sound so crazy? Bad bad boy you make me feel so good

[@blackprix]

70s R&B and this song was huge what a great way to start a weekend coming up by listening to this! Love the remix as usual❤

[@mwarariwatamu]

First time I heard this song was on GTA San Andreas. I fell in love with the instrumental and the whole arrangement ❤️💎

[@ahn00bus510]

Families 4 life!!!!

[@johnjirehgarcia8382]

Same. Bounce FM was the best GTA radio I ever heard

[@mwarariwatamu]

@@johnjirehgarcia8382 GTA helped many of us live a fear free life

[@johnjirehgarcia8382]

@@mwarariwatamu ikr? Personally for me it's to make me more adventorous in picking my games and mingle with people who share my childhood playing GTA

[@blancamorales7216]

Dance dance yeah happy dance thanks DJ Disco Cat💃🕺🎧🎶♥️👍🎶

[@rontaylor5006]

Oh this is going straight to the Playlist

[@lena-mariaglouis-charles7036]

Fabulous FUNK done to PURRFECTION! Expertly remixed and extended - THANKS, DJDiscoCat!💕

[@GetBenched2010]

Truly great music always survives.

[@deeeley2241]

🎵🎶 my jam 🎤🎶🎵💃

[@TyroneEpps]

This version is hot 😊 !

[@almalapalma]

Woooww!! You made my day 😊 Almost a teen when I started dancing "the bump" , copying my aunt's moves to this song. Great memories.🥰 Thanks a bunch!

[@joepacheco3256]

Talk about bringing back some memories, this is one tough jam!

[@lovebuzz1979]

Holly Wooooood!!! 💗🎉🕺 Excellent choice Dj Disco!

[@celioandrade1650]

This song by Kool and The Gang was part of the Official WWE WrestleMania 39 Theme

[@komalkumar9073]

Great Composition Super Quality👌 🌹

[@rayofsunshine107h]

Yeaaassssss!

[@lindadyess]

I love it

[@ronaldstrik]

Nice to read the background information about this song which I hear now for the first time. I know only the later songs. Nice and funky❤. Thanks for this one.

[@willieroller7208]

The Era of all music 🎶 was music jamming hard having fun no fighting no shooting just down right fun period

[@SunnyIlha]

When Yu step each time once on da beat one foot atta time 😆

[@charanjeetgupta240]

It sounds familiar and I think I've heard this when I ride a car in GTA San Andreas.

[@darlanunn1378]

I remember as a kid I heard this song an loved it ❤

[@anthologyapchallengeyingya8881]

Thank you like me many phases very open been there many colors 😅

[@barrygreen3829]

😊👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👍🏿

[@danielvitullo7104]

Awesome lollapaloza

[@out_running_erins9118]

😍😍😍

[@ahn00bus510]

Just keeping it real... i first heard this from Gta San Andreas shame on our Radio Stations just saying!!! Lovely Classic!!!

[@jeffbrown1396]

The best band from Jersey

[@pathygonzalez2833]

🎶🔥

[@marG520]

Great dance music got me going❤

[@hansinternett7661]

thank you so much for your great remixes, i'm a fan of their early stuff. especially like your revelatory and personal commentary to all remixed tracks, outstanding for a long term collector and dj in the early 80s. greetings from vienna, austria.

[@user-ev5hn2oi2o]

SA Disco Club :))

[@jakethekipper]

❤️❤️❤️😉👍

[@MisterBeauJanGels]

Five words: let me clear my throat.

[@itsjrStudios]

I would like you to make a long purrfection version of Sandy Marton's Camel by Camel

[@frankbullitt1966]

😎👍

[@perfectsims]

💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗🥰☀️💎🪷🙏

[@luizfelipelages5582]

Mission of GTA SAN AMDREAS!

[@moisesmazate4522]

Okay

[@ricpasley3110]

Welcome to WWE Wrestlemania 39

[@c.c.hiliner1065]

Played this 45 out the Door! As a kid!

[@ThisisABA1]

@DjDiscoCat Please release your version of Maybe by Chantels🙏🙏🙏

[@RunTFC]

This has always been my jam. *but :35 - :45?

[@moisescarlos14]

GTA San andreas

[@aaronjohnson2843]

Now the states largest city,not Newark

[@ryank.5960]

Mase sampled a good one

[@c.c.hiliner1065]

Disco Cat! You gotta remix " Duiji" !!!