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    Charles Smith of Kool and the Gang

    [SIZE=6]Charles Smith, Kool & the Gang guitarist, dies at 57[/SIZE]





    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Claydes Charles Smith, a co-founder and lead guitarist of the group Kool & the Gang, died on June 20, 2006. He was 57.
    Smith died in Maplewood, N.J., after a long illness, publicist David Brokaw said Thursday. Brokaw did not know the cause of death.
    "We've lost a member of our family, as well as an infinitely creative and gifted artist who was with the band from the very beginning," band manager Tia Sinclair said in a statement.
    Kool & the Gang grew from jazz roots in the 1960s to become one of the major groups of the 1970s, blending jazz, funk, R&B and pop. After a downturn, the group enjoyed a return to stardom in the '80s.
    Smith, who was known as Charles Smith, wrote the hits Joanna and Take My Heart, and was a co-writer of others, including Celebration, Hollywood Swinging and Jungle Boogie.
    Born on Sept. 6, 1948, in Jersey City, he was introduced to jazz guitar by his father in the early 1960s.
    Later in that decade he was in a group of New Jersey jazz musicians, including Ronald Bell (later Khalis Bayyan), Robert "Kool" Bell, George Brown, Dennis Thomas and Robert "Spike" Mickens, who became Kool & the Gang. Other members would include lead singer James JT Taylor.
    Illness forced Smith to stop touring with the group in January.
    Smith is survived by his six children, Claydes A. Smith, Justin Smith, Aaron Corbin, August Williams, Uranus Guray and Tyteen Humes, and nine grandchildren.

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    uranus?

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    Theres Klingons on Uranus.
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    cachluv Guest
    What about "Tyteen"??

    OT---One of Jermaine Jackson's 8 kids is named Jermajesty.


    The name "Uranus" indeed brings out the 8 year old in somebody

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    Kathyf Guest
    I used to love Kool and Gang.

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    cachluv Guest
    They were the jam.....

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    Danny62 Guest
    They were one of the few popular bands of the 70's I actually thought were okay!

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