Ladies' Night (album)

Ladies' Night
Studio album by Kool & the Gang
Released	September 6, 1979
Genre	Disco, funk, R&B
Length	34:05
Label	De-Lite
Producer	Eumir Deodato
Kool & the Gang chronology
Everybody's Dancin' (1978) Ladies' Night (1979) Celebrate! (1980)
CD cover
Cover of the 1995 reissue

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Wilson&Alroy's	[2]
Rolling Stone	(mixed)[3]

Ladies' Night is the eleventh studio album by the funk band Kool & the Gang, released in 1979. The album became their first major success especially after the release of the title track, the U.S. #8 "Ladies' Night," and the U.S. #5 follow-up "Too Hot" which both became Billboard Top 10 hits. The album brought a return to the mainstream after a lull in success from 1976-1978. In addition all the cuts from the album reached number five on the disco chart.^[4]

Ladies' Night was the album where Kool & the Gang perfected their funky style and made it more mainstream by incorporating some pop and light R&B into the sound. The result was that this album was not only popular during the 1970s black-oriented funk era where the band started, but also during the more popular and diverse disco era. Ladies' Night became their first Platinum album.^[5] It also marked the debut of lead vocalist James "J.T." Taylor.

Track listing

All tracks written by Ronald Bell, Kool & the Gang; except where noted. 

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ladies' Night"	George Brown, Kool & the Gang	6:38
2.	"Got You into My Life"		4:25
3.	"If You Feel Like Dancin'"		5:05

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hangin' Out"		5:31
2.	"Tonight's the Night"		7:21
3.	"Too Hot"	Brown, Kool & the Gang	5:05

Charts

Album

Chart (1979)	Peak position
US Billboard R&B[6]	1
US Billboard 200[6]	13

Singles

Year	Title	Chart	Peak position
1979	Ladies' Night	US Billboard R&B[7]	1
		US Billboard Hot 100[7]	8
		UK Singles Chart[8]	9
1980	"Too Hot"	US Billboard R&B[7]	3
		US Billboard Hot 100[7]	5
		UK Singles Chart[8]	23
1980	Hangin' Out	US Billboard R&B[7]	36
		UK Singles Chart[8]	52

Personnel

Musical

James "J.T." Taylor - lead and backing vocals Ronald Bell - tenor saxophone, backing vocals, keyboards, bass Dennis "D.T." Thomas - alto saxophone, backing vocals Claydes Smith - guitars Deodato - keyboards Adam Ippolito - keyboards Robert "Kool" Bell - bass, backing vocals George "Funky" Brown - drums, backing vocals

Clifford Adams - trombone Christine Albert - trumpet Robert "Spike" Mickens - trumpet Jon Faddis - trumpet Cedric Toon - backing vocals Earl Toon - backing vocals Something Sweet (Diane Cameron, Cynthia Huggins, Joan Motley) - backing vocals

Technical

• Mike Doud - Art Direction
• Joe Kotleba - Cover Design
• Raul Vega - Photography

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1979 (U.S.)

References

1. Hanson, Amy. "Kool & the Gang: Ladies' Night > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
2. "Ladies' Night". Kool & The Gang. warr.org. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
3. Keepnews, Peter (March 6, 1980). "Kool & the Gang: Ladies' Night". Rolling Stone. Straight Arrow (RS 312). ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on November 16, 2007.
4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Joel Whitburn's hot dance/disco, 1974-2003. Menomonee Falls, Wis: Record Research Inc. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7.
5. "Kool & the Gang". Billboard. Lynne Segall. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
6. "Ladies' Night > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums" at AllMusic. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
7. "Ladies' Night > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singless" at AllMusic. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
8. "Kool & the Gang - Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

• Kool & the Gang – Ladies' Night at Discogs

External links

• Official Kool & the Gang site