RASCOE: After 60 years moving and grooving and giving us all reason to get down, the band will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this fall. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "GET DOWN ON IT") KOOL AND ...

When it comes to party music, there's a few standards that everybody knows and just can't resist dancing to. KOOL AND THE GANG: (Singing) Celebrate good times, come on. It's a celebration. RASCOE: ...

Kool & The Gang has never really needed a reason to party, but it certainly got one last week. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "CELEBRATION") KOOL AND THE GANG: (Singing) Celebrate good times, come on. It's a ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to a patron of the party, musician George Brown of the band Kool & The Gang, about his new book, new record, and the "Celebration" of a long and funky career. When it comes ...

KOOL AND THE GANG: (Singing) Celebrate good times, come on. It's a celebration. Celebrate good times, come on. RASCOE: After 60 years moving and grooving and giving us all reason to get down, the band ...