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Al Paris is known as a member of Kool & The Gang. The group has one concert with four clips on this site. With Kool & The Gang, Al Paris is on one album in the collection. With the group, thirteen records reached the Dutch Top 40.

Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs

Timeline of Al Paris

The years of Al Paris with Kool & The Gang. The thin lines are the albums, the red ones the entries in the Dutch Top 40, the coloured ones the concerts on this site. Point at a line and click for the album, the weekly chart or the concert. The name of the group links to its page.

Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Concert on this siteStill a member

Concerts with Kool & The Gang

One concert by Kool & The Gang is on this site. The ticket opens the clips and the setlist.

All videos of Al Paris

All concert videos

Four clips from one night, in the order they were played. A click plays the clip right here.

  • Open video page: Get Down On It
  • Open video page: Fresh
  • Open video page: Jungle Boogie
  • Open video page: Cherish

Albums with Kool & The Gang

One album Al Paris made together with Kool & The Gang, by year of release.

Biggest hits of Kool & The Gang

In the years Al Paris was part of it, Kool & The Gang had thirteen records in the Dutch Top 40. The best-charting record comes first; the badge shows the peak position, the title opens the full run. These are the five biggest. The button below opens all entries of the group.

2peak position
week 3, 1981
87weeks in the chart
with 13 records
1980first entry
week 10, 1980
2004latest entry
week 7, 2004
9years with an entry
  1. 1980Dutch Top 40: peak position 2 in week 3 of 1981, 11 weeks in the chart Celebration
    Kool & The Gang
    4:59
  2. 1985Dutch Top 40: peak position 4 in week 38 of 1985, 14 weeks in the chart Cherish
    Kool & The Gang
    3:58
  3. 1982Dutch Top 40: peak position 8 in week 16 of 1982, 8 weeks in the chart Get Down On It
    Kool & The Gang
    3:32
  4. 1982Dutch Top 40: peak position 8 in week 52 of 1982, 8 weeks in the chart Let's Go Dancin' (Ooh La, La, La)
    Kool & The Gang
    4:00
  5. 1984Dutch Top 40: peak position 11 in week 8 of 1984, 6 weeks in the chart Straight Ahead
    Kool & The Gang
    3:31

All Dutch Top 40 entries of Kool & The Gang

Source: top40.nl

Together with Al Paris

In Kool & The Gang, Al Paris played with Clifford Adams, Ronald Bell, Don Boyce, Robert Spike Mickens, Mohamed Moretta, Michael Ray, Claydes Smith and Woody Sparrow and others.

Frequently asked questions

Are there concerts and clips of Al Paris on this site?

Yes, through Kool & The Gang: one concert with four clips.

Which group does Al Paris belong to?

To Kool & The Gang. The page shows the albums and Dutch Top 40 hits of the group from the years of membership, with those years on the timeline. The group is in the side column, with a link to its page.

What was the biggest Dutch Top 40 hit of Kool & The Gang while Al Paris was part of it?

The best-charting record is Celebration, which reached number 2 in week 3 of 1981. In total thirteen records made the Dutch Top 40. The five biggest: Celebration (number 2, 1981), Cherish (number 4, 1985), Get Down On It (number 8, 1982), Let's Go Dancin' (Ooh La, La, La) (number 8, 1982) and Straight Ahead (number 11, 1984). All entries, with the week-by-week run, are on the Dutch Top 40 page of Kool & The Gang (the button below the list).

Which albums by Al Paris are on the record shelves?

Al Paris has no album of their own in the collection, but is on one album by Kool & The Gang.

Where can you see and hear Al Paris?

All four clips from one concert are on this page under "All videos" and on the concert page, and play in a window over the page. On a concert page every song in the setlist has a round Spotify button, and the Dutch Top 40 entries have the same button. A cover opens the album with the tracks per side and the whole album on Spotify. The music plays in the player at the bottom and keeps going while you browse on, after one-time consent for Spotify.

Keep exploring

If you have landed here, you probably want to keep going: an album, an artist, a week in the Dutch Top 40 or a concert.