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  • born 1948, Jersey City
  • died 2006, Maplewood

Claydes Smith is an artist, born on 6 September 1948 in Jersey City and died on 20 June 2006 in Maplewood. Claydes Smith is known as a member of Kool & The Gang. The group has one concert with four clips on this site. With Kool & The Gang, Claydes Smith is on one album in the collection. With the group, thirteen records reached the Dutch Top 40.

Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs

Photo: Discogs.

Timeline of Claydes Smith

The years of Claydes Smith 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.

Kool & The Gang197019801990200020102020Collected · Kool & The Gang2018Celebrationnumber 2 in week 3 of 1981 · 11 weeksCherishnumber 4 in week 38 of 1985 · 14 weeksGet Down On Itnumber 8 in week 16 of 1982 · 8 weeksLet's Go Dancin' (Ooh La, La, La)number 8 in week 52 of 1982 · 8 weeksStraight Aheadnumber 11 in week 8 of 1984 · 6 weeksLadies Nightnumber 14 in week 13 of 1980 · 8 weeksLadies Nightnumber 15 in week 5 of 2004 · 4 weeksHi De Hi Hi De Honumber 18 in week 12 of 1983 · 5 weeksPeacemakernumber 22 in week 50 of 1987 · 5 weeksStone Lovenumber 23 in week 16 of 1987 · 7 weeksVictorynumber 26 in week 51 of 1986 · 4 weeksBig Funnumber 30 in week 42 of 1982 · 3 weeksFreshnumber 34 in week 7 of 1985 · 4 weeks013 Poppodium Tilburg, The Netherlands7 June 2023

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 Claydes Smith

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 Claydes Smith made together with Kool & The Gang, by year of release.

Collected – 2018Collected2018

Biggest hits of Kool & The Gang

In the years Claydes Smith 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, 198187weeks in the chart
with 13 records1980first entry
week 10, 19802004latest entry
week 7, 20049years with an entry
1980198119821983198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004
  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 Claydes Smith

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

Frequently asked questions

When and where was Claydes Smith born?

Claydes Smith was born on 6 September 1948 in Jersey City. Claydes Smith died on 20 June 2006 in Maplewood.

Are there concerts and clips of Claydes Smith on this site?

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

Which group does Claydes Smith 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.

Which Dutch Top 40 hits did Kool & The Gang have while Claydes Smith was part of it?

In the Dutch Top 40 there were 13 records. The best-charting record is Celebration, which reached number 2 in week 3 of 1981. The graph next to each record shows its run from week to week. This page shows the five biggest; the button below opens all entries.

How many albums by Claydes Smith are in the collection?

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

Where can you see and hear Claydes Smith?

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.