Which girls' name gave 'Kool & The Gang' a top ten hit in 1983?
Joanna (Kool & the Gang song) Joanna (Kool & the Gang song) "Joanna" is a song by Kool & the Gang from their 1983 album, "In the Heart". Released as a single on December 17, 1983, the song was an immediate hit peaking at #2 in the US for one week, behind "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club. Additionally, the track reached #2 in the UK as well as #1 on the US R&B chart. A romantic ballad similar to many of Kool & The Gang's later releases, the song features as its main subject the eponymous girl named "Joanna". In the group's music video, "Joanna" is
Forever (Kool & the Gang album) Forever (Kool & the Gang album) Forever is the seventeenth studio album by the funk band Kool & the Gang, released in 1986. The album included two major hits on the US Hot 100 Chart: "Victory" (US #10, R&B #2) and "Stone Love" (US #10, R&B #4). Two further singles, "Holiday" and "Special Way" were also released from the album; the former reached the top ten on the R&B Chart, the latter hit reached #6 on the Adult Contemporary chart. After this album, lead vocalist James "J.T." Taylor would leave the group for a solo career. He would return in