Ladies' Night (album)

Ladies' Night
Standard artwork
Studio album by
Kool & the Gang
ReleasedSeptember 6, 1979
Recorded1978–1979
Genre
Length34:05
LabelDe-Lite
ProducerEumir Deodato
Kool & the Gang chronology
Everybody's Dancin'
(1978) 		Ladies' Night
(1979) 		Celebrate!
(1980)
Singles from Ladies' Night
  1. "Ladies' Night"
    Released: August 21, 1979
  2. "Too Hot"
    Released: January, 1980
  3. "Hangin' Out"
    Released: April 1980

Ladies' Night is the eleventh studio album by the American 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 Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. The album brought a return to the mainstream after a lull in success from 1976–1978. Ladies' Night reached number one on the U.S. R&B chart. Additionally, all the cuts from the album reached number five on the disco chart.[2]

With Ladies' Night, Kool & the Gang made their funk style 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.[3] It also marked the debut of lead vocalist James "J.T." Taylor.

  1. ^ Breihan, Tom (April 20, 2020). "The Number Ones: Kool & The Gang's "Celebration"". Stereogum. Retrieved July 15, 2023. On Ladies' Night, Kool & The Gang found the smoothly funky synth-funk sound that would take them into the '80s.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Kool & the Gang". Billboard. Lynne Segall. October 9, 1982. Retrieved January 19, 2016.