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The Kay-Gees | |
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Genres | Jazz Funk Soul Disco |
Years active | 1974 | –1979
Labels | Gang Records, De-Lite |
Past members | Kevin "Amir Bayyan" Bell Callie Cheek Dennis White Kevin Lassiter Michael Cheek Peter Duarte Ray Wright Wilson Becket |
The Kay-Gees were an American funk and disco group during the 1970s, protégés of Kool & the Gang. The group featured Amir Bayyan (Kevin Bell), younger brother to Kool & the Gang's Robert "Kool" Bell and Ronald Bell (Khalis Bayyan), who subsequently joined his brothers in Kool & the Gang, as well as Kevin Lassiter, Michael Cheek, Callie Cheek, Dennis White, Glen Griffin, Fernando Arocho, Greg Radford, Huey Harris, Ibrahim (Peter) Duarte, Ray Wright and Wilson Becket.