# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ronald-bell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:48:17.595Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ronald-bell"
name: "Ronald Bell"
slug: "ronald-bell"
description: "Ronald Nathan Bell, also known as Khalis Bayyan, was an American composer, singer, songwriter, arranger, producer, saxophonist and co-founding member of Kool & the Gang. The band recorded nine No. 1 R&B singles in the 1970s and 1980s, including its No. 1 pop single \"Celebration\". The group is honored on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame."
tagline: "American musician (1951–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ronald_bell_k%26TG.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1951-11-01"
deathDate: "2020-09-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.69522533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1434534/"
    handle:    "nm1434534"
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    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5HwLAC2tkAyerjLmbABYDL"
    handle:    "5HwLAC2tkAyerjLmbABYDL"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "رونالد بيل (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رولند بل (موزیسین)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Bell_(musician)"
    title: "Ronald Bell (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Bell"
    title: "Ronald Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%84_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%82%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86)"
    title: "رولند بل (موسیقی‌دان)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Bell"
    title: "Ronald Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Bell"
    title: "Ronald Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4"
    title: "Белл, Рональд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Bell_(musician)"
    title: "Ronald Bell (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2eba96b1-2469-410c-becd-41dca42f1d31"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7364677"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6152067"
    title: "Ronald Bell"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump