Taylor left the group in 1989 to begin a solo career but has reunited with the band a few times for concerts, also recording one last album with them in 1996.
He left Full Force when Christopher Galfas brought him to his brother's House of Music studio to audition for Kool & the Gang.
[6] The song was used in national media coverage for the 1980 World Series, the 1981 Super Bowl, the 1981 NBA Finals, and the 1981 return of the Iran hostages.
[8] In June 1984, Kool & the Gang took time off from recording Emergency to perform at Wembley Stadium as part of a sold-out summer concert organised by Elton John.
[8] That November, during a visit to Phonogram's offices in London, Bob Geldof arrived to pitch his idea of the multi-artist charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
The tour included the group establishing their own public service program, devised by Robert Bell and Taylor, which encouraged school children to pursue education, giving free tickets to those with perfect attendance.
[14] At the time of the tour's start, the band ceased producing adverts with Schlitz beer because of their new image towards children and that they felt it had run its course.
[7] After the tour, Taylor left Kool & the Gang to pursue a solo career, but briefly returned in 1996 for the State of Affairs album.
He scored an immediate solo hit with "All I Want Is Forever", a duet with Regina Belle, which was featured on the soundtrack to the early-1989 Gregory Hines film, Tap.
Master of the Game produced several additional hits, including the single "The Promised Land" which also appeared on the soundtrack of Ghostbusters II.