It was 1978, and nearly a decade into their recording career, Kool & the Gang - the once-dominant jazz and funk group whose biggest hits propelled clubs all over the world - were at a low point. Their last two albums had been duds,

On a night full of stars, the Rock &Roll Hall of Fame kicked off the 39th annual induction ceremony by celebrating perhaps the biggest one in the building: Cher. Pop superstar Dua Lipa opened the show with an electrifying cover of Cher’s “Believe.

Dua Lipa and Cher opened the Rock & Roll Hall Fame induction ceremony on Saturday night singing “Believe” before giving way to a medley of rump shakers by funk masters Kool & the Gang and a powerhouse performance by Dionne Warwick,

With her induction into the annals of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday night (Oct. 19), Cher made sure to set expectations early on: "This speech is gonna be such a crapshoot - I wrote it the other day,