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He is a bass player and singer who was born in Tulsa,
Oklahoma and was the son of a
Pentecostal minister and the brother of Charlie and Ronnie Wilson. He and his brothers learned to sing
in the church from around the age of 3 or 4 and from high school years they
were performing with bands. He
performed in a short tour with Billy Preston as a bass player when he was
19, who had obtained him via Leon Russell, who was his producer at the
time. He and his brothers formed Greenwood,
Archer and Pine Band in 1967 and released their first album in 1974. They eventually became the Gap Band
and started to see success in 1979 which carried on into the 1980s. He co-wrote the band's hit song
"Ooops Upside Your Head".
The band slowed down around 1984
but worked on the songs for the film
I'm Gonna Get You Sucka
as well as released the album The Gap Band: Alive and
Well
in 1997. He has recently been paid tribute to
by Victor Wooton
in his 2005 album Soul Music
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Gap Band
Recordings
Baby Baba Boogie
(Lonnie Simmons/Charlie Wilson)
Party Lights
Remix (Charlie Wilson/Lonnie Simmons/Ronnie Wilson/Rudolph Taylor)
Sources:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gap_Band
- www.answers.com/Gap%20Band%20II
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