The Gap Band was an American R&B and funk band that rose to fame during the 1970s and 1980s. The band consisted of three brothers Charlie, Ronnie, and Robert Wilson; and it was named after streets in the historic Greenwood neighborhood in the brothers' hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. After 43 years together, they retired in 2010.
Bridging the Gap is the second studio album by Charlie Wilson, a member of the R&B group The Gap Band. The album debuted at #184 on the Billboard 200 and managed to peak at #152 on the chart. To date, the album has sold 197,000 copies in the United States.
"Computer Love" is a song performed by American funk band Zapp, issued as the fourth and final single from their fourth studio album The New Zapp IV U. Featuring vocals by Shirley Murdock and Charlie Wilson and written by Murdock and Zapp bandleader Roger Troutman, the single peaked at number 8 on the Billboard R&B chart in 1986.
Gap Band IV is the sixth album by The Gap Band, released in 1982 on Total Experience Records. The album reached #1 on the Black Albums chart and #14 on the Pop Albums chart, achieved platinum status, and is considered their most successful project.
"Yearning for Your Love" is a ballad recorded and released by The Gap Band on Mercury Records. The single was the third release off the band's fifth album, The Gap Band III. Four different singles, each with a different B-side, were released in 1981.
Live & Well is a live album by The Gap Band, released in 1996. The songs "Gotta Get Up" and "Drop the Bomb" are both special live versions of "Early in the Morning" and "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" with similar instrumentations but modified lyrics.
The Gap Band III is the fifth album by The Gap Band, released in 1980 on Mercury Records. It was produced by Lonnie Simmons. It was their first album to achieve platinum status. The album was remastered by PTG Records in 2009 including the radio edit of "Burn Rubber On Me ".
Total Experience Records was a record label founded by Lonnie Simmons. Its two major acts were The Gap Band and Yarbrough & Peoples. It originally began in 1977 as a production company whose artists recorded for Mercury Records before becoming a label in 1981. From its inception in 1981 to late 1983, Total Experience was a subsidiary label of Mercury's parent company, PolyGram. In 1984, the label changed its distribution from PolyGram to RCA Records.
Lonnie Simmons was an American record producer from Los Angeles, California. He was founder and president of the now-defunct Total Experience Records. As a composer, he co-wrote several #1 R&B songs for his label's major acts, The Gap Band and Yarbrough and Peoples.
The Gap Band II is the fourth studio album by The Gap Band, released in 1979 on Mercury Records. It is their second major label release, and produced by Lonnie Simmons.
Gap Band V- Jammin' is the seventh album by The Gap Band, released in 1983 on Total Experience Records. The album was reissued on CD in 1997 by Mercury Records. In 2009 the album was remastered by PTG Records including "Party Train".
Gap Band VI is the eighth album by The Gap Band, released in 1984 on Total Experience Records. It was originally intended to be lead singer Charlie Wilson's first solo album, and the first Gap Band album released under Total Experience's new distribution deal with RCA Records. The album reached #1 on the Black Albums chart for 2 weeks in March 1985. In October 29, 2012 the remastered and expanded album including 5 bonus tracks was released by Big Break Records.
Gap Band VII is the ninth album by The Gap Band, released in 1985 on Total Experience Records. The album includes the single from original Jerry Peters's song "Going In Circles". As AllMusic's Amy Hanson said in her review of the album, "The band was quickly back to business across the eminently catchy tunes "Automatic Brain" and "Ooh, What a Feeling," leaving both "L'il Red Funkin' Hood" and "Bumpin' Gum People," which features funkier vocals than listeners had heard from the band in quite some time, to round out the set with some good-old Gap Band sonics. Elsewhere, the band pulled a quiet storm trick out of their bag on "I Know We'll Make It"."
Gap Band 8 is the 10th album by American R&B and funk band The Gap Band, released in 1986 on Total Experience Records. It is the first album in the band's self-titled series to be subtitled with a regular number instead of a Roman numeral, as well as their final self-titled album.
Round Trip is the 12th album by The Gap Band, released on November 14, 1989 on Capitol Records and EMI Records. The album includes the singles "All of My Love" and "Addicted to Your Love".
Testimony is the 13th album by The Gap Band, released in 1994 on Lalique Records. The album includes several songs which were included in first solo Charlie Wilson's album You Turn My Life Around in 1992.
Ain't Nothin But a Party is the 14th album by The Gap Band, released in 1995 on Raging Bull Records.
Y2K: Funkin' Till 2000 Comz is the 15th and final album by The Gap Band, released in 1999 on Eagle Records. This was the last studio album of the band before they retired in 2010.
Charles Kent Wilson, also known as Uncle Charlie, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and the former lead vocalist of the Gap Band. As a solo artist he has been nominated for thirteen Grammy awards and ten NAACP Image Awards, received a 2009 Soul Train Icon Award, and was a recipient of a BMI Icon Award in 2005. In 2009, he was named Billboard magazine's No. 1 Adult R&B Artist, and his song "There Goes My Baby" was named the No. 1 Urban Adult Song for 2009 in Billboard Magazine.
Stop All That Jazz is an album by singer and songwriter Leon Russell. The album was recorded in 1974 at Leon Russell's House Studio, Tulsa, OK, Paradise Studios, Tia Juana, OK, Pete's Place, Nashville, TN and Shelter The Church Studio, Tulsa, OK. Stop All That Jazz is Russell's sixth solo album.
