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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, along with other members; it was named after streets (Greenwood, Archer, and Pine) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] in the historic Greenwood neighborhood in the brothers' hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma .
What actually started as jam sessions held in neighbourhood garages resulted in the forming of a band, the Greenwood Archer and Pine Street Band in 1970 that had the Wilson brothers as its members. The band was eventually known by its acronym GAP (later Gap) Band.
Mar 24, 2018 · As the lead singer of The Gap Band, Charlie Wilson had chart-topping hits — and a drug addiction that left him homeless. But determination got him clean and back into the business.
Feb 17, 2017 · Following a stint backing rock polymath Leon Russell and a date opening for the Rolling Stones where he infuriated Mick Jagger with the intensity of his “Jumping Jack Flash” cover, Wilson started...
Aug 5, 2021 · In 1974, The Gap Band recorded its first album, Magician’s Holiday, under the Shelter Records label owned by singer-songwriter Leon Russell, who also lived in Tulsa. After moving to Los Angeles in 1979, their music began to show considerable success.
From the start of his career, Charlie and his brothers, Robert and Ronnie, helped define and popularize an upbeat form of funk music that was infectious and lasting with their group the Gap Band. Magicians Holiday was the debut album by the Gap Band in 1974 on Shelter Records founded by Leon Russell and Denny Cordell.
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Jan 25, 2010 · Slow cash flow and a cocaine and alcohol addiction drove Wilson to become homeless, as he slept in the alleys of Los Angeles' famed Hollywood Boulevard between 1993 and 1995.
