R.I.P. Ronnie Wilson, Co-Founder of The Gap Band Dead at 73.

R.I.P.
Ronnie Wilson, Co-Founder of The Gap Band Dead at 73.
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Ronnie Wilson, co-founding member and multi-instrumentalist of pioneering funk group The Gap Band, has died at the age of 73.
In a statement to TMZ, Wilson’s wife, Linda, said her husband suffered a stroke last week and never recovered.
He passed away Tuesday morning (November 2nd).
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Hailing from Tulsa, Oklahoma, The Gap Band consisted of brothers Ronnie, Charlie, and Robert Wilson.
After initially serving as a backing band for fellow Oklahoman Leon Russell, the brothers found their own success after linking up with record producer Lonnie Simmons and signing to Mercury Records.
The Gap Band’s 1979 self-titled album produced the group’s first top 10 single with “Shake.” The following year, the band’s follow-up album, The Gap Band II, achieved gold status thanks in part to the single “Don’t Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Oops!),” which peaked at No.