{"id":362007,"date":"2021-11-03T19:07:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T16:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-gap-bands-ronnie-wilson-dead-at-73\/"},"modified":"2021-11-03T19:07:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T16:07:34","slug":"the-gap-bands-ronnie-wilson-dead-at-73","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-gap-bands-ronnie-wilson-dead-at-73\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Gap Band\u2019s Ronnie Wilson dead at 73"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2fcb7010331\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" 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ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-gap-bands-ronnie-wilson-dead-at-73\/#As_part_of_The_Gap_Band_Wilson_helped_write_the_hits_%E2%80%9CYou_Dropped_a_Bomb_on_Me%E2%80%9D_%E2%80%9CBurn_Rubber_on_Me%E2%80%9D_and_many_more_during_the_groups_46-year_run\" >As part of The Gap Band, Wilson helped write the hits \u201cYou Dropped a Bomb on Me,\u201d \u201cBurn Rubber on Me,\u201d and many more during the group\u2019s 46-year run.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#The Gap Band\u2019s Ronnie Wilson dead at 73<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"As_part_of_The_Gap_Band_Wilson_helped_write_the_hits_%E2%80%9CYou_Dropped_a_Bomb_on_Me%E2%80%9D_%E2%80%9CBurn_Rubber_on_Me%E2%80%9D_and_many_more_during_the_groups_46-year_run\"><\/span>As part of The Gap Band, Wilson helped write the hits \u201cYou Dropped a Bomb on Me,\u201d \u201cBurn Rubber on Me,\u201d and many more during the group\u2019s 46-year run. <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-225487\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-74272373_zlhvnt\/ronnie-wilson-of-the-gap-band-center-with-charlie-wilson-left-and-robert-wilson-right-1980-photo-by-michael-ochs-archives-getty-images.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-74272373_zlhvnt\/ronnie-wilson-of-the-gap-band-center-with-charlie-wilson-left-and-robert-wilson-right-1980-photo-by-michael-ochs-archives-getty-images.jpg 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Wilson (left) and Robert Wilson (right), 1980. Photo by Michael Ochs Archives \/ Getty Images.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-225497\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Ronnie Wilson, co-founder and longtime member of the iconic Tulsa funk group The Gap Band, died Tuesday morning. He was 73.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            Wilson founded The Gap Band in 1974 with his two younger brothers, Charlie and Robert. Named after three streets\u2014Greenwood, Archer and Pine\u2014in the neighborhood where the Tulsa race massacre transpired, the group rose to popularity later that decade, and remained staples of American funk through the &#8217;80s and well into the &#8217;90s. They disbanded in 2010. Robert, the youngest of the three, passed away shortly thereafter at 53.<\/p>\n<p>            Ronnie Wilson was essential to The Gap Band as an arranger, producer, instrumentalist and backing vocalist. His compositional talent facilitated some of the groups biggest hits, including &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=17lkdqoLt44\">You Dropped a Bomb on Me<\/a>,&#8221;  &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zSsXRWhfN3w\">Burn Rubber on Me<\/a>,&#8221; &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aIjLBK_n-74\">Yearning For Your Love<\/a>,&#8221; and &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MjtOzLfebgY\">Outstanding<\/a>,&#8221; which has been sampled by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nTEZjUdiMSo\">Madonna<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FjSKQhKVYzU\">Tina Turner<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-GQiWmXhvok&amp;ab_channel=robzta1968\">Usher<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DT45HSrj4Vs&amp;ab_channel=GeorgeMichael-Topic\">George Michael<\/a>, and more than 150 other artists, according to the band&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            Wilson is survived by The Gap Band&#8217;s middle brother and lead singer, Charlie. He also leaves behind his wife, Linda Boulware-Wilson, who announced his death in a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/linda.boulwarewilson\/posts\/10226331440221934\">Facebook post<\/a> Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>            &#8220;The love of my life was called home this morning, at 10:01am,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;Please continue to pray for The Wilson, Boulware, and Collins family, while we mourn his passing.<\/p>\n<p>            &#8220;Ronnie Wilson was a genius with creating, producing, and playing the flugelhorn, Trumpet, keyboards, and singing music, from childhood to his early seventies. He will be truly missed!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-225491\" class=\"content_block paragraph video triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Gap Band - You Dropped A Bomb On Me (Official Music Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/17lkdqoLt44?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('225491');\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-225489\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/7eETefYwTFRG3I1tw3fMi4\" width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Raphael Helfand<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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