''Gap Band VI'' is the eighth album (contrary to the title) by

the Gap Band 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, an ...

, released in 1984 on

Total Experience Records 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 albums were released by Mercury Records before becoming ...

. 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. On October 29, 2012 the remastered and expanded album including 5 bonus tracks was released by Big Break Records.

Track listing

(*) Bonus tracks on the remastered version

Personnel

Artist: *Charlie Wilson - Keyboards, Synthesizer, Percussion, Lead and Backing Vocals *Ronnie Wilson - Trumpet, Keyboards, Backing Vocals *Robert Wilson - Bass, Backing Vocals Musicians: *Oliver Scott *Fred Jenkins *Billy Young *Glenn Nightingale *Raymond Calhoun *Lonnis Simmons *Rudy Taylor *Jimmy Hamilton *Maurice Hayes *Ira Ward *Robert "Goodie" Whitfield

References

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Charlie Wilson in-depth interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' August 2011

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