“The love of my life was called home this morning,” Wilson’s wife, Linda Boulware-Wilson, wrote in a Nov.
The name was inspired by three streets in their hometown — Greenwood, Archer and Pine — that had defined the “Black Wall Street” district destroyed in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
The Gap Band released its debut album, Magicians Holiday, in 1974.
The genre-melding sound of The Gap Band has continued to inspire countless artists in the generations that followed.
In his later years, Ronnie Wilson was involved in the music ministry of San Antonio’s Community Bible Church, turning to religion after a long career in music.