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Anthony ‘Baby Gap’ Walker, Former Member of The Gap Band, Dies at 60

"The Band will miss our friend, brother, and band mate Anthony 'Baby Gap' Walker," reads a post. "Gone too soon. We will never forget you!!!"

Formed in 1967 by brothers Ronnie, Charlie and Robert in Tulsa, Okla., The Gap Band scored a series of Billboard R&B hits over a 40-year career during which they released 15 albums and such beloved singles such as “Shake,” “I Don’t Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Oops Up Side Your Head),” “Early in the Morning,” “Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)” and one of their highest-charting single, 1982’s No. It was at this time when Wilson joined the group, for which he contributed as a performer, songwriter dancer and choreographer for 23 years. Though the Gap Band’s chart success began to wane by the late 1980s and 1990s, their funky songs gained a robust second life during that period when they were heavily sampled and covered by everyone from Snoop Dogg, Nas and Ice Cube to Tyler, the Creator and Mary J. Blige.

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