Happy Holidays from Uncle Charlie! Smokey Robinson! Charlie chats with Grammy. Thank y'all for the birthday wishes! We lost a true icon and trailblazer IAmCicelyTyson. Happy Birthday Charlie! Error: API requests are being delayed. New posts will not be retrieved for at least 5 minutes. And of course, I have to listen to him.

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Charles Kent Wilson born January 29, , [ citation needed ] also known as Uncle Charlie , is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and the former lead vocalist of the Gap Band. In , he was named Billboard magazine's No. Wilson is the national spokesman of the Prostate Cancer Foundation where there is a Creativity Award in his name which donates hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to researchers across the country for the development of creative science that conforms to PCF funding principles but is short-term and designed to allow development of otherwise unfunded ideas. With his older brother Ronnie and younger brother Robert, Wilson often sang in church before their father's Sunday sermons, accompanied on piano by their mother. He also sang in his junior high school's choir, which was a precursor to his musical career with the Gap Band and later his solo career. He attended high school at Booker T.
I want to thank Cori Murray, Rachaell Davis and the rest of the team for allowing me this chance to do something different when it comes to creating playlists and showcase veteran and rising artists and music that you need to add to your rotation. In a year that often stood still, the music never stopped. With that in mind, yours truly wants to thank you on day 1 of alongside a venerable icon, Mr. Charlie Wilson. My favorite musical uncle outside of Snoop Dogg and I select songs full of gratitude for the purpose of connecting you all to our greatest joy — the love of music. Happy New Year to you all, may you and yours stay safe and healthy, and I personally raise my glass to all you beautifully melanated people to toast to your continued blessings as we embark on another revolution around the sun. Charlie, last name Wilson, has been a consummate performer and cherished personality in our lives since before many of us were born. Now, we mostly connect virtually, but their stories and their love for me and my music is what keeps me going. No matter what life throws at me I must always remember that I am blessed.