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Gap Band member Anthony Walker – who also went by the nickname Baby Gap – has died aged 60.
His younger brother Dr. Eric Walker TMZ Tuesday, that star died in an Ohio hospital last Monday.
The artist had suffered complications from a neck surgery he was about to undergo and died as a result.
Anthony had worked for years as a break dancer, starting in the 1970s, and his routines had probably taken a toll on his body.
His siblings later said Walker would be ‘celebrated’ in his hometown of Chicago later this week.
Gap Band member Anthony Walker – who also went by the nickname Baby Gap – has died aged 60. His younger brother Dr. Eric Walker told TMZ on Tuesday that the star died at an Ohio hospital last Monday; seen in 1982
The artist had suffered complications from a neck operation he underwent and died as a result
Anthony was in the band for a long time: an amazing 23 years.
The band was formed in 1967, but Anthony joined in 1979.
She served as a songwriter as well as a dancer and choreographer.
The Gap Band was a soul/funk group from Tulsa, Oklahoma, led by three Wilson brothers: Charles, Ronnie and Robert. The band was named after a cross; Greenwood, Archer and Pine streets in the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Anthony also collaborated with music legends Rick James and George Clinton and was on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand.
His percussion skills on Snoop Dogg’s single Snoop’s Upside Ya Head.
Before working with the Tehe Gap band, he was part of the break-dance group Tidal Wave in the 1970s.
He performed with GapX, a group formed by other former members of the Gap Band.
Anthony had worked for years as a break dancer, starting in the 1970s, and his routines had probably taken a toll on his body. His siblings later said Walker would be ‘celebrated’ in his hometown of Chicago later this week
The Gap Band’s first hit was the song I’m in Love and Then Shake from 1979.
Later that year, the group released I Don’t Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Oops!) on their album The Gap Band II.
The song Steppin’ (Out) also reached the top 10 R&B.
The band rose to fame in 1980 with the release of the number 1 R&B and number 16 Billboard 200 hit, The Gap Band III.
The album featured soul ballads such as the number 5 R&B hit Yearning for Your Love and funk songs such as the R&B chart hit Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) and Humpin’.
On the album Gap Band IV in 1982, their hits were Early in the Morning, You Dropped a Bomb on Me and Outstanding.
Singers and musicians Ronnie and Charlie Wilson of The Gap Band and Anthony ‘Baby Gap’ Walker performing at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois in January 1983
Their 1983 album Gap Band V: Jammin’ had the hits Party Train and Jam the Motha.
Album closer Someday featured Stevie Wonder as a guest vocalist.
Their next work, Gap Band VI included Beep a Freak and I Found My Baby.
The Gap Band VII had the hit Big Fun in 1986; 1988’s Straight from the Heart was their final studio album with Total Experience.
The Gap Band took a small break in 1988 with the Keenen Ivory Wayans film I’m Gonna Git You Sucka featuring You’re So Cute.
During the 1990s, the band released three non-charting studio albums and two live albums.