''The Gap Band III'' is the fifth studio album (contrary to the title) by American R&B band

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, released in 1980 on

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. It was produced by Lonnie Simmons. It was their first album to achieve platinum status. The album was remastered by PTG Records in 2009 including the radio edit of "Burn Rubber On Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)".

Reception

The album reached #1 on the Black Albums chart and #16 on the

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. The album yielded 3 charting singles: the #60 R&B song "

Humpin' "Humpin'" is a 1980 song by The Gap Band, from their fifth album '' The Gap Band III'' released as a single in 1981. The original B-side, "No Hiding Place", was originally released on '' The Gap Band II''. The song had mixed chart success, only pe ...

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Yearning for Your Love "Yearning for Your Love" is a 1980 ballad recorded and released by The Gap Band on Mercury Records. The single was the third release off the band's fifth album, '' The Gap Band III'' (1980). Four different singles, each with a different B-side, we ...

", a #5 R&B single which peaked at #60 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and the #1 R&B hit "

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", which reached #19 on the dance charts and #84 on the Hot 100.Singles Charts and Awards at Allmusic/ref> This would be the group's final release by Mercury Records (via Total Experience Productions). The Gap Band's next six albums were released on Total Experience Records.

Track listing

Personnel

* Charlie Wilson - Keyboards, Synthesizer, Percussion, Lead and Backing Vocals *Ronnie Wilson - Trumpet, Keyboards, Backing Vocals *Robert Wilson - Bass, Backing Vocals (Lead vocals on "Gash Gash Gash") * Oliver Scott - Horns, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Backing Vocals *Raymond Calhoun - Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals *Melvin Webb, Ronnie Kaufman - Drums *John Black - Keyboards, Backing Vocals *Malvin "Dino" Vice - String Arrangements, Backing Vocals * Cavin Yarbrough - Synthesizer *Robert "Goodie" Whitfield - Keyboards *Fred Jenkins - Guitar *Glen Nightingale - Guitar * Marlo Henderson - Guitar *Wilmer Raglin- Horns, Backing Vocals *Earl Roberson - Horns *Katie Kilpatrick - Harp *The Gap Band, Howard Huntsberry, Jonah Ellis, Marva King, Maxanne Lewis, Rudy Taylor,

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Lonnie Simmons Lonnie Simmons (December 12, 1944 - February 6, 2019) was an American record producer from Los Angeles, California. He was founder and president of the now-defunct Total Experience Records. As a composer, he co-wrote several #1 R&B songs for his ...

, Malvin "Dino" Vice - Backing Vocals

Charts

Singles

References

External links

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