| “Early in the Morning” | |||||
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| Single by The Gap Band from the album Gap Band IV |
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| B-side | "I'm in Love" | ||||
| Released | 1982 | ||||
| Recorded | 1982 | ||||
| Genre | Funk | ||||
| Length | 3:59 (single version) 6:30 (album version) |
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| Label | Total Experience | ||||
| Writer(s) | Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor | ||||
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"Early in the Morning" is a song originally performed by The Gap Band and written by member Charlie Wilson and producers Lonnie Simmons and Rudy Taylor. The Gap Band are a US R&B, Funk and Soul music group who rose to fame during the 1970s and 1980s with their heavily-charged dance anthems A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended Soul music, Soul In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both The Gap Band are a US R&B, Funk and Soul music group who rose to fame during the 1970s and 1980s with their heavily-charged dance anthems " You Dropped a Bomb on Me " is a song performed by The Gap Band. The Gap Band are a US R&B, Funk and Soul music group who rose to fame during the 1970s and 1980s with their heavily-charged dance anthems Charles Kent Wilson (born January 29, 1953) better known as Charlie Wilson is an American R&B / soul singer and the lead It was released as a single in 1982 and went on to become their biggest hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #24. It also topped Billboard's R&B chart.
The song became a hit again when Robert Palmer remade it in 1988. Robert Allen Palmer ( 19 January 1949 – 26 September 2003) born in Batley, Yorkshire, was an English This version peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is to date the highest charting version of the song on that chart.
Bobby Darin also released a cover on the Brunswick label. Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert "Bobby" Cassotto, May 14 1936 &ndash December 20, 1973) was one of the most popular
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