In June 2009, Wilson and the GAP Band were presented the Key to the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Then in 2005 his album Charlie, Last Name Wilson hit No. In 2003, WilsonвЂ™s first Top 10 solo hit entitled вЂњBeautiful,вЂќ a collaboration with Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams, was released. Believing he would relapse without guidance, Wilson asked Tat to marry him and they were married in 1995.Д¬lose friend, Snoop Dogg (Calvin Broadus Jr.), gave Wilson the nickname вЂњUncle Charlie.вЂќ On May 11, 2002, Wilson was presented an Honorary Master of Fine Arts Degree from Langston University and the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. Upon his release from the rehab program, Tat provided a house for Wilson. Wilson, however, married Mahin Tat, his former social worker at the 28-day drug rehabilitation program he completed in Acton, California in 1995. Once the success of the GAP band waned, Wilson found himself homeless and using drugs from 1993 to 1995. WilsonвЂ™s first Grammy nomination was with the GAP Band in 1983 for вЂњWhere Are We Going?вЂќ for Best R&B Instrumental Performance. Wilson, as the bandвЂ™s frontman, released several hit songs including вЂњOutstanding,вЂќ вЂњYearning for Your Love,вЂќ вЂњParty Train,вЂќ вЂњOops, Upside Your Head,вЂќ and вЂњBurn Rubber on Me.вЂќ Charlie WIlsonД¬ourtesy Encyclopedia Americania (CC BY-SA 4.0) The bandвЂ™s name was later shortened to the GAP Band. In 1967 Wilson, along with his brothers Ronnie and Robert, formed the Greenwood, Archer, and Pine Street Band, named for prominent streets in TulsaвЂ™s Black Wall Street area. He enrolled at Langston University (Langston, Oklahoma) and while there became a drum major for the Langston University Marching Pride. Washington High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Wilson attended Dunbar Elementary School and Booker T. When he completed the last note of the song, he was stampeded by screaming girls and after recovering from the initial scare he realized he liked the attention. In the fourth grade, he sang Tony BennettвЂ™s signature song вЂњI Left My Heart in San FranciscoвЂќ to an auditorium of his elementary school peers.

In his youth, Wilson often sang in church before his fatherвЂ™s Sunday sermons. Wilson has seven siblings: Ronnie, Robert, Claven, Loretta, Darla, Tawana, and Sharaun. His mother was a pianist and minister of music in western Oklahoma for 45 years. His father was a Church of God in Christ minister.

American singer, songwriter, and producer, Charles Kent Wilson, best known as Charlie Wilson, was born on Januto Reverend Oscar and Lucy Wilson in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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