Gap Band IV

Gap Band IV is the sixth studio album by the Gap Band, released in 1982 on Total Experience Records. The album reached No. 1 on the Black Albums chart and No. 14 on the Pop Albums chart, achieved platinum status, and is considered their most successful project.

The album produced the singles "Early in the Morning" (#1 Black Singles, #13 Club Play Singles, #24 Pop Singles), "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" (#2 Black Singles, #39 Club Play Singles, #31 Pop Singles), and "Outstanding" (#1 Black Singles, #24 Club Play Singles, #51 Pop Singles). It also achieved a rare feat in which every song on the album received radio airplay.

It was the first album producer Lonnie Simmons released directly on his label, Total Experience Records. The album was reissued on CD in 1994 by Mercury Records.

Personnel

 * Charlie Wilson – Keyboards, Synthesizer, Percussion, Lead and Backing Vocals
 * Ronnie Wilson – Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Percussion, Backing Vocals
 * Robert Wilson – Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Backing Vocals
 * Oliver Scott – Horns, Synthesizer, Keyboards
 * Raymond Calhoun – Drums, Percussion
 * Melvin Webb, Ronnie Kaufman – Drums
 * Dionne Oliver – Bass
 * Fred Jenkins, Glen Nightingale, Jimi Macon – Guitar
 * Robert "Goodie" Whitfield, Louis Cabaza – Keyboards, Synthesizer
 * Wilmer Raglin- Horns, Backing Vocals
 * Andy Ward, Earl Roberson, Larry Stone – Horns
 * David Drew, Marva King, Maxayn Lewis, Alisa Peoples, Calvin Yarbrough, Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor, Sheila Young, Val Young – Backing Vocals