Charlie Wilson

Charles KentCharlie; Wilson (also referred to as Uncle Charlie, created January 29, 1953) is an American R&B singer songwriter-producer along with the former lead vocalist for The Gap Band. As a solo artist he has been nominated for seven Grammy awards and three NAACP Image Awards, obtained a 2009 Soul Train Icon Award, and was a receiver of a BMI Icon Award in 2005. In 2009, he was named Billboard magazine’s No. 1 Mature R&B Artist, and his tuneThere Goes My Child; was named the No. 1 City Adult Tune for 2009 in Billboard Journal. On June 30, 2013, Guess honored Wilson using a Life time Achievement Award which was presented to him by Justin Timberlake. The Guess homage performances contained renditions of Wilson’s tunes performed by India Arie (There Goes My Child), Jamie Foxx (Yearning for Your Love), and Stevie Wonder (Burn Rubber) Nevertheless, it wasn’t until Wilson himself took to the phase in the postulation of Timberlake to execute his Grammy-Nominated tuneYou Are; and then changeover right into a medley of strike songs executing alongside Timberlake and shock guests Snoop Dogg and Pharrell that Wilson stole the display throughout the youth oriented program. The Charlie Wilson homage helped BET realize the best evaluations in years for the system as well as earned the community the # 1 primetime place in the 18–4 9 demographic topping all its broadcast and cable contest for the night time in both demographics and complete audience.

Wilson is the nationwide spokesman for the Pro-State Cancer Basis where there’s a Originality Award in his title which gives thousands of dollars annually to investigators throughout the nation for the advancement of innovative science that conforms to PCF funds principles but is short term and built to permit development of otherwise un-funded thoughts.