|
Levert
LeVert was an American R&B vocal group from Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Formed in 1983, LeVert was composed of Sean and Gerald Levert (sons of Eddie Levert, founder and lead singer of R&B/Soul vocal group O'Jays) and Marc Gordon.Wells, Chris (1986) "It's in the Blood", ''Echoes'', 8 November 1986, p. 5 Biography The group released their first single, " I'm Still", for Harry Coombes's Tempre label. In 1985, they released their debut album, '' I Get Hot'', which included tracks whose vocals drew strong comparisons to Sean and Gerald Levert's father Eddie. ''Bloodline'' followed in 1986, and this album included the band's first big R&B hit " (Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop) Goes My Mind", a track that went all the way to Number One. However, the band's next album, 1987's ''The Big Throwdown'' became an even bigger success, on the strength of the Number One R&B hit "Casanova", which gave them a crossover hit on the pop chart (number 5) and also a UK Top 10. A pair of additional R&B T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Coolin' (album)
''Just Coolin is the fourth album by the R&B group LeVert, released in 1988. Production The group wrote and produced the entire album, the first time they had done so. Critical reception ''The Rolling Stone Album Guide'' wrote that "the beats are bigger, the funk is deeper, and LeVert seems in the process of reinventing its whole sound." ''USA Today'' called the album the group's best to date, and praised the "delicious" ballads. Track listing #"Pull Over" (Gerald Levert, Marc Gordon) 4:07 #" Just Coolin'" (feat. Heavy D) - (Gerald LeVert, Marc Gordon) 4:19 #"Gotta Get the Money" (Gerald LeVert, Marc Gordon) 4:45 #"Take Your Time" (Gerald LeVert, Marc Gordon) 5:04 #"Join in the Fun" (Gerald LeVert, Marc Gordon) 3:28 #"Let's Get Romantic" (Gerald LeVert, Marc Gordon) 4:23 #"Feel Real" (Gerald LeVert, Marc Gordon) 5:52 #"Smilin'" (Gerald LeVert, Marc Gordon) 4:18 #"Start Me up Again" (Gerald LeVert, Marc Gordon) 4:18 #"Loveable" (Gerald LeVert, Marc Gordon) 5:23 #" Addicted to You ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloodline (LeVert Album)
''Bloodline'' is the second album by the R&B group LeVert, released in 1986. It was their first album for Atlantic Records. The album reached number eight on the Billboard R&B Albums chart. Critical reception The ''Los Angeles Times'' wrote that "this trio is fully committed to melody and feeling, making for an effective update of the sweet sounds associated with the street harmonizing the O'Jays themselves started with more than 25 years ago." Track listing #"(Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop) Goes My Mind" (Gerald LeVert, Marc Gordon) 5:54 #"Fascination" (Gerald LeVert, Marc Gordon, James Mtume) 4:29 #"Pose" (Wilmer Raglin, Jr., William F. Zimmermann) 6:12 #"I Start You Up, You Turn Me On" (James Mtume) 4:31 #"Kiss and Make Up" - (Gerald LeVert, Marc Gordon) 4:45 #"Let's Go Out Tonight" (Gerald LeVert) 5:17 #"Grip" (Gerald LeVert) 5:57 #"Looking for Love" (Gerald LeVert, Marc Gordon) 5:17 Personnel LeVert *Gerald LeVert - Keyboards, Lead and Backing Vocals *Sean LeVert - Percussi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
(Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop) Goes My Mind
''Bloodline'' is the second album by the R&B group LeVert, released in 1986. It was their first album for Atlantic Records. The album reached number eight on the Billboard R&B Albums chart. Critical reception The ''Los Angeles Times'' wrote that "this trio is fully committed to melody and feeling, making for an effective update of the sweet sounds associated with the street harmonizing the O'Jays themselves started with more than 25 years ago." Track listing #" (Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop) Goes My Mind" (Gerald LeVert, Marc Gordon) 5:54 #"Fascination" (Gerald LeVert, Marc Gordon, James Mtume) 4:29 #"Pose" (Wilmer Raglin, Jr., William F. Zimmermann) 6:12 #"I Start You Up, You Turn Me On" (James Mtume) 4:31 #"Kiss and Make Up" - (Gerald LeVert, Marc Gordon) 4:45 #"Let's Go Out Tonight" (Gerald LeVert) 5:17 #"Grip" (Gerald LeVert) 5:57 #"Looking for Love" (Gerald LeVert, Marc Gordon) 5:17 Personnel LeVert *Gerald LeVert - Keyboards, Lead and Backing Vocals *Sean LeVert - Percuss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casanova (LeVert Song)
"Casanova" is a 1987 single by American R&B vocal group LeVert, written and produced by Reggie Calloway. It reached number five on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart and number nine on the UK Singles Chart, LeVert's only Top Ten (and Top-40) on either chart. It was the first new jack swing song to reach number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot Black Singles chart. It topped the chart for two weeks, becoming the group's second number-one. It has become a standard number for New Orleans brass bands following its popularization by the Rebirth Brass Band. The song is featured in 1987's '' The Pick-Up Artist'', starring Robert Downey Jr. and Molly Ringwald, and appears on the soundtrack album of the Whoopi Goldberg movie '' Fatal Beauty'', released the same year. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Ultimate Kaos version British boy band A boy band is loosely defined as a vocal group consisting of young male singers, usually in their teenage years or in their t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Levert
Gerald Edward Levert (July 13, 1966 – November 10, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter and producer. Levert was best known for singing with his brother, Sean Levert, and friend Marc Gordon of the vocal group LeVert. Levert was also a member of LSG, a supergroup comprising Keith Sweat, Johnny Gill, and himself. Levert is the son of Eddie Levert, who is the lead singer of the R&B/ soul vocal group the O'Jays. He released nine solo albums, six with LeVert, two with his father Eddie Levert, two with LSG, as well as discovering the R&B groups the Rude Boys, Men at Large and 1 of the Girls. Levert was also part of the R&B group Black Men United. Early life and education Levert was born to the frontman of the O'Jays, Eddie Levert and his wife Martha in Canton, Ohio, on July 13, 1966. He grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. Due to his father's career, Levert would travel with the band regularly. While in high school, Levert's inclination towards musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Throwdown
''The Big Throwdown'' is the third album by Cleveland, Ohio-based R&B group LeVert. Reception Released in 1987, led by the number one R&B and top five Pop single, "Casanova", this album would go ahead and chart at number three on the Billboard R&B Albums charts. Track listing #"Casanova" (Reggie Calloway) 6:25 #"Good Stuff" (Gerald Levert, Tommie Miller) 4:20 #"Don't U Think It's Time" (Gerald Levert, Marc Gordon) 4:28 #"My Forever Love" (Gerald Levert, Marc Gordon) 4:35 #"Love the Way U Love Me" (Marc Gordon) 4:42 #"Sweet Sensation" (Gerald Levert, Marc Gordon) 4:20 #"In N Out" (Gerald Levert, Sean Levert, Marc Gordon) 4:30 #"Temptation" (Reggie Calloway, Vincent Calloway, Joel Davis, Gloria Larson) 8:48 #"Throwdown" (Gerald Levert, Sean Levert, Marc Gordon) 4:16 Personnel *Gerald Levert - Lead and Backing Vocals *Sean Levert Sean Edward Levert (September 28, 1968 – March 30, 2008) was an American singer-songwriter and actor. Levert was best known as a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Levert
Sean Edward Levert (September 28, 1968 – March 30, 2008) was an American singer-songwriter and actor. Levert was best known as a member of the R&B vocal group LeVert. Levert was the son of O'Jays lead singer Eddie Levert and younger brother of singer Gerald Levert. Life and career Sean Levert was born in Cleveland, Ohio and was the son of Eddie Levert, the lead singer of The O'Jays. He formed the trio LeVert with older brother Gerald Levert and childhood friend Marc Gordon; together they scored several smash hits on the U.S. R&B charts in the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1995, Sean launched a solo career with the album '' The Other Side'' on Atlantic Records, which peaked at #22 on the US ''Billboard'' R&B chart and #146 on the Billboard 200. The album yielded the charting singles "Put Your Body Where Your Mouth Is" (U.S. R&B #40) and "Same One" (U.S. R&B #57) that same year. Sean and Gerald Levert appeared in the film ''New Jack City'' (1991); Sean also played a part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Get Hot
''I Get Hot'' is the debut studio album from the American contemporary R&B group LeVert, released in via independent imprint Tempre Records. The album did not chart in the United States; however, the lead single, "I'm Still", peaked at #70 on the ''Billboard'' R&B chart. Track listing Personnel * Norman Harris, Quinton Rueben, Robert Cunningham, Russell Evans, Willie Ross - guitar *Michael Ferguson - bass guitar *Billy Biddle, David Webster, Dexter Wansel Dexter Gilman Wansel (born August 22, 1950) is an American R&B/ jazz fusion singer, arranger, musician, composer, conductor, synthesist and A&R director. Early life Dexter Wansel began as an errand boy backstage at the Uptown Theater in Philad ..., Kae Williams Jr., Matt Rose, Mick Rossi, Randy Cantor - keyboards *Dwayne Simon, Perry Wilson - drums References External links * 1985 debut albums Albums recorded at Sigma Sound Studios LeVert albums {{1980s-R&B-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Levert
Edward Willis Levert (born June 16, 1942) is an American singer, best known as the lead vocalist of The O'Jays. He is the father of Gerald Levert (1966–2006) and Sean Levert (1968–2008) Biography Levert was born in Bessemer, Alabama, but was raised in Canton, Ohio, where he moved at the age of six. He attended church regularly and eventually joined the church choir. As Levert continued singing into his teenage years, he became a recognized voice in the church choir, sang in school plays and performed regularly on a gospel radio show. While at high school, he teamed up with classmates Walter Williams, William Powell, Bobby Massey and Bill Isles to form a group called the Triumphs. The Triumphs played locally in Canton opening for different acts, playing 'sock hops'. They traveled to Cincinnati to canvas King Records whose President Sid Nathan changed their name to The Mascots and signed them to his label. The Mascots' popularity grew as their music was broadcast on Clevela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm Still
"I'm Still" is a song performed by American contemporary R&B group LeVert. The song is the opening track from the group's debut album ''I Get Hot'' and was issued as the album's first single (music), single. The song was produced by lead singer Gerald Levert, and it peaked at #70 on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, R&B chart in 1985. Chart positions References 1985 debut singles LeVert songs Song recordings produced by Gerald Levert 1985 songs Songs written by Gerald Levert {{1980s-R&B-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calloway (band)
Calloway is an R&B duo of Cincinnati, Ohio brothers Reggie (born on January 23, 1955) and Vincent (born on January 5, 1957) Calloway. They had a major hit in 1990 with " I Wanna Be Rich". Biography The brothers grew up around music with a father who played the trumpet, an uncle who played keyboards, and an aunt who sang opera. As teenagers, they began writing songs and forming bands, and when attending Kentucky State University, they formed Midnight Star, a synth-funk outfit that hit big in the early to mid 1980s. The Calloways were instrumental in orchestrating the band's 1983 multi-platinum breakthrough album, '' No Parking on the Dance Floor'', and Midnight Star would continue to experience mainstream success throughout the brothers' tenure in the group. After Midnight Star ran its course, the two left to focus on solo work. During their time with Midnight Star, they had also written and produced hits for acts like Klymaxx ("Meeting in the Ladies Room") and The Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rude Boys
The Rude Boys is a 1990s R&B/vocal group from Cleveland, Ohio. The group consisted of Larry Marcus, Melvin Sephus, and brothers Edward Lee "Buddy" Banks and Joe Little III Joe N Little III (born July 14, 1968) is an American singer, songwriter and producer who is best known as the lead singer of the 90s R&B group, Rude Boys, who had two No. 1 R&B singles, " Written All Over Your Face" and " Are You Lonely For Me", .... Marcus later died in October 2016. Banks died in December 2020. Discography Studio albums *''Rude Awakening'' (1990) *''Rude House'' (1992) *''Rude as Ever'' (1997) Singles Awards and nominations *1991 Billboard Music Award won for The Rude Boys No. 1 R&B Single of the Year ("Written All Over Your Face"). References African-American musical groups American vocal groups American rhythm and blues musical groups New jack swing music groups Musical groups from Cleveland Atlantic Records artists Vocal quartets {{US-R&B-band-stub [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |