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LeVert Albums
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". 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 Top Five singles were also released from this albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–United States border, Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania state border. Cleveland is the most populous city on Lake Erie, the list of cities in Ohio, second-most populous city in Ohio, and the List of United States cities by population, 53rd-most populous city in the U.S. with a population of 372,624 in 2020. The city anchors the Greater Cleveland, Cleveland metropolitan area, the Metropolitan statistical area, 33rd-largest in the U.S. at 2.18 million residents, as well as the larger Cleveland–Akron, Ohio, Akron–Canton, Ohio, Canton combined statistical area with 3.63 million residents. Cleveland was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River as part of the Connecticut Western Reserve in modern-day Northeast Ohio by General Moses Clea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhythm And Blues
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African American communities in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to African Americans, at a time when "rocking, jazz based music ... [with a] heavy, insistent beat" was starting to become more popular. In the commercial rhythm and blues music typical of the 1950s through the 1970s, the bands usually consisted of a piano, one or two guitars, bass, drums, one or more saxophones, and sometimes background vocalists. R&B lyrical themes often encapsulate the African-American history and experience of pain and the quest for freedom and joy, as well as triumphs and failures in terms of societal racism, oppression, relationships, economics, and aspirations. The term "rhythm and blues" has undergone a number of shifts in meaning. In the early 1950s, it was frequently applied to blues records. Starting i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Soul Train Music Awards
The 1989 Soul Train Music Awards was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California and aired live in select cities on April 13, 1989 (and was later syndicated in other areas), honoring the best in R&B, soul, rap, jazz, and gospel music from the previous year. The show was hosted by Patti LaBelle, Ahmad Rashad and Dionne Warwick. Special awards Heritage Award for Career Achievement * Michael Jackson Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year * Michael Jackson Winners and nominees Winners are in bold text. Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Album of the Year – Male * Bobby Brown – '' Don't Be Cruel'' ** Bobby McFerrin – '' Simple Pleasures'' ** Al B. Sure – '' In Effect Mode'' ** Luther Vandross – '' Any Love'' Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Album of the Year – Female * Anita Baker – '' Giving You the Best That I Got'' ** Tracy Chapman – ''Tracy Chapman'' ** Sade – '' Stronger Than Pride'' ** Vanessa Williams – '' The Right Stuff'' Best R&B/Urb ... [...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) - 5:2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Official Charts Company
The Official UK Charts Company Limited (formerly Music Industry Chart Services Limited), trading as the Official Charts Company (OCC) or the Official Charts (formerly the Chart Information Network), is a British inter-professional organisation that compiles various official record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France. In the United Kingdom, its charts include ones for singles, albums and films, with the data compiled from a mixture of downloads, purchases (of physical media) and streaming. The OCC produces its charts by gathering and combining sales data from retailers through market researchers Kantar, and claims to cover 99% of the singles market and 95% of the album market, and aims to collect data from any retailer who sells more than 100 chart items per week. The OCC is operated jointly by the British Phonographic Industry and the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) (formerly the British Association of Record Dealers (BARD)) and is incorporated as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Hot 100
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100, also known as simply the Hot 100, is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), online streaming, and radio airplay in the U.S. A new chart is compiled and released online to the public by ''Billboard''s website on Tuesdays but post-dated to the following Saturday, when the printed magazine first reaches newsstands. The weekly tracking period for sales is currently Friday–Thursday, after being changed in July 2015. It was initially Monday–Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991. This tracking period also applies to compiling online streaming data. Radio airplay is readily available on a real-time basis, unlike sales figures and streaming, but is also tracked on the same Friday–Thursday cycle, effective with the chart dated July 17, 2021. Previously, radio was tracked Monday–Sunday and, before Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casanova (LeVert Song)
"Casanova" is a song by American R&B vocal group LeVert, written and produced by Reggie Calloway. Released as a single in 1987, it reached number five on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and number nine on the UK Singles Chart—LeVert's only top-40 hit on either chart. It was the first new jack swing song to reach number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot Black Singles chart, topping the chart for two weeks. It has become a standard number for New Orleans brass bands following its popularization by the Rebirth Brass Band. Music video The official music video was directed by Jane Simpson. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Ultimate Kaos version British boy band Ultimate Kaos released a cover of "Casanova" as the lead single from their second album, ''The Kaos Theory'', in February 1997. It reached the top 10 in Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. On June 1, 1998, it was re-released and entered the top 20 in Australia. Track listing CD maxi # "Casanova" (7-inc ... [...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 reach 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 LeVert * Gerald Levert Gerald Edward Levert (July 13, 1966 – November 10, 2006) was an Americans, American singer-songwriter and Music Producer, producer. Levert pe ... [...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 – lead vocals, backing vocals, arrangements ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R&B Chart
The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by '' Billboard''. Rankings are based on a measure of radio airplay, sales data, and streaming activity. The chart had 100 positions but was shortened to 50 positions in October 2012. The chart is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African-American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, rock and roll, soul, and funk, it is today dominated by contemporary R&B and hip hop. Since its inception, the chart has changed its name many times in order to accurately reflect the industry at the time. History Beginning in 1942, ''Billboard'' published a chart of bestselling African-American music, first as the Harlem Hit Parade, then as Race Records. Then in 1949, ''Billboard'' began publishing a Rhythm and Blues chart, which entered "R&B" into mainstream lexicon. These three charts ... [...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 – lead vocals, backing vocals, arrangements (1 ... [...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 LeVert * Gerald Levert Gerald Edward Levert (July 13, 1966 – November 10, 2006) was an Americans, American singer-songwriter and Music Producer, producer. Levert performed with his brother, Sean Levert, and friend Marc Gordon with the R&B vocal group, LeVert. Le ... – lead vocals, backing vocals * Sean Levert – percussion, backing vocals * Marc Gordon – keyboards, backing vocals Additional musicians * Billy Biddle – keyboards * Randy Cantor – keyboards * Matt Rose – keyboards * Mick Rossi – keyboards * Dexter Wansel – keyboards * David Webster – keyboards * Kae Williams Jr. – keyboards * Robert Cunningham – guitars, backing vocals * Russel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
