![]() "Marvin was the master of romance and knew how to say it without saying it, which he did with 'Let's Get It On,'" Levert continued in Newsweek. He also credits the influence of Marvin Gaye on his soft approach. Like his dad, he believes audiences, especially female fans, "want to be romanced and teased," he told Newsweek. ![]() One key to Levert's success was that he followed his father's lead in producing a string of tender and romantic songs which-compared to the raw hits of early 1990s R&B acts like Jodeci, Silk, and R. The trio regrouped to record the album For Real Tho', released in 1992, and The Whole Scenario, released in 1997. Although he went solo, Levert wasn't leaving the group in the dust. "I didn't feel comfortable at first going out without the group for the first time," Levert told Billboard, "but I must say the responses we got went way beyond what I expected." The album was certified gold in February of 1992 and peaked at number two on Billboard's Top R&B Albums chart. The album produced four R&B hits-the title song, plus "Baby Hold on to Me," "School Me," and "Can You Handle It." The success of the album was cemented by a 20-city headlining tour with R&B crooner R. Levert made his solo debut in 1991 with Private Line. All told, the group scored five number one, seven top ten, and four top twenty singles on Billboard's R&B charts, including the number one single, "Casanova." The group's albums, The Big Throwdown, Just Coolin', and Rope-a-Dope, were all top-sellers. ![]() LeVert's Atlantic debut, Bloodline, produced a number one single, "(Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop) Goes My Mind," and the group became an instant success. ![]() In 1985 "I'm Still" peaked at number 70 on the Billboard R&B charts and led to a record deal with Atlantic Records the next year. The group released its first single, "I'm Still," on the independent record label Tempre. While still in high school, the group began performing at clubs in Ohio under the name LeVert. Fueled by the musical household he grew up in-and access to his father's fully-equipped studio-Levert formed a trio with his brother Sean and friend Marc Gordon. "That's what people want today: They want to hear the truth."īorn on July 13, 1966, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which was homebase for the O'Jays, Levert was raised in Cleveland, Ohio. Levert "has such an incredible and creative way of expression, and it sounds like he's really lived what he's talking about," Michael Saunders, a radio executive at WJLB and WMXD, two Detroit R&B radio stations, told Billboard. The artist's solo career is marked by such albums as Private Line, Groove On, Love & Consequences, and G. After releasing five albums with LeVert-four of which achieved gold- or platinum-selling status-Levert began recording on his own. The son of Eddie Levert Sr., vocalist and lead arranger of the long-standing R&B group the O'Jays, Gerald Levert produced a string of top-selling albums and singles, first as a member of the trio LeVert, then as a solo artist. įollowing his father's tradition, Gerald Levert has carved out a successful career as a writer, arranger, producer, and performer. Addresses: Record company-Elektra/Asylum, 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10019. Born on July 13, 1966, in Philadelphia, PA raised in Cleveland, OH son of Eddie Levert (founder and lead vocalist of the O'Jays) three children.
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