From Gerald's 1991 debut solo album Private Line, it became his first Top 40 single on the Hot 100, peaking at number 37. But it doesn’t stop, and he wouldn’t have wanted it to stop. Louis Myrie/WireImage) One of Gerald Levert's greatest thrills was hitting the top of the Billboard R&B chart in 1992 with 'Baby Hold On To Me,' his duet with his father, Eddie Levert of The O'Jays. It’s going to be difficult putting this album out with him not here. “He was 40, 22 years in the business, and still working very hard. “This album tells you where he was in his life,” Brooks says. Writers Andy Gibson, Eddie Berkeley, Edwin Tony Nicholas & 8 more. I think this album was therapy for him.”ĭescribing “In My Songs” as a classic R&B album with a perfect mixture of heartfelt feeling and emotion, Levert’s manager, Leonard Brooks, says it underscores the singer’s his creative and energetic force. Producers Casino Joe, Edwin Tony Nicholas, Gerald Levert & 3 more. Everyone knows his passion for music, but something else was missing in his life. On ‘Songs,’ you can tell he missed being loved. The Best of Gerald LeVert contains most of the singer’s major solo singles. “But with this album, I think he really became vulnerable. “Gerald always made personal albums that have been about his experiences,” Liles says. Levert reteamed with longtime collaborator Edwin 'Tony' Nicholas to work on the entire album which was completed shortly before his death from an apparent. It reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number nine on the UK Singles Chart, LeVerts 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 was released posthumously on February 13, 2007, on Atlantic Records. 'Casanova' is a 1987 single by American R&B vocal group LeVert, written and produced by Reggie Calloway. (Gerald) But love is strong sometime someone who talk to you. That especially comes across on the lead single/title track, a ballad juxtaposes his love of music with love of a special someone. In My Songs is the ninth studio album and the first posthumous album by American singer Gerald Levert. So I know you will (yes Ill do) See life is hard. The album is also about Levert’s arrival at a personal crossroads before his untimely death. I’m not an old guy I’m only 39 and have this voice.'” “He told me, ‘I want to make sure I deliver, Kev. “He was excited because he felt this album was something special,” Warner Music Group executive VP Kevin Liles tells Billboard. Making the transition from his previous project, 2004’s socially conscious “Do I Speak for the World?,” Levert refocused on his R&B legacy. As previously reported, the Atlantic Records album arrives Feb. By all accounts, Gerald Levert was extremely excited about “In My Songs,” the studio album he wrapped just prior to his death of a heart attack last Nov.
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