I got this from another board I go to:

http://soundcheckmusic.pr...1163189561


Here's Gerald's Billboard R&B history, including singing lead for LeVert and LSG. He scored twenty-one Top 10 hits, including 7 #1 hits.


#01 Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop Goes My Mind
#14 Let's Go Out Tonight
#01 Cassanova
#26 Fascination
#02 My Forever Love
#01 Addicted To You
#02 Pull Over
#04 Sweet Sensation
#04 Gotta Get The Money
#01 Just Coolin'
#16 Smilin'
#04 All Season
#07 Rope A Dope Style
#01 Baby I'm Ready
#63 Give A Little Love
#04 Private Line
#01 Baby Hold On To Me
#09 Can You Handle It
#03 School Me
#05 ABC-123
#41 Do The Thangs
#12 Good Ol' Days
#15 Can't Help Myself
#04 I'd Give Anything
#07 Already Missing You
#12 Answering Service
#56 How Many Times
#59 Get Your Thing Off
#30 Wind Beneath My Wings
#33 Sorry Is
#52 Tru Dat
#01 My Body
#02 Thinkin' About It
#55 Nothin' To Somethin'
#03 Taking Everything
#31 Baby U Are
#84 Dream With No Love
#20 Mr. Too Damn Good
#37 Made To Love Ya
#37 Funny
#66 What Makes It Good To You
#57 Closure
#30 U Got That Love
#58 Wear It Out
#56 One Million Times
#49 So What
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Nick715 said:

this is my shit right here!!!!

Frederick96 said:

Hey, Frederick, I'm from Cleveland too (the suburbs). Gerald was definitely loved and respected here. The radio station WZAK (93 FM) was talking about his passing away a lot today.

That is very shocking. He would release an album a year! Very sad news.

I just find it so hard to believe that people just blindly assume that the guy died due to his weight. If he were thin, y'all just be sitting there scratchin' your heads, huh? Amazing.

LQ

I am not going to say anything about his weight and stuff.

I am only going to think about the good and beautiful music that he left us supporters to enjoy while we are still here. He happened to be one of my favorite R&B singers of all time. I made a mp3 collection of his songs along with when he did with Levert as a group and LSG too.

RIP Gerald Levert

VinnyM27 said:

If anything, by the start of the decade Gerald Levert was TOO prolific when it came to releasing new product. It was hard to tell what single came from what album, because he released an album every year from 2000 through 2005. It made his sound come across as even more calculated -- and that's not even counting his duet album with his father Eddie in 1995 and the two LSG albums in 1996 and the one released few years ago.
[Edited 11/12/06 7:59am]

LadyQ said:

well,people still went about it the wrong way but I did post an article saying he was trying 2 lose weight and that he died of a heart attack...Im not gonna lie,if those were the only facts Id assume that 2...but some of the stuff yall say is really mean spirited and disrespectful

ladygirl99 said:

Not only was Gerald Levert a great singer, he was a prolific songwriter and more than capable producer. I never realized how much of a fan I was of his until his passing, and I looked into my music collection and saw how many of his albums I bought (solo, with Levert and with LSG). I'm also burning some CDs of his music, in memory of his talent.

Najee said:

I looked on Itunes, they don't even have the Levert "Hits" collection on there.

I need to pick this up.

This thread should be a sticky

ladygirl99 said:

i know that's what i said TWO DAYS AGO!!!!

Wonder why the mods are so slow on this one?

When the little things happen to Madonna those threads are stickified in seconds.....this is just rediculous. An R&B great dies and he doesn't get a sticky thread....
[Edited 11/12/06 15:17pm]

RIP

Does anyone remember his singing on Chris Rock's "No Sex in the Champagne Room?" It was hilarious! Gerald's voice was just what the song needed. He was very funy in the video as well.

What a talented man.

UCantHavaDaMango said:

I do...I was like WTF

This was in my local paper today, the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Gerald apparently had heart disease:

Monday, November 13, 2006

Friday memorial planned for Gerald Levert

By John Soeder
Plain Dealer Pop Music Critic

A public memorial service for Gerald Levert is being planned for Friday at Music Hall in Cleveland. Details have not been finalized.

The R&B singer was pronounced dead last Friday afternoon, after a relative found Levert unresponsive at his home in Newbury Township. He was 40. Preliminary autopsy results indicated he had mild to moderate heart disease.

Reached by phone Tuesday, his father, Eddie Levert of the O'Jays, was too upset to speak at length.

"If you want to say something to your readers, just tell them I love my son very much," Eddie Levert said. "I'm gonna really miss him. That's it."

Gerald Levert and his dad collaborated on the 1995 album "Father & Son." They often performed together, too.

Levert first found fame with the trio LeVert, whose single "Casanova" was a Top 5 hit in 1987. He went on to a successful career as a solo artist and as a member of the supergroup LSG with Keith Sweat and Johnny Gill.

In lieu of flowers, the Levert family suggests contributions to the Rhythm and Blues Foundation. Checks (payable to the Rhythm and Blues Foundation) and condolences may be sent to Andy Gibson, Trevel Productions Inc., 13816 Cedar Road, University Heights, OH 44118.

To reach this Plain Dealer reporter:jsoeder@plaind.com, 216-999-4562

I was in Cleveland this weekend and they did a lot of coverage about his passing. he was really loved there.


Smooches;)

This is so sad!! I lost track of Gerald but used to love him in Levert and then some of his solo work. "Private Line" was my jam!

RIP! I feel for his family

I just so happen' to catch some of a local radio show here in Dallas, with Millie Jackson who broadcasts remote from her Atlanta home. Millie had Eric Grant singer with the O'Jays on. From what psychodelicide has posted about Eddie Levert taking Gerald’s death very hard, Eric Grant also said the same on Millie's radio show. Eddie isn't taking it well at all, which is expected. Eric said that Eddie at times think he has control and then he just loses it. Eric was saying something about a conversation Eddie and Gerald had last week on a Plane. Eddie was telling Gerald in the case of his death (Eddies), what plains he wanted for his services etc. Gerald stated if he were to pass he didn't want people to see and remember him that way but to remember him in the way that he was... mind you this is second to third hand, from what I heard over the radio. When I was reading psychodelicide post I remembered Millie's interview today with Eric Grant.

Eddie and Gerald’s conversation on the Plane last week is like "Wow".

Gerald Levert's Memorial Service

Nov 13, 2006 04:04 PM

Cleveland, OH - The city of Cleveland planning a big farewell for native son Gerald Levert.

The 40-year-old R&B crooner died suddenly Friday from a heart attack at his Newbury home.

19ActionNews.com flooded with nearly 500 condolences from fans across the nation.

Now, those who loved Levert and his music will have a chance to bid him goodbye during his memorial service.

It will be held Friday, November 17th at the Music Hall on East 6th & St. Clair at noon.

All fans are asked to wear purple on Friday, since that was Gerald's favorite color.

In lieu of flowers, the Levert Family is asking that donations be made to the R&B Foundation. Checks should be written in the name of the R&B Foundation and forwarded to:

Mr. Andy Gibson

Trevel Productions, Inc.

13816 Cedar Road

University Heights, OH 44118

StarMon said:

a side note: Gerald LeVert produced a few songs for Millie Jackson's 1989 album 'The Tide Is Turning'.

WONDER, GILL, STONE TO SING FOR LEVERT: Musical tribute set for Friday in Cleveland; preliminary autopsy results announced.
WONDER, GILL, STONE TO SING FOR LEVERT: Musical tribute set for Friday in Cleveland; preliminary autopsy results announced.
Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2006
By: EURWeb.com & BlackAmericaWeb.com

Stevie Wonder, Johnny Gill and Angie Stone are among the artists scheduled to perform at a musical tribute organized for Gerald Levert, who died of a heart attack Friday at the age of 40.

The memorial, titled Celebration of Life, was organized by the late singer’s family and will take place in Levert’s Cleveland hometown at 12 p.m. Friday (Nov. 17) at the Cleveland Music Hall.

Also scheduled to perform is Gerald's younger brother Sean, who sang with him as a member of the R&B trio LeVert.

Fans attending the ceremony will be admitted on a first come, first served basis, reports Billboard. Donations in Levert's name can be made to the R&B Foundation.

Meanwhile, preliminary autopsy results reveal that mild to moderate heart disease may have caused the singer's heart attack, but a final determination may not be available up to eight weeks, according to Billboard.

At the time of his death, Levert had completed a new album that was due to be released in February. He also finished work on his first book, "I Got Your Back," which he co-wrote with his father Eddie Levert, Sr., and author Lyah LeFlore.

The book includes family and musical memories shared by both father and son.



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ABOUT THE SERVICES AND CONDOLENCES

The public memorial service for Gerald Levert will be held at noon Friday at the Cleveland Convention Center Music Hall in downtown Cleveland.

Cards may be sent in care of

93.1 WZAK
Attn: General Manager: Chris Forgy
2510 St. Clair Avenue NE
Cleveland, OH 44114

The Levert family requests contributions, in lieu of flowers, be addressed to the Rhythm and Blues Foundation. Checks should be made payable to the “Rhythm and Blues Foundation.”

In Memory of Gerald Levert

Donations may also be sent to:
Andy Gibson
Trevel Productions Inc.
13816 Cedar Road
University Heights, OH 44118

[Edited 11/15/06 9:49am]

To get the latest news, interviews, updates, tributes and
television spots check out----

BlackAmericaWeb.com.

Great spot for all information on Teddy Bear-
Gerald LeVert.

Listen to the Tom Joyner radio interviews giving
you an insight on the man and his final hour.


We still have the Soulful sound of Jaheim and Will Downing.

Listen to Tavis Smiley break it down..


http://www.blackamericawe...11406.html
[Edited 11/15/06 10:25am]

missfee said:

Anyone could of clicked on the Report to Moderator to ask or used orgnotes

Stickyfied

luv4u said:

Well Thank You