![]() ![]() ![]() Sean Levert died in March 2008, while serving time in the Cuyahoga County Jail for failing to pay child support. Gerald died of a heart attack due to an accidental overdose of prescription drugs in November 2006. Beginning in the 1990s, Gerald began dividing his time between LeVert, and his solo career, but the band went on to release three more albums, and Rhino Records released a greatest hits album in 2001. Both The Big Throwdown and Just Coolin' received gold certification. The band's success continued with their 1988 follow-up album Just Coolin', which was nominated for Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Album for the 1989 Soul Train Music Awards. A pair of additional R&B Top Five singles were also released from this album: "My Forever Love" and "Sweet Sensation". 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. ![]() 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. 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. The group released their first single, "I'm Still", for Harry Coombes's Tempre label. 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. LeVert was an American R&B/Pop vocal group from Cleveland, Ohio. LeVert is the third cousin of former Michigan basketball star and current Brooklyn Nets player, Caris LeVert. and Gerald became a subject of a book, I Got Your Back: A Father and Son Keep It Real about Love, Fatherhood, Family, and Friendship issued in 2007 (ISBN 0767927443, ISBN 0-7679-2760-5). Levert is the father of the late R&B singers Gerald Levert, who died on November 10, 2006, Sean Levert, who died on March 30, 2008, Eddie Levert Jr., CEO of Levert Entertainment Group, a Music label headquartered in Los Angeles, CA., and daughter Kadice LeVert of Cleveland (Solon), Ohio. After he made it, he never looked back or has contacted his son since. Charlie, wanted Eddie to get a "real" job. The O'Jays were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004, and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.īefore becoming famous Eddie was married to Charlie Mae Parham, who gave birth to his first child Wesley Andre Levert, Cleveland, Ohio. Levert and his group members received the BET Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2009 BET Awards. Levert starred and performed in the movie (The Fighting Temptations) and performed the song "He Still Loves Me"in 2003. The O'Jays are mainly known by their hits "Back Stabbers", "Love Train" and "For the Love of Money". Their first big hit was "Lonely Drifter"in 1963 which was lifted off their debut album Comin Through. They were officially known as The O'Jays after they got their name from DJ Eddie O'Jay. The O'Jays were originally known as The Triumphs and The Mascots. They were motivated to sing after seeing a performance from Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers. While attending high school, he met buddies Walter Williams, Bill Isles, Bobby Massey, and William Powell. ![]() Just Coolin' and Other Hits (2004, Rhino)Levert was born in Birmingham, Alabama, but was raised in Canton, Ohio."-" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. The group's only pop hit in the United States was " Casanova", which peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1987. Four of their albums ( The Big Throwdown, Just Coolin', Rope a Dope Style and For Real Tho') have been certified gold by the RIAA. The discography of LeVert, an American contemporary R&B group, consists of seven studio albums and twenty-three singles. ![]()
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