E! Online - Feb 28, 2007
It seems it s never too late to hop on the Norah Jones Express. For the third time in four weeks, Jones Not Too Late moved enough copies to rank atop the Billboard 200 album chart. For the...
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An answer has been found to the question surrounding Gerald Levert s untimely death. The R&B star, who passed away at age 40 on Nov. 10 at his Cleveland home, died from an accidental overdose...
More »AP - Feb 10, 2007
R&B singer Gerald Levert s death last fall was an accident caused by a fatal combination of prescription narcotics and over-the-counter drugs, a coroner said. The drugs in his bloodstream included the...
More »Reuters - Feb 2, 2007
By all accounts, Gerald Levert was extremely excited about In My Songs, the studio album he wrapped just before his death from a heart attack on November 10. Making the transition from his previous...
More »E! Online - Dec 7, 2006
Here s the complete list of nominees for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. The awards will be presented Feb. 11 in Los Angeles: Album Of The Year Taking the Long Way, Dixie ChicksSt. Elsewhere, Gnarls...
More »AP - Nov 17, 2006
Gerald Levert s sendoff was tearful and exuberant. When I came here, I expected to mourn, Usher told thousands of fans who filled most of Public Hall for Friday s three-hour memorial service...
More »AP - Nov 17, 2006
Gerald Levert was a musical oxymoron: The original throwback. He brought silky, soulful love songs alive for a new generation without remaking the great hits of Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, the ChiLites...
More »E! Online - Nov 12, 2006
Another great voice has been silenced. R&B singer-songwriter Gerald Levert, whose velvety yet powerful pipes brought him solo success and contributed to the soulful harmonies of the group LeVert...
More »AP - Nov 10, 2006
Gerald Levert, the fiery singer of passionate R&B love songs and the son of O Jays singer Eddie Levert, died Friday. He was 40. His label, Atlantic Records, confirmed that Levert died at his home in...
More »Yahoo! Music - Nov 10, 2006
Gerald LeVert, one of R&B s most soulful voices of the last decade, died suddenly Friday at his home in Cleveland, Ohio. LeVert, the son of Eddie LeVert of the O Jays, was 40 years old. His record...
More »Reuters - Aug 28, 2006
You may have seen the recent photos of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his 44th album, Modern Times, shares a title with Chaplin s 1936 classic about automation, big business and...
More »E! Online - Jul 29, 2005
Gerald Levert won t fight the law after all. The R&B singer on Wednesday copped to a couple of misdemeanor counts of assault and attempted obstruction stemming from a February traffic stop gone bad...
More »AP - Jul 28, 2005
R&B singer Gerald Levert has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts stemming from a confrontation with police during a traffic stop five months ago. Levert apologized in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas...
More »AP - Mar 9, 2005
A Cuyahoga County grand jury has indicted rhythm & blues artist Gerald Levert on assault charges after a city prosecutor said there wasn t evidence to sustain the charges following a confrontation with...
More »Reuters - May 5, 2004
Motown is emptying its archives into Apple s iTunes Music Store to mark its 45th anniversary. The famed label is making available the first 45 singles it issued as well as 45 hard-to-find albums from...
More »Reuters - Feb 28, 2004
Mix-show DJs aren t just for the weekends anymore. Veterans like Funkmaster Flex and DJ Clue have used their cachet to land deals in the worlds of music, cars, TV and fashion. Now, a new generation...
More »Reuters - Feb 20, 2004
A string of hits in the 80s and early 90s qualify her as an R&B icon. But what made Stephanie Mills a household name then is working against her now. Mills is a still-vital artist ignored by major labels...
More »AP - Nov 18, 2003
It s Tuesday at the 50 Yard Line Bar and Grill and the dance floor is packed with couples twirling and sashaying to the mellow sounds of Barry White , Gerald Levert and other R&B balladeers. The dancers...
More »USRN - Mar 25, 2003
(3/25/03, 12 p.m. ET) -- R&B singers Gerald Levert, Keith Sweat, and Johnny Gill have reunited after six years to release a follow-up to the trio s platinum 1997 album, Levert-Sweat-Gill. The new set...
More »USRN - Oct 9, 2002
(10/9/02, 12 p.m. ET) -- R&B singer-songwriter Gerald Levert is set to drop his sixth solo album on Elektra this month. The Cleveland native s G-Spot bows October 22. The CD follows the gold-certified...
More »USRN - Feb 15, 2001
(2/15/01, 5 p.m. ET) -- Platinum-selling R&B singer Keith Sweat added a couple of surprising elements to his Valentine s Day show Wednesday (February 14) night at the Universal Amphitheatre in Universal...
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