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==Biography== The group released their first single, "[[I'm Still]]", for Harry Coombes's Tempre label.<ref name="Wells" /> 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.<ref name="Larkin80"/> ''[[Bloodline (LeVert album)|Bloodline]]'' followed in 1986, and this album included the band's first big [[R&B chart|R&B]] hit "[[(Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop) Goes My Mind]]".<ref name="Larkin80"/> 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 (LeVert song)|Casanova]]", which gave them a crossover hit on the [[Billboard Hot 100|pop chart]] (number 5) and also a UK Top 10.<ref name="UK">{{cite web|title=LEVERT - full Official Chart History |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/24436/levert/|website=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> A pair of additional [[R&B chart|R&B]] Top Five singles were also released from this album: "My Forever Love" and "Sweet Sensation". The band's success continued with their 1988 follow-up album ''[[Just Coolin' (album)|Just Coolin']]'', which was nominated for Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Album for the [[1989 Soul Train Music Awards]]. Both ''The Big Throwdown'' and ''Just Coolin''' received [[RIAA certification|gold certification]].<ref name="Larkin80"/> Beginning in the 1990s, Gerald began dividing his time between LeVert, and his solo career,<ref name="Larkin80"/> but the band went on to release three more albums, and [[Rhino Records]] released a greatest hits album in 2001. Gerald Levert died of a prescription and over the counter drug overdose in November 2006.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/10/obit.levert/index.html|title=R&B singer Gerald Levert dead at 40|website=Cnn.com|access-date=May 7, 2010}}</ref> Sean Levert died in March 2008 from a combination of sarcoidosis and xanax withdrawal while in the Cuyahoga County jail.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nbcaugusta.com/news/local/17170786.html|title=R&B; Singer Sean Levert Dies While Serving Time In Prison|work=NBC Augusta|access-date=2008-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515234925/http://www.nbcaugusta.com/news/local/17170786.html|archive-date=2008-05-15|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1046019/sean-levert-dies-after-jail-emergency|title=Sean Levert Dies After Jail Emergency|website=Billboard.com|date=March 31, 2008|access-date=November 6, 2019}}</ref>
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