Editing Gerald Levert (section)

==Singing career==
Four of [[LeVert]]'s seven albums went [[gold record|gold]].

Levert's first solo album, ''[[Private Line]]'', debuted in 1991 and topped the R&B charts. The following year, Gerald and his father, Eddie Levert, topped the R&B charts again with the single, "[[Baby Hold On to Me]]". Levert recorded a string of albums throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, that contained the hit singles, "Thinkin' About It" (No. 12 Pop) which was released June 23, 1998, "Taking Everything" (No. 11 Pop),<ref name="allmusic"/> "Funny", "Mr. Too Damn Good to You", "U Got That Love", and a remake of [[R. Kelly]]'s "[[I Believe I Can Fly]]", along with gospel singer [[Yolanda Adams]]. Levert also sang lead vocals in two songs on the 2002 film documentary "[[Standing in the Shadows of Motown]]" - the story of the [[The Funk Brothers|Funk Brothers]]. Levert performed "[[Shotgun (Junior Walker & the All Stars song)|Shotgun]]" and "[[Reach Out I'll Be There]]". Levert released his tenth album, ''Voices'', in 2005.

Levert wrote and produced songs for other artists such as [[Patti LaBelle]], [[Barry White]], [[Stephanie Mills]], [[Anita Baker]], [[Eugene Wilde]], [[Teddy Pendergrass]], [[James Ingram]], [[Freddie Jackson]], [[Chuckii Booker]], [[the Rude Boys]], [[New Edition]], [[Men at Large]], The O'Jays, [[Keith Washington]] and [[1 of the Girls]]. During the release of ''[[Groove On]]'', Levert appeared in the group [[Black Men United]] for the hit single "[[U Will Know]]" for the ''[[Jason's Lyric]]'' [[Jason's Lyric (soundtrack)|soundtrack]]; other members of the group included [[Keith Sweat]], [[Christopher Williams (singer)|Christopher Williams]] and Levert's former mentor [[Joe Little III|Joe Little]] of the [[The Rude Boys|Rude Boys]]. In 1997, Levert teamed up again with fellow singers [[Keith Sweat]] and [[Johnny Gill]], to form the [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]], [[LSG (band)|LSG]].<ref name=NYTobit>{{cite news|title=Gerald Levert, 40, Rhythm and Blues Singer, Dies|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 11, 2006 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/11/obituaries/11levert.html|access-date=2011-04-09 }}</ref> The trio released the album ''[[Levert.Sweat.Gill]]'' the same year, selling over two million copies;<ref name=NYTobit/> it was followed by ''[[LSG2]]'' in 2003.

In 1999, Levert sang the chorus on the [[Chris Rock]] spoken-word comedy piece, "[[No Sex (In the Champagne Room)]]". Levert performed a duet with [[Teena Marie]] on the latter's 2004 album ''[[La Doña (album)|La Doña]]''. Levert's last collaborations included [[Jim Brickman]] on the song "My Angel", for Brickman's 2006 album entitled ''Escape'' and on the song "Real S***" from rapper [[Styles P]]'s album, ''[[Time Is Money (Styles P album)|Time Is Money]]''. Levert was posthumously featured again on former groupmates [[Keith Sweat]]'s "Knew It All Along" and [[Johnny Gill]] from the singer's ''[[Til the Morning]]'' album, which was released two days before Levert's fifth anniversary of his death. Levert was also posthumously featured on Keith Sweat's track "Let's Go to Bed" from his 2016 studio album ''[[Dress to Impress (album)|Dress to Impress]]''.