Sean LeVert Too?
Feels like Dejavu. Another Monday not so long ago I was surprised by the news of Gerald Leverts death over the previous weekend, now today I find out that little brother Sean is dead too.
I skipped a breath at reading this. It's bad enough he died, but that's him and his brother both die 17 months apart at almost the same relatively young age - goodness, that's gotta be tough for the family.
Sean LeVert, one third of 80/90s soul trio LeVert, and younger brother of and son of Gerald LeVert and the O'Jays Eddie LeVert respectively, died Sunday night.
According to Music.Yahoo.com "Levert was sent to the Cuyahoga County jail last week for failing to pay child support. He died at Lutheran Hospital in Cleveland late Sunday, less than an hour after he was taken there from the jail, said coroner Frank Miller."
Well, I was a pretty big LeVert fan. Casanova is one of my all time favorite songs from my childhood. I guess I'll go home tonight and dig out my LeVert cassetts.
Starting with their first album in 1985 the group put out four consecutive platinum albums: I Get Hot, Bloodline in 1986, The Big Throwdown in 1987 and Just Coolin' in 1988. They reeled off classic singles and anthems such as “Pop Goes My Mind", "Casanova", and "Just Coolin”.
Their sound was a mixture of classic soul and up-tempo, rhythmic new jack swing.
After older brother Gerald embarked on a successful solo career, the group came back together intermittenly including for 1993's For Real Tho' and 1997's The Whole Senario.
Sean made his own solo attempt in 1995 with "Other Side ", but it made no head way on the charts.
R.I.P. Sean
9/28/68 to 3/30/08
I skipped a breath at reading this. It's bad enough he died, but that's him and his brother both die 17 months apart at almost the same relatively young age - goodness, that's gotta be tough for the family.
Sean LeVert, one third of 80/90s soul trio LeVert, and younger brother of and son of Gerald LeVert and the O'Jays Eddie LeVert respectively, died Sunday night.
According to Music.Yahoo.com "Levert was sent to the Cuyahoga County jail last week for failing to pay child support. He died at Lutheran Hospital in Cleveland late Sunday, less than an hour after he was taken there from the jail, said coroner Frank Miller."
Well, I was a pretty big LeVert fan. Casanova is one of my all time favorite songs from my childhood. I guess I'll go home tonight and dig out my LeVert cassetts.
Click to viewStarting with their first album in 1985 the group put out four consecutive platinum albums: I Get Hot, Bloodline in 1986, The Big Throwdown in 1987 and Just Coolin' in 1988. They reeled off classic singles and anthems such as “Pop Goes My Mind", "Casanova", and "Just Coolin”.
Their sound was a mixture of classic soul and up-tempo, rhythmic new jack swing.
After older brother Gerald embarked on a successful solo career, the group came back together intermittenly including for 1993's For Real Tho' and 1997's The Whole Senario.
Sean made his own solo attempt in 1995 with "Other Side ", but it made no head way on the charts.
R.I.P. Sean
9/28/68 to 3/30/08