Gerald levert lyrics got love i want someone that makes me happy i want someone that i make smile i want someone with things in common i want someone to bear my child. Founder of the charttopping group levert, gerald levert released his first solo album in 1991, and in 1997 formed lsg with keith sweat and johnny gill. In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations. Eddie levert signs copies of his new book i got your back june. Eddie and gerald put their hearts and souls on the line and talk about their failures, concerns, fears, and triumphs as. Press conference held in atlanta for the release of i got your back from eddie levert and gerald levert, their final collaboration. I got your back baby, dont get so emotional stop that you hear from those other folks. The book was initially planned as a tiein for a levert album of the same name. Shortly before his death, levert completed work on what would be his final album, in my songs.
Gerald levert books list of books by author gerald levert. But that aint right you need to stay awhile, think about it but wait a minute. Never in my whole life had i ever played it straight with any one woman even with geralds mom, and i was married to her for 19 years. A father and son keep it real about love, fatherhood, family, and friendship, which can be purchased at a lower price at. A father and son keep it real about love, fatherhood, family, and friendship kindle edition by levert, eddie, levert, gerald. I got your back is their powerful and poignant gift to usa. Eddie and gerald put their hearts and souls on the line and talk about their failures, concerns, fears, and triumphs. Gerald also wrote and produced songs for many musical artists, including barry white and patti labelle. The album is the followup to levert s debut album, private line.
A father and son keep it real about love, fatherhood, family, and friendship levert, sr. Father and son gerald levert, eddie levert allmusic. Its a collaboration with his son, singer gerald levert, who. In 2007 the pairs second album, something to talk about, came out alongside their book, i got your back. The legendary member of the ojays is touring the country promoting a newly released book i got your back. Then all of a sudden i said, im going to finally be all i can be in a relationship. Complete song listing of gerald levert on gerald levert songs list covid19.
Monique, actress, comedienne and new york times bestselling author of skinny women are evil. A father and son keep it real about love, fatherhood, family, and friendship by sr. Published on jun, 2007 press conference held in atlanta for the release of i got your back from eddie levert and gerald levert, their final collaboration. I got your back by lyah beth leflore, eddie levert and gerald levert. Eddie levert i got your back with the late gerald levert youtube. Aw, not again so youre packin your bags and youre leaving. Gerald levert passed away suddenly in 2006 at age forty. A father and son keep it real about love, fatherhood, family, and friendship. The final collaboration from eddie and gerald levert.
Cornel west, new york times bestselling author of democracy matterswhen i think of gerald and eddie together, i had never seen anything like that in my whole lifeseeing a father and son work together, seeing a son look up to his dad, and the type of success they had. You know sometimes we can seem to take things for granted especially the things that are there all the time but sometimes you gotta sit back. Eddie levert collaborated with son gerald on the 1995 recording father and son, featuring the song wind beneath my wings. In june 2007, a book gerald was working to complete entitled, i got your back. If you got love you can have mine give me your love baby you can have all of mine, if you got love, if you got love baby. Fatherhood, family, and friendship by eddie levert, gerald levert. A father and son keep it real about love, fatherhood, family and friendship written with his late son gerald levert and lyah beth leflore and published by harlem moon a division of random house and double day books. What holds father and son together the most is the love and respect between gerald and eddie levert, which is evident by the way the two singers play off of each other.
To understand eddie levert, you can start with the journey of the ojays and keep going because there is much more. May, 2008 the final collaboration from eddie and gerald levert. Read i got your back a father and son keep it real about love, fatherhood, family, and friendship by gerald levert available from rakuten kobo. Lyah b leflore is the author of last night a dj saved my life an adult novel, i got your back a nonfiction collaboration with eddie and gerald levert, and is the coauthor of cosmopolitan girls a teen novel. Contemporary soul singer gerald levert grew up in the shadow of his father, ojays vocalist eddie levert, sr. A father and son keep it real about love, fatherhood, family, and friendship, was released. Mother of gerald and sean levert, martha levert has passed. Gerald levert has continued to keep the babymaking songs alive. Son of an ojay and the leader of levert whose passionate, worldclass soul vocals gave him a flair for slow jams and love ballads. Nobodys with you you know the days when it seems l. Eddie and gerald put their hearts and souls on the line and talk about their failures. Mar, 2007 groove on is the second studio album by gerald levert. The other half is full of funk workouts, including a smouldering cover of the ojays you got your hooks in me featuring walter williams, the singer of the original, on lead.
Eddie levert i got your back with the late gerald levert. Aug 27, 2012 the legendary member of the ojays is touring the country promoting a newly released book i got your back. I got your back ebook by gerald levert rakuten kobo. Appropriately, the album falls into the middle ground between the heartstopping, smooth soul of eddies group, the ojays, and the slicker, funkier levert, which featured gerald. A father and son keep it real about love, fatherhood, family and friendship and cd something to talk about this summer, but its without his main collaborator, friend and secondborn son, gerald levert, who passed away from. May 03, 2012 with a career that spans over 50 years, eddie levert has done and seen enough to write many books, one of which him and his late son gerald have already completed i got your back pub. Initially, he recorded with the group levert, scoring five number one singles and seven top ten singles, including the 1987 number one hit casanova. I got your back is their powerful and poignant gift to usa lifeenhancing message we so badly need in these difficult days. Latinautor warner chappell, pedl, bmi broadcast music inc. Im going to try to play it as straight as i possibly can. The book includes moving tributes from eddie, patti labelle, steve harvey and others, as well as treasured family photographs. May 06, 2009 the final collaboration from eddie and gerald levert. I got your back by lyah beth leflore, eddie levert and gerald levert book cover, description, publication history. A list of lyrics, artists and songs that contain the term i got your back by gerald levert from the website.
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