The Big Throwdown
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Released in 1987, lead by the number one R&BHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...
and top five Pop
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
single, "Casanova
Casanova (LeVert song)
"Casanova" is a 1987 single by LeVert. The song reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number nine on the UK Singles Chart, their only top ten on either chart. The single also peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart for two weeks, becoming Levert's...
", this album would go ahead and chart at number three on the Billboard R&B Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...
charts.
Track listing
- CasanovaCasanova (LeVert song)"Casanova" is a 1987 single by LeVert. The song reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number nine on the UK Singles Chart, their only top ten on either chart. The single also peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart for two weeks, becoming Levert's...
- (Reggie CallowayCalloway (band)Calloway is an R&B duo of Cincinnati, Ohio, natives Reginald and Vincent Calloway. The brothers had a major hit in 1990 with "I Wanna Be Rich"...
) 6:25 - Good Stuff - (Gerald LeVertGerald LevertGerald Levert was an American R&B singer. Gerald Levert sang with his brother, Sean Levert, and friend Marc Gordon in the R&B trio LeVert. He was also a part of LSG, an R&B supergroup comprising Keith Sweat, Johnny Gill, and Levert...
, Tommie Miller) 4:20 - Don't U Think It's Time - (Gerald LeVertGerald LevertGerald Levert was an American R&B singer. Gerald Levert sang with his brother, Sean Levert, and friend Marc Gordon in the R&B trio LeVert. He was also a part of LSG, an R&B supergroup comprising Keith Sweat, Johnny Gill, and Levert...
, Marc Gordon) 4:28 - My Forever Love - (Gerald LeVertGerald LevertGerald Levert was an American R&B singer. Gerald Levert sang with his brother, Sean Levert, and friend Marc Gordon in the R&B trio LeVert. He was also a part of LSG, an R&B supergroup comprising Keith Sweat, Johnny Gill, and Levert...
, Marc Gordon) 4:35 - Love the Way U Love Me - (Marc Gordon)4:42
- Sweet Sensation - (Gerald LeVertGerald LevertGerald Levert was an American R&B singer. Gerald Levert sang with his brother, Sean Levert, and friend Marc Gordon in the R&B trio LeVert. He was also a part of LSG, an R&B supergroup comprising Keith Sweat, Johnny Gill, and Levert...
, Marc Gordon) 4:20 - In N Out - (Gerald LeVertGerald LevertGerald Levert was an American R&B singer. Gerald Levert sang with his brother, Sean Levert, and friend Marc Gordon in the R&B trio LeVert. He was also a part of LSG, an R&B supergroup comprising Keith Sweat, Johnny Gill, and Levert...
, Sean LeVert, Marc Gordon) 4:30 - Temptation - (Reggie CallowayCalloway (band)Calloway is an R&B duo of Cincinnati, Ohio, natives Reginald and Vincent Calloway. The brothers had a major hit in 1990 with "I Wanna Be Rich"...
, Vincent CallowayCalloway (band)Calloway is an R&B duo of Cincinnati, Ohio, natives Reginald and Vincent Calloway. The brothers had a major hit in 1990 with "I Wanna Be Rich"...
, Joel Davis, Gloria Larson) 8:48 - Throwdown - (Gerald LeVertGerald LevertGerald Levert was an American R&B singer. Gerald Levert sang with his brother, Sean Levert, and friend Marc Gordon in the R&B trio LeVert. He was also a part of LSG, an R&B supergroup comprising Keith Sweat, Johnny Gill, and Levert...
, Sean LeVert, Marc Gordon) 4:16
Personnel
- Gerald LeVertGerald LevertGerald Levert was an American R&B singer. Gerald Levert sang with his brother, Sean Levert, and friend Marc Gordon in the R&B trio LeVert. He was also a part of LSG, an R&B supergroup comprising Keith Sweat, Johnny Gill, and Levert...
- Lead and Backing Vocals - Sean LeVertSean Levert-Biography:Levert was born in Cleveland, Ohio and is the son of Eddie Levert, the lead singer of The O'Jays. He formed the trio LeVert with older brother Gerald Levert and childhood friend Marc Gordon; together they scored several smash hits on the U.S. R&B charts in the 1980s and early 1990s...
- Backing Vocals - Marc Gordon - Keyboards, Backing Vocals
- David Ervin - Drums, Keyboards
- Gene Robinson, Johnny "T" Jones, Robert Cunningham, Norman Harris - Guitar
- Joel Davis, Odeen Mays, Jr., Craig Cooper, David Ervin - Keyboards
- Mike Ferguson - Bass
- Sam Peak -Saxophone
- Jim Salamone - Percussion
Charts
| Chart (1987) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Billboard Pop Albums Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
32 |
| Billboard Top Soul Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
3 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Pop Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
US Dance Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs... |
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| 1987 | "Casanova" | 5 | 1 | 27 |
| "My Forever Love" | - | 2 | - | |
| 1988 | "Sweet Sensation" | - | 4 | - |