Five songs from LeVert’s 1988 Just Coolin’ album hit the Top 20 on Billboard‘s R&B singles chart. On this date in 1989, the fourth of those five songs, “Gotta Get the Money,” rose to a peak position of number 4.
Cleveland-based group LeVert made three appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. Among those three appearances, only one song reached the Top 40, and that song, “Casanova,” hit the Top 5. Exactly 30 years ago, “Casanova” climbed to a peak position of number 5. To commemorate that anniversary, LeVert’s biggest hit is today’s Daily Eighties Flashback.
The son of O’Jays founder Eddie Levert, Gerald Levert was raised in the Cleveland, Ohio, area and went on to find some success of his own as a musical performer. In 1987, he and his brother Sean, along with Marc Gordon, hit the Top 5 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart with “Casanova” as the group…
