Leonard Pitts on the death of Gerald Levert:
In him, you heard echoes of soul that came before, echoes of Eugene Record of the Chi-Lites asking, Have You Seen Her? and Lou Rawls vowing You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine and Wilson Pickett promising good loving In The Midnight Hour. You heard the ghost of Luther Vandross singing Here and Now, Ray Charles swearing I Can’t Stop Loving You and Barry White, smooth and chocolate like a human Dove Bar saying, I‘ve Got So Much To Give. [via The Miami Herald]