Johnny Gill Love Is An Elevator

Johnny Gill born Johnny Gill Jr May 22 1966 is an American singer songwriter and actor He is the sixth and final member of the R B pop group New Edition and was also a member of the supergroup called LSG with Gerald Levert and Keith Sweat Gill's recording career began in 1983 at the age of 17 when his childhood friend Stacy Lattisaw convinced him to record a demo This demo fell into the hands of the president of Atlantic Records and his first self-titled debut album was released shortly thereafter on Atlantic subsidiary Cotillion Records Gill then teamed up with Stacy for the duet album Perfect Combination A second solo album on Cotillion Records Chemistry was released in 1985 Gill began a new chapter in his career in 1987 when he was recruited by Michael Bivins to join New Edition Bobby Brown had been voted out the group and Gill was brought in to replace lead singer Ralph Tresvant who was rumored at the time to be leaving to pursue a solo career Gill became the only member of New Edition who was not from Boston With Gill the oldest member as one of the lead singers along with Tresvant who ended up staying with New Edition and delaying the launch of his solo career on the album Heart Break the group developed a more mature adult sound hitting the charts with songs such as Can You Stand The Rain N E Heartbreak If It Isn't Love and the Gill-led Boys To Men Continuing his role as a romantic balladeer while emerging as a new jack swing star he released a second self-titled album in 1990 which included the hits My My My Rub You the Right Way Fairweather Friend and Wrap My Body Tight In 1991 he was featured in Perri Pebbles Reid's hit single Always from the album of the same name along with Pebbles' cousin R B singer Cherrelle The single made the R B Top 20 shortly after its release citation needed In 1993 Gill released another solo project Provocative which included the songs Quiet Time to Play A Cute Sweet Love Addiction and the gospel song I Know Where I Stand In 1996 Gill also released Let's Get the Mood Right which included the title song Love In an Elevator and Maybe - which is considered by many to be one of his greatest vocal performances In 1996 Johnny reunited with New Edition reunion and recorded Home Again Information My Be Questionable Compliments Of The Internet

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