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"Baby Hold On to Me" is the song written by Gerald Levert and Edwin Nicholas. [1]

The song was released as an R&B single by singer Gerald Levert with The O'Jays star Eddie Levert from LeVert's 1991 debut album, Private Line . The song spent one week at number one on the US R&B chart and was Gerald Levert's first Top 40 pop chart single as a solo artist, peaking at number 37. [2]

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References

  1. "www.45cat.com". 45cat.com. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 346.

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