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Robert Louis DeBarge Jr. (March 5, 1956 – August 16, 1995) was an American musician. He was the lead singer of the Motown R&B/soul vocal group Switch and was noted for his falsetto vocals. Later on, he served as both mentor and a co-producer of his siblings' band, DeBarge, eventually joining them to fill in for departing members El and Bunny ...
DeBarge continued their career in 1988, even bringing along younger brother Chico (who had a successful hit "Talk to Me") with them as their opening act. The brothers made a guest appearance on the television show Punky Brewster in 1988. Later in 1988, Bobby and Chico were arrested for drug trafficking in Grand Rapids.
Earlier, Bobby had joined a group as a background member for Barry White called White Heat. Switch would succeed in 1978 with the top ten R&B single, "There'll Never Be". The group's first two albums became million-selling successes, and the band's success would influence a generation of R&B bands such as Tony! Toni! Toné! and Mint Condition.
Switch is an American R&B/funk band that recorded for the Gordy label in the late 1970s, releasing songs such as "There'll Never Be", "I Call Your Name", and "Love Over & Over Again". Switch influenced bands such as DeBarge, which featured the siblings of Switch band members Bobby and Tommy DeBarge. [1] [2] [3]
A more braggadocious piece within her discography, "30 for 30" allows SZA to "bask in her accomplishments" accentuated with "soaring strings and booming 808's". [2] The song starts off with a spoken-word sample, taken from the R&B/funk band Switch song "I Call Your Name", with lead singer Bobby DeBarge admitting to indulging in "immature things" as well as "painful doubts and insecurities ...
Eventually released as a single, the song produced DeBarge's biggest success yet, with the single reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100, number one on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, [3] number one on the US adult contemporary chart, and number four in the UK—their only major hit single in the UK—going gold and boosting similar success for ...
Tommy DeBarge, the musician who was a member of the famed DeBarge family, has died as confirmed by family members […] The post Tommy DeBarge, member of R&B group ‘Switch,’ is dead at 64 ...
Switch is the first album by R&B band, Switch, released in 1978.It is also their first on the Motown subsidiary Gordy. After recording as White Heat and Hot Ice, this gave them the commercial breakthrough they desired with hits like "There'll Never Be" and "I Wanna Be Closer".