Recent airings of the new made-for-TV movie “The Bobby DeBarge Story” along with the 2017 Unsung episode about his former band, Switch – plus an earlier 2008 episode showcasing his siblings’ group DeBarge – have reminded fans just how much talent this family really had.
Unfortunately, the TV broadcasts also toldthe sad, darker stories about the family that touched on common themes of physical and emotional abuse, drug addictions, and an inability to properly deal with those problems at the times when they needed to most.Each show shed light on why all of their careers never really saw their fullest potentials given the many challenges they faced – some of which were never truly overcome.
Despite all their demons – primarily suffered at the hands of an abusive father and drug addictions that more than half the singing siblings struggled with – the DeBarge family collectively made a musical mark in the 1970s and ‘80s that, at their peak, rivaled just about anyone else’s.They created a large musical legacy that included producing two of the greatest falsetto singers in R&B history with brother Bobby and later El DeBarge.
The music they made included several No. 1 R&B chart hits, even more top tens, andquite a few pop Top-40 crossovers.In addition, their albums contain some non-hit cult classics, including two songs (“Stay With Me” and “A Dream”) that are among the most sampled in hip-hop history – both principally written by sister Bunny (I hope she got paid handsomely for hits like “One More Chance” by The Notorious B.I.G. and “Foolish” by Ashanti, or “I Ain’t Mad At Cha” by 2Pac or “Don’t Leave Me” by Blackstreet).
This blog pays tribute to those tunes and more by the eight eldest famous musical siblings with a special ranking of their 25 best songs!It’s an exclusive ranking that combines songs by the group that started it all – Switch – which included the two oldest brothers Bobby and Tommy, plus the group DeBarge (eldest sibling Bunny and younger brothers Randy, Mark, El and James), and finally Jonathan “Chico” DeBarge.
Also included are songs by El as a solo singer (yes, “Who’s Johnny?” is a guilty pleasure that made the list!).
Now before you go down memory lane by scrolling through this list, there’s a disclaimer.This ranking – from No. 25 to No. 1 (yep, we always start from the bottom) – is the result of one blogger’s opinion. It’s a combination of which songs this writer liked most with which ones did the best on the charts and those that left a large impression on music fans in general. Several album cuts are included that weren’t released as singles but had a huge impact nonetheless.
You’ll likely have a different opinion on the list, so prepare yourself mentally to comment on where you think the songs should rank and which ones should have been omitted or included that weren’t.You can comment either at the bottom of this page or on the blog’s Facebook or Twitter feeds.
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The band’s third album ‘Reaching For Tomorrow’ is regarded as a throwaway that marked the beginning of Switch’s downturn. Still, it contained a near-miss top-40 Soul chart hit with this one, a mid-tempo song featuring the more subdued tenor/falsetto of late co-lead singer Bobby DeBarge.
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A dreamy mid-tempo ballad from Switch’s second album featuring Bobby on lead vocals. The melody is irresistible. Great way to kick-off the album. The “la-la-la’s” practically cemented their heartthrob status - that and Bobby’s distinctive falsetto.
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Another song in the mid-tempo category, this one was from El’s solo debut album in 1986. Slightly overshadowed by “Who’s Johnny?,” this one peaked at No. 32 on the Billboard Soul chart and No. 70 on the Hot 100. It also reached the top 20 on the Adult Contemporary list.
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Although their fans wanted nothing but ballads, the ‘Switch II’ album contained a number of disco tunes, including this lead-off single that reached No. 16 on the Soul chart and No. 69 pop. It’s not generally regarded as one of their best moments, but it’s a guilty pleasure that still gets this butt shaking when I hear it.
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One of the most recent entries on this list, younger brother Chico DeBarge remained in the game long past the hit-making careers of his older siblings. This funky tune from 2000 just missed the R&B top 40, peaking at No. 41 that year.
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This rousing 1983 anthem served as the title track to their third (and IMHO best) album, ‘In A Special Way.’ The song was released as the second single and it just missed the top 10 on the soul chart (No. 11) and the top 40 on the pop list (No. 45). El is in fine form here as he showcases his high tenor vocals.
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Renewed interest in all things DeBarge led to this mini-comeback for El in 2010. With Faith Evans collaborating, El took this to the top 20 on the R&B list in 2010, making it the most recent entry on this list.
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You may want to file this ballad in the sappy department, but it was a huge hit for the group in 1985 when it spent a whole month at No. 2 on the R&B list and made No. 6 pop. Not sure if you’ll ever hear the name “Donna” in a pop song ever again though.
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After the disappointment of the band’s third album in 1980, Motown rush released their fourth LP the same year. It included this hit that returned them to the top-10 on the soul chart. It wasn’t much of a stretch musically, but it gave Switch fans what they wanted: familiar-sounding ballads.
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With DeBarge, love is always the central theme, whether it be Switch, Debarge, Chico or El. “Love Always” was the second solo hit for El and it reached the top 10 R&B (No. 7). But like many of the family’s better songs, this was a near-miss top-40 pop crossover hit (No. 43).
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Don’t hate, this is my favorite El DeBarge solo hit, and ranks up there with the rest of DeBarge’s hits as well. And I wasn’t the only one who loved it back in the day. The quirky movie tune reached No. 1 on Billboard’s soul chart and No. 3 on its pop list.
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In the fall of 1979, two ballads from ‘Switch II’ were competing for airtime on R&B radio - a format that gave little regard for whether there was a single released or not. “Calling On All Girls” was one, the other is coming up later. This was a personal fave featuring the shared lead vocals of tenor Phillip Ingram (James’ little brother) and Bobby DeBarge. Just listen to Bobby’s ad-libs at the finish. Incredible.
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Fourplay was a jazz/soul ensemble that scored platinum success in 1991 with their debut album. For one daring move, they recruited El DeBarge to provide lead vocals on a classic Marvin Gaye tune. The result was this smooth remake of “After The Dance,” and a million copies of the parent album being sold.
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Bunny DeBarge had few shining moments with the group DeBarge. But the ones she had were memorable and - ultimately - lucrative. The first one on this list is “A Dream,” a stellar album cut from ‘In A Special Way’ that later became the foundation for ‘90s hits by Tupac (“I Ain’t Mad At Cha”) Shakur and Blackstreet (“Don’t Leave Me”).
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Bunny DeBarge deferred to a higher calling as inspiration for this song she co-wrote with little brother Bobby for Switch’s 1980 ‘Reaching For Tomorrow’ album. The song has an irresistible hook that proved the band could still make good music, even if Motown’s promotion department had cooled the engines as Switch was falling out of favor with the label’s top brass.
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This was the title track from the breakthrough album by Bobby and Tommy’s older sister and younger brothers in DeBarge. It’s a little known fact that El wrote this song for his idol Marvin Gaye. The guitar solo was provided by José Feliciano. Smooth performance by the five DeBarge siblings, indeed...and their first top-20 pop hit!
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Okay, this is the group DeBarge’s biggest pop hit...in fact it’s the biggest song by any member of the DeBarge family. That helps it land in the top ten on this list, even though it’s not my absolute favorite by them. Pop fans may be surprised it’s not ranked ahead of the eight songs above it, but those who appreciate their funkier and more soulful fare will understand - I think.
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Perhaps the funkiest song on this list belongs to younger brother Chico. It reached No. 7 R&B and No. 21 pop in 1986 - and even made the UK charts (No. 88). Fans of the DeBarge family probably already know that Chico is not the youngest sibling. He has a younger brother and sister (twins) who were born when he was 4. They don’t have any songs on this list, and “Talk To Me” is the highest-ranking song by the youngest singing sibling.
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It’s ironic that El teamed up with Barry White on this Quincy Jones single, as it was Barry who helped give his older brother Bobby his start in the pre-Switch group White Heat some 15 years earlier. “The Secret Garden,” featuring four R&B titans El, Barry, Al B. Sure! And James Ingram (whose brother Phillip was co-lead vocalist in Switch) topped the R&B chart in 1990, and crossed over to the top 40 of the pop chart.
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From Switch’s first album came this stellar follow-up ballad to their breakthrough hit (coming up later). “I Wanna Be Closer” was written by Jermaine Jackson and proved to be one of his best artistic moments. The song peaked at No. 22 and featured the vocals of both Phillip Ingram and Bobby DeBarge. Their first single helped this album go gold, while “Closer” had just what it took to kick the album to platinum status.
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Not many people knew about this obscure cut from the group’s ‘In A Special Way’ album before Bad Boy mogul Sean “Puffy” Combs got ahold of it to use for a remix of The Notorious B.I.G.’s “One More Chance” in 1995. The result was a bonafide smash for Biggie - a song that spent nine weeks at No. 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart. Seven years later it was used again for Ashanti’s breakthrough solo hit, “Foolish,” a song that spent nearly 3 months on top of both the pop and R&B /Hip-Hop singles charts, and wound up as the top R&B song of 2002, and the second-biggest pop single.
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This thumping, mid-tempo ballad was the first we’d hear from any member of the DeBarge family when it became a top-10 soul/top-40 pop hit in the fall of 1978. It was the first time we were introduced to Bobby’s incredible falsetto and the band’s impeccable harmonies. No wonder Jermaine Jackson had been so enamored with the band when he discovered them at Motown’s offices earlier that year. It may be Jermaine’s single biggest contribution to music when you really think about it. Without this find, we may have never known the DeBarge family and their music as we know them now.
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It’s a toss-up between this breakthrough hit for DeBarge and the next song on the list as to which one ranks the highest. “I Like It,” which featured co-lead vocals by El and a rare turn at the mic for brother Randy, was a huge smash for the group and, in 1983, it spent four weeks at No. 2 on the soul chart behind Michael Jackson’s nine-week No. 1 juggernaut “Billie Jean.” That’s not bad competition to be stuck behind, but it meant that DeBarge would have to wait before getting their first chart topper, which would come at the end of the year with the next song on this list, and at the expense of Mr. Jackson himself.
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Before “Rhythm of the Night” two years later, this was DeBarge’s biggest chart hit. It reached the top 20 on the pop chart and spent five big weeks at No. 1 on the soul chart. What was more intriguing was the song that “Time Will Reveal” prevented from hitting No. 1 soul. It was none other than “Say, Say, Say” by Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson, which spent a month at No. 2 behind the DeBarge smash. It was a case of turnabout being fair play in the DeBarge vs. Jackson chart war, given the reverse outcome from their two big hits earlier in the year.
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“I do, you do, birds and bees do, too.”
There’s one reason this song ranks at the top of this list: Bobby DeBarge’s falsetto. There are few vocal performances that come close and it’s one that solidified Switch’s status as hitmakers after it was released as the second single from the band’s ‘Switch II’ album in the fall of 1979. “I Call Your Name” reached the top ten on the R&B chart and barely made the Hot 100 (No. 83), but it stands as the band’s signature tune - and their most memorable for soul music fans - nearly 40 years after its release. El DeBarge says in the ‘Unsung’ episode about his big brothers’ band that Bobby had more talent in his little finger than all the rest of the DeBarge family put together. That may be an overstatement, but you definitely get the picture. R.I.P. Bobby DeBarge.
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Here’s a special djrobblog playlist of all the songs in the above list plus an extra by Bunny DeBarge to kick it off.
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The 25 Best Songs of the DeBarge Siblings – in all their configurations!? ›
- “I Call Your Name” - Switch.
- “Time Will Reveal” - DeBarge. ...
- “I Like It” - DeBarge. ...
- “There'll Never Be” - Switch. ...
- “Stay With Me” - DeBarge. ...
- “I Wanna Be Closer” - Switch. ...
- “The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)” - Quincy Jones ft. ...
Who is the best DeBarge singer? ›
There's one reason this song ranks at the top of this list: Bobby DeBarge's falsetto. There are few vocal performances that come close and it's one that solidified Switch's status as hitmakers after it was released as the second single from the band's 'Switch II' album in the fall of 1979.
What songs did DeBarge sing? ›
DeBarge
How many siblings are in the DeBarge family? ›
Bobby began dating Jermaine's sister, LaToya, around the same time his four younger siblings — Bunny, El, Marty and Randy — decided to move to Los Angeles in pursuit of music stardom. Their mother had now said goodbye to six of her children. “Mama gave me her last $40 to go to California,” said Marty DeBarge.
How much is the DeBarge family worth? ›
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El DeBarge Net Worth.
| Net Worth: | $400 Thousand |
|---|---|
| Gender: | Male |
| Profession: | Singer, Record producer, Singer-songwriter, Musician |
| Nationality: | United States of America |
Does James DeBarge have a daughter with Janet Jackson? ›
In her new documentary, Janet Jackson denies the rumor that she had a child with James DeBarge. "Back in the day they were saying that I had a child and I kept it secret," she said. The two were married in 1984 when Jackson was 18 and DeBarge was 21.
Did the DeBarge father molest them? ›
While spending her initial childhood in Detroit, her family moved to Grand Rapids when she was 16. Bunny would later recall years of physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her father, stating that he had started molesting her when she was seven and this carried on until she was 13.
What did Tommy DeBarge pass away from? ›
What did El DeBarge sing? ›
El DeBarge
Which DeBarge went solo? ›
Siblings leave and the end of the group
Following the end of its successful promotion, however, both El and Bunny DeBarge departed from the group after Motown offered them lucrative solo deals.
How many children did El DeBarge mother have? ›
Robert and Etterlene DeBarge had ten children during their 21-year marriage: Etterlene "Bunny" DeBarge (born March 10, 1955) Robert "Bobby" DeBarge, Jr. (March 5, 1956 – August 16, 1995); died of AIDS complications.
Who is El DeBarge daughter? ›
El DeBarge
Which DeBarge brother was married to Janet Jackson? ›
In her new docuseries, Janet Jackson reminisced about her marriage to James DeBarge in 1984. She spoke about how DeBarge left her alone in a hotel room for three hours. The pair were married when Jackson was 18 and DeBarge was 21.
How much money is Bobby Brown worth right now? ›
Bobby Brown is an American R&B singer/songwriter who has a net worth of $2 million.
How rich is Janet Jackson? ›
As of 2021, Janet Jackson's net worth is valued at $190 million.
Which one of the DeBarge brothers died? ›
Tommy DeBarge of the R&B band Switch died at 64 on Oct. 21, his brother El DeBarge confirmed on social media. TMZ first broke the news. According to his family members, the bassist/vocalist was suffering from kidney and liver failure and died in the hospital.
Which DeBarge is most famous? ›
- After The Dance. 43 1991 R&B. 1991.
- Who's Johnny. 86 1986 Pop. 21 1986 R&B. 1986.
- The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite) 55 1990 R&B. 1990.
- Lay With You. 84 2011 R&B. 2011.
- You Wear It Well. 100 1985 R&B. 1985.
- Love Always. 100 1986 R&B. 1986.
Who was the lead singer of DeBarge? ›
El DeBarge
Which DeBarge went solo? ›
Siblings leave and the end of the group
Following the end of its successful promotion, however, both El and Bunny DeBarge departed from the group after Motown offered them lucrative solo deals.
Who is El DeBarge daughter? ›
El DeBarge
What did Tommy DeBarge pass away from? ›
Was El DeBarge married to Janet Jackson? ›
Personal life. DeBarge is also known for his 1984 marriage to pop singer Janet Jackson. The marriage was annulled in 1985 due to his addiction to pain killers and sleeping pills. During their marriage, they lived at the Jackson family home Hayvenhurst.
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The 25 Best Songs of the DeBarge Siblings - in all their configurations! | Listly List ›
This blog pays tribute to the DeBarge family - specifically, the eight eldest famous musical siblings - with a special ranking of their 25 best songs! It’s an exclusive ranking that combines songs by the band that started it all - Switch - which included the two oldest brothers Bobby and Tommy, plus the group DeBarge (eldest sibling Bunny and younger brothers Randy, Mark, El and James), and finally Jonathan “Chico” DeBarge. Also included are songs by El as a solo singer (yes, “Who’s Johnny?” is a guilty pleasure that made the list!). This ranking - from No. 25 to No. 1 (yep, we always start from the bottom) - is the result of one blogger’s opinion. It’s a combination of which songs this writer liked most with which ones did the best on the charts and those that left a large impression on music fans in general. Several album cuts are included that weren’t released as singles but had a huge impact. Scroll through and enjoy. Also, feel free to vote and comment - either at djrobblog.com in the comment section or on the blog’s Facebook or Twitter pages.
Still, it contained a near-miss top-40 Soul chart hit with this one, a mid-tempo song featuring the more subdued tenor/falsetto of late co-lead singer Bobby DeBarge.. Don’t hate, this is my favorite El DeBarge solo hit, and ranks up there with the rest of DeBarge’s hits as well.. Bunny DeBarge deferred to a higher calling as inspiration for this song she co-wrote with little brother Bobby for Switch’s 1980 ‘Reaching For Tomorrow’ album.. Okay, this is the group DeBarge’s biggest pop hit...in fact it’s the biggest song by any member of the DeBarge family.. And James Ingram (whose brother Phillip was co-lead vocalist in Switch) topped the R&B chart in 1990, and crossed over to the top 40 of the pop chart.. Seven years later it was used again for Ashanti’s breakthrough solo hit, “Foolish,” a song that spent nearly 3 months on top of both the pop and R&B /Hip-Hop singles charts, and wound up as the top R&B song of 2002, and the second-biggest pop single.. El DeBarge says in the ‘Unsung’ episode about his big brothers’ band that Bobby had more talent in his little finger than all the rest of the DeBarge family put together.
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Age (as of June 29, 2022): 67 Born: Detroit, Michigan Occupation: Singer, Songwriter Known For: DeBarge. Bunny DeBarge is the eldest and only female of the acclaimed DeBarge group at 67-years-old!. Age: 39 Born: Detroit, Michigan Occupation: Singer, Producer Known For: DeBarge, Switch. Age (as of June 29, 2022): 63 Born: Detroit, Michigan Occupation: Singer, Bass Guitarist Known For: DeBarge. Age (as of June 29, 2022): 63 Born: Detroit, Michigan Occupation: Singer, Songwriter Known For: DeBarge. Age (as of June 29, 2022): 61 Born: Detroit, Michigan Occupation: Singer, Songwriter Known For: DeBarge. Age (as of June 29, 2022): 58 Born: Detroit, Michigan Occupation: Singer Known For: DeBarge. Age (as of June 29, 2022): 56 Born: Detroit, Michigan Occupation: Singer Known For: DeBarge. Darryl DeBarge is born the same day as sister Carol “Peaches” DeBarge, meaning they both own the distinction as youngest of the DeBarge siblings!. Age (as of June 29, 2022): 52 Born: N/A Occupation: Singer Known For: DeBarge sibling
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Whether they supported each other or had epic falling outs, here are some of our favourite musical sibling groups that have forged music history together.
Before they became Australia’s foremost musical exports, INXS started out as the Farriss Brothers, with the eldest Tim on lead guitar, middle brother Andrew on keyboards, and the youngest Jon on drums, alongside classmates Garry Gary Beers on bass and Kirk Pengilly on rhythm guitar, saxophone, and back-up vocals.. What started out as just a family band consisting of the three Wilson brothers – Brian, Dennis, and Carl – and cousin Mike and friend Al Jardine turned into one of the most compelling group’s in popular music.. After founding Dire Straits in 1977, Mark Knopfler and his younger brother David became British rock legends, spearheading the pub-rock scene with their demo-turned overnight hit “Sultans of Swing,” but they were never quite “Brothers in Arms,” With Mark providing lead on guitar, vocals and songwriting and his brother David on rhythm guitar and backing vocals, one sibling was bound to get overshadowed by the other, but their rivalry was more of a slow burn than a fiery explosion.. Duane Allman was a game-changing rock’n’roll guitarist while his younger sibling Gregg Allman was one of the most charismatic vocalists in rock history, together they formed the pioneering Southern Rock band the Allman Brothers Band in 1969.. Angus Young was only 18 when he and his 20-year-old brother, Malcolm formed the Australian hard rock band AC/DC in 1973, with Angus on lead guitar and Malcolm on rhythm guitar.. Their older brother George played in one of Australia’s hit 60s bands, The Easybeats, and the eldest brother Alex playing bass in the UK-based Grapefruit.. It’s remarkable that one sibling duo can make it work in music, let alone two, but that’s exactly the case with Devo’s band of brothers.. Two years later in a sibling role reversal, Neil was the breakout rock star with his new group Crowded House , riding the charts with “Don’t Dream It’s Over.” When the two reconnected on new material years later, Tim joked that because his songs would end up on a Crowded House record, he should join the band, and Neil took him up on it, resulting in the hit record Woodface .
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The DeBarges are a big family. The musical group's biggest success was the 1985 hit "Rhythm of the Night," but the personal lives of the DeBarges have been defined by discord. Between their struggles with addiction, crime, and drama, the DeBarges have lived tragic lives.
The Debarges' musical legacy started with brothers Tommy and Bobby, who formed a funk group called Switch.. Then came the tremendously popular music group DeBarge, which originally consisted of siblings El, Bunny, Marty, and Randy, and was later joined by brothers James and Bobby.. An eighth DeBarge, Chico, made waves as a solo act but was considered a part of the larger DeBarge constellation.. While the DeBarges might have taken after their grandfather talent-wise, their father Robert DeBarge Sr. may have had the largest impact.. By extension, that makes El DeBarge the Michael Jackson of the DeBarges.. Previously hailed as the creative soul of DeBarge, he did zero writing or producing for his first solo album, plainly titled El DeBarge.. In a 1985 interview with the LA Times , El DeBarge made a weirdly unsettling admission: "There are these personalities in me, so many of them.". As if that wasn't ominous enough, the singer also confessed to fighting some of his multiple personalities before adding, "I don't enjoy some of them and I know other people don't enjoy them either.". As People detailed , in 1984 Janet (Ms. Jackson, if you're nasty) eloped with James DeBarge (above).. As El told the LA Times in 1985, the Jacksons and DeBarges had known each other for years by that point.. In 2007 she explained to Vibe , "If you weren't doing drugs, you weren't in.". She further charged that El Debarge turned to drugs partly because "he just couldn't deal with all the people in the music industry" and their cutthroat tactics.. When the DeBarges weren't doing drugs, they were doing time for drugs.. Throughout his career El DeBarge regularly felt the rhythm of the night, as did the women he spent the night with, which is how El wound up with 12 kids.. Part of the reason El wasn't around his kids was his crippling drug addiction, which led to bouts of homelessness and a 13-month prison stint.
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(June 29, 2019). Are & Be singer Chris Brown released another album Friday. It’s his ninth studio set and it’s called Indigo. Chris Brown released ‘Indigo’ on Friday, June…
Are & Be singer Chris Brown released another album Friday.. Chris Brown released ‘Indigo’ on Friday, June 28.. 1 Rihanna and No.. That means Chris Brown has been the decade’s top male artist on the R&B charts between January 2010 and today.. And Breezy (as his fans know him), has the numbers to back up his standing – numbers that haven’t been matched by any other male R&B singer this decade.. That means every one of his albums have reached the top ten on the Billboard 200, and all five this decade have reached No.. But the 2010 tribute was the performance of a lifetime for Brown (he even broke down on stage and cried at the end) and it endeared him to many who had seen the previous year’s Rihanna incident as just one mistake in an otherwise clean career for a man who was only 19 when it happened.. His next two albums after Graffiti – F.A.M.E.. And even though his singles chart game has been less lucrative in the 2010s, with his current top-10 “No Guidance” with Drake being his first top-10 since “Loyal” five years ago, many of the songs have gone platinum or multi-platinum in sales/streams.. Yet the fact remains that, unlike Rice, Brown is not only continuing to thrive ten years later, but will likely be named in Billboard as the top male R&B artist of the decade when the data is released at the end of this year.
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We’ve compiled a list of 15 of our favorite musical siblings.. Some feuded, some got along splendidly, but they all used their brotherly or sisterly bonds to write and record some of our favorite music.. It wouldn’t be a proper list of musical siblings without at least one pair of identical twins.. They had played guitar together in their teens, but eventually Kim went on to play bass for The Pixies while Kelley moved to California.. As members of the band, Ann and Nancy dated brothers Mike and Roger Fisher…who were also in the band.. Not surprisingly, this didn’t work out, but Heart pressed on with Ann and Nancy.. They played a number of “get togethers,” eventually dubbing themselves The Avett Brothers and releasing an EP of the same name in 2000.. Colin and Jonny Greenwood?. Colin invited his then 14-year-old younger brother Jonny to join, and you know the rest.. Though their lineup has changed several times over the years (Ernie and Marvin didn’t join the band until the ‘70s), The Isley Brothers are still going strong, having had a single or album make the charts in five different decades.. It’s hard to think of a better tandem of vocal harmonizers than Don and Phil Everly.. This is partly, of course, due to some serious preternatural sibling brainwave vibing, but also to the fact that both Don and Phil’s vocal lines, unlike with typical vocal harmonies, could stand on their own.. From Duane’s solo on “Statesboro Blues” to Gregg’s passionate wailing on “Tied to the Whipping Post,” the brothers Allman may be the greatest pair of siblings music has ever seen.