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Bobby DeBarge Biography

Bobby DeBarge is one of the most popular and richest R&B Singer who was born on March 5, 1956 in Michigan, United States. The lead artist of Motown R&B Group Switch who was a superstar to a convicted drug trafficker.

The group Switch as well as the His group Switch and Barry White’s backup singers White Heat teamed up on Switch’s debut album in 1975. backup band White Heat teamed up on Switch’s debut album, released in 1975.

DeBarge was born to Etterlene (née Abney) and Army soldier Robert DeBarge, Sr. in Detroit. He blamed an unhappy childhood on his father’s abusiveness. At 15, DeBarge was introduced to heroin, which would become his lifelong addiction. After his parents separated and divorced in the early 1970s, Bobby DeBarge and his family relocated to Grand Rapids. A talented instrumentalist and vocalist, he began playing in local bands, along with his younger brother Tommy.

In 1975, after teaming up with fellow Grand Rapids musician Gregory Williams, the duo began a group with several other Midwestern musicians and successfully auditioned for Barry White’s background group, White Heat, helping to produce and release their debut album that year. The following year, White dropped all but one musician from the band due to tax issues. The group – which consisted of DeBarge, Williams, Phillip Ingram, Tommy DeBarge, TC Brown, Stanley Brown, Jody Sims, Arnett Hayes, Adam Frye, Darnell Wyrick, MC Clark and Stanley Hood – then recorded an album in 1976 under the name Hot Ice, entitled Pall Mall Groove, which included DeBarge’s incredible singing and piano performance on his composition, “Please Don’t Let Me Go,” released in 1977 on Polydor/Germany, in 1979 in the USA/Canada as SMASH on Source Records/MCA, and in 2005 on Burndsman Records worldwide.

He grew up Detroit, Michigan. Detroit, Michigan with an abusive father.

NameBobby DeBarge
First NameBobby
Last NameDeBarge
OccupationR&B Singer
BirthdayMarch 5
Birth Year1956
Place of Birth
Home TownMichigan
Birth CountryUnited States
Birth SignPisces
Full/Birth Name
ParentsRobert Louis DeBarge, Sr., Etterlene DeBarge
SiblingsEl DeBarge, Bunny DeBarge, James DeBarge, MORE
SpouseTeri DeBarge
Children(s)Christian DeBarge, Bobby DeBarge Jr.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Things came to a head in 1981 when, following the release of Switch’s fifth album Switch V, Bobby DeBarge suddenly left the group after Motown offered him a solo recording deal, later finalized in 1983. By then, DeBarge was overseeing the production of his siblings’ albums. Bobby co-produced their debut album, and co-wrote with younger brother El the song, “Queen of My Heart”, in which he performed falsetto ad-libs near the end of the recording. The track would later re-appear on DeBarge’s third album, In A Special Way, on which El himself produced, creating a more polished version.

Bobby DeBarge Net Worth

Bobby DeBarge is one of the richest R&B Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bobby DeBarge's net worth $1 Thousand. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He, his brother and fellow musician from the area, Gregory Williams, founded the group First Class in 1976, that later evolved into Switch.

His stellar career was beset by a recurring addiction to heroin, which began to develop in his early teens.

Robert Louis “Bobby” DeBarge, Jr. (March 5, 1956 – August 16, 1995) was an American singer and musician. DeBarge was the lead singer of the Motown R&B/soul vocal group Switch and was noted for his impressive 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. Personal problems, including substance abuse which eventually led to drug trafficking charges in 1988, plagued DeBarge in later years, taking focus away from his musical career. He contracted HIV in the 1980s, and died of AIDS complications in 1995, at age 39.

Net Worth$1 Thousand
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeR&B Singer
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

For several years, he pursued La Toya Jackson of the Jackson family. He mentioned Jackson’s song “Night Time Lover” in the Switch ballad “You & I”, a song he wrote in response to Jackson’s single. By 1984, DeBarge had split from Jackson and later married Teri, with whom he would have two children, Christian and Bobby III. DeBarge’s heroin addiction started in the early 1970s and, later, DeBarge developed addictions to cocaine and crack.

By 1987, perhaps taking their cue from Bobby splitting from his own group, El and their sister Bunny had left DeBarge to pursue solo careers, with El finding the most success. Bobby had troubles producing his solo debut, and his solo career failed to pick up, so he curtailed his aspirations and joined his siblings’ group, forming a revamped DeBarge quartet that recorded the album, Bad Boys. Bobby and younger brother James split vocal leads on the project. However, Bobby’s career halted in 1988 after he was convicted on drug trafficking charges in Grand Rapids and was sentenced to five years in prison. Following his release, he returned to performing and recording, all the while struggling with AIDS, which he contracted sometime in the late 1980s prior to his prison sentence. He finished his last musical work, It’s Not Over, but was not alive when the album was distributed independently.

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A year after their signing, the band released their debut album in 1978. The album, which featured production from Jermaine Jackson, reached gold status thanks to “There’ll Never Be,” which was solely written by DeBarge, and also featured a favorite ballad of theirs, “I Want to Be Closer”, on which Phillip Ingram and DeBarge shared lead. The following year, the group hit gold again with Switch II, another Jermaine Jackson-produced album, which included another DeBarge-penned hit, “I Call Your Name.” Switch became a recording and performing attraction, not only due to the band’s overall musicianship but also due to DeBarge’s multi-octave vocal range. In 1980, the group had their third gold-selling album, This Is My Dream, which was the group’s first album to not include input from Jackson and which the band’s founding members – DeBarge, Jody Sims and Gregory Williams – co-produced. The album included the hit “Love Over and Over Again.” By then, DeBarge had returned to using heroin after several years of cleanliness and also began using cocaine, which helped to cause tension between DeBarge and Switch group members.

While in prison, DeBarge confided to his family that he had contracted HIV. When he became gravely ill, his family sent him to a hospice in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He died of AIDS complications there on August 16, 1995 at age 39. He is buried in Garfield Park Cemetery in Grand Rapids.

Who is Bobby DeBarge Dating?

According to our records, Bobby DeBarge married to Teri DeBarge . As of December 1, 2023, Bobby DeBarge’s is not dating anyone.

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In 1988, he was sentenced to five years in a Wisconsin prison for drug trafficking charges. Following his release in 1993, he vowed to stay clean, signing a management agreement with Bernd Lichters (for whom DeBarge, with Hot Ice, recorded the Pall Mall Groove album years earlier, as well as signing a management agreement as partnership with Ed Wright in 1985), who guided him during 1994 to record songs he wrote in prison. The resulting album, released in August 1995 on A&E Records just before his death, was entitled It’s Not Over. Throughout that year, he was lying low in Gregory Williams’ California home, before he returned to Michigan for his final days.

Facts & Trivia

Bobby Ranked on the list of most popular R&B Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Bobby DeBarge celebrates birthday on March 5 of every year.

There was a biopic about Bobby DeBarge in June 2019. It aired on cable television network TVONE. DeBarge was portrayed by Disney alum Roshon Fegan.

What happened to Bobby DeBarge?

Robert Louis “Bobby” DeBarge, Jr. Personal problems, including substance abuse which eventually led to drug trafficking charges in 1988, plagued DeBarge in later years, taking focus away from his musical career. He contracted HIV in the 1980s, and died of AIDS complications in 1995, at age 39.

What ethnicity are the DeBarge family?

The DeBarge family are the children of Etterlene DeBarge (née Abney), a Black American gospel singer born in Royal Oak, Michigan in 1935 and Robert Louis DeBarge, Sr. (1932–2009), an American soldier of French and English descent born in Cicero, Illinois .

How much is the DeBarge family worth?

Net Worth:$400 Thousand
Gender:Male
Profession:Singer, Record producer, Singer-songwriter, Musician
Nationality:United States of America

Which member of Switch died?

Switch member Tommy DeBarge died Thursday at the age of 64, according to several news sources. The Daily Mail reported that DeBarge has had kidney and liver disease through the years in addition to getting COVID-19 earlier this year. His health took a turn for the worse recently, a family member told TMZ.

Which DeBarge dated Janet Jackson?

James DeBarge has been a controversial figure in Jackson family history. The 58-year-old was married to Janet Jackson, 55, in the mid 1980s. The relationship has continued to make headlines three decades later, as rumors have perpetuated that the pair have a secret child together.

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