Switch
During the early to mid-'70s, Bobby DeBarge, Eddie Fluellen, Phillip Ingram (brother of James Ingram), Jody Sims, and Gregory Williams were in the Ohio-based White Heat. The band backed Barry White and recorded a self-titled album -- released by RCA in 1975 -- produced by the maestro. Budgetary constraints forced White to cut ties with the band, which subsequently morphed into Hot-Ice, an outfit that featured DeBarge, Sims, and Williams, as well as DeBarge's brother Tommy. That band released an album on Polydor in 1977. Jermaine Jackson helped them secure a contract with Motown offshoot Gordy. As Switch, the band proved to be popular in clubs, as well as within the quiet storm radio format. Their singles "There'll Never Be" (1978), "I Call Your Name" (1979), and "Love Over and Over Again" (1981) reached the Top Ten of Billboard's R&B chart. After Switch's fifth and final album for Gordy, the DeBarge brothers departed to support sibling group DeBarge. By the time Switch released Am I Still Your Boyfriend? (1984) on Total Experience, Sims and Williams were the only original members, along with Fluellen (who had joined for the third album), Renard Gallo, and Gonzales Ozen. That album sold poorly, and Switch broke up. Bobby DeBarge passed away due to AIDS complications in 1995. Throughout the 2000s, the band's recordings were sampled by the likes of De La Soul ("A Brighter Tomorrow"), Ne-Yo ("It Just Ain't Right"), Rich Boy ("Throw Some D's"), and Erykah Badu ("That Hump"). Ingram, Williams, and Fluellen reunited, added new members, and toured during the same decade. Bassist Tommy DeBarge died on October 21, 2021 due to kidney and liver failure; he was 64 years old.
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Am I Still Your Boyfriend?
Soul - Released by Cavalcade Records Ltd on 1 jan. 1984
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Reaching For Tomorrow (Expanded Edition)
R&B - Released by UNI - MOTOWN on 1 jan. 1980
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Symphony (Deluxe Edition)
Gospel - Released by Dream Records on 7 feb. 2020
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Letting Go (Alternate Version)
Gospel - Released by LIFE.CHURCH OPERATIONS, LLC on 9 jun. 2023
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Better View, Part I - EP
Gospel - Released by LIFE.CHURCH OPERATIONS, LLC on 24 sep. 2021
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Better View (Deluxe)
Gospel - Released by LIFE.CHURCH OPERATIONS, LLC on 17 jun. 2022
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Winning Combinations
R&B - Released by UNI - MOTOWN on 1 jan. 2002
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Secrets Of Saturns
Drum 'n' bass - Released by Fokuz Recordings on 14 dec. 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Symphony
Gospel - Released by Dream Records (DRE) on 25 jan. 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
perfection (Song Session)
Gospel - Released by Essential Worship on 18 jan. 2023
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Letting Go
Gospel - Released by LIFE.CHURCH OPERATIONS, LLC on 14 jan. 2022
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Switch | Solid Groove – the Freerange Singles and Remixes (2002-2007)
Electronic - Released by Freerange Records on 1 okt. 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
This Is The Love (Song Session)
Gospel - Released by Essential Worship on 11 jan. 2023
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Lifeline
Gospel - Released by Dream Records (DRE) on 3 aug. 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Better View, Part II
Gospel - Released by LIFE.CHURCH OPERATIONS, LLC on 11 mrt. 2022
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo