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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This Is My Dream
R&B - Lançado por UNI - MOTOWN em 01/01/1980
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Reaching For Tomorrow (Expanded Edition)
R&B - Lançado por UNI - MOTOWN em 01/01/1980
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Letting Go (Alternate Version)
Gospel - Lançado por LIFE.CHURCH OPERATIONS, LLC em 09/06/2023
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Symphony
Gospel - Lançado por Dream Records em 07/02/2020
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Am I Still Your Boyfriend?
Soul - Lançado por Cavalcade Records Ltd em 01/01/1984
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Better View, Part I - EP
Gospel - Lançado por LIFE.CHURCH OPERATIONS, LLC em 24/09/2021
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Better View (Deluxe)
Gospel - Lançado por LIFE.CHURCH OPERATIONS, LLC em 17/06/2022
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Winning Combinations
R&B - Lançado por UNI - MOTOWN em 01/01/2002
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Secrets Of Saturns
Drum & Bass - Lançado por Fokuz Recordings em 14/12/2009
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Symphony
Gospel - Lançado por Dream Records (DRE) em 25/01/2019
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perfection (Song Session)
Gospel - Lançado por Essential Worship em 18/01/2023
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
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Switch | Solid Groove – the Freerange Singles and Remixes (2002-2007)
Electronic - Lançado por Freerange Records em 01/10/2008
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This Is The Love (Song Session)
Gospel - Lançado por Essential Worship em 11/01/2023
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Lifeline
Gospel - Lançado por Dream Records (DRE) em 03/08/2018
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Better View, Part II
Gospel - Lançado por LIFE.CHURCH OPERATIONS, LLC em 11/03/2022
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo