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Tommy DeBarge, Founding Member of ’70s R&B Group, Switch, Dead At 64
El wrote, “And so it is that on October 21, 2021, I had to say farewell to one of the greatest bass guitarists this world has ever known, and I am grieved as I confirm to you that my brother, Thomas Keith DeBarge, passed away.”
He continued, “My dear brother Tommy finally made his transition after a lengthy illness. Tommy was a loving, gentle soul and a beloved son, husband, father, grandfather and one of the best brothers anyone could ever ask for. His legacy will live on in the hearts of all those who love him so much and in the beautiful music he created with our brother Bobby, as well as that of his musical peers in the famous R&B group Switch! Both my brothers Bobby and Tommy DeBarge are together now safely in the arms of our Lord Jesus Christ, though our hearts are still heavy as it will require some time to deal with the fact that he is gone and just missing him so much.”
DeBarge, and his brother, Bobby, founded Switch in 1975 and rose to fame with their hits, “I Call Your Name,” “Love Over & Over Again,” “I Wanna Be Closer,” and “There’ll Never Be,” which became a Top 10 R&B hit. It also became the band’s biggest success on the Billboard Hot 10, peaking at No. 36.
Bobby died at age 39 in August 1995 due to AIDS-related complications.
Switch inspired bands like Mint Condition and Tony, Toni, Toné. Tommy and Bobby left Switch to mentor their siblings in the family band, DeBarge, and founding member of Switch, Philip Ingram went on to continue the band with new members.
VIBE sends our deepest condolences to the DeBarge family during this time.
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Ronnie Wilson, co-founder of R&B group The Gap Band, has died at 73
Wilson formed The Gap Band in the early 1970s in Tulsa, Okla., with his brothers Charlie and Robert Wilson. The name was inspired by three streets in their hometown — Greenwood, Archer and Pine — that had defined the "Black Wall Street" district destroyed in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The brothers grew up with a love of music, raised by a music teacher mother and a preacher father. Ronnie would develop into an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, contributing keyboards, horns and percussion in addition to vocals on several of the band's albums.
The Gap Band released its debut album, Magicians Holiday, in 1974. But it was in the 1980s that the group's distinctive electro-funk style would come to define the era's increasingly synth-heavy R&B sound. The band produced a number of hit songs, including "You Dropped a Bomb on Me," "Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)" and "Outstanding."
The genre-melding sound of The Gap Band has continued to inspire countless artists in the generations that followed. In addition to its songs being sampled or covered by artists including Ice Cube, Mary J. Blige and Ashanti, the group earned songwriting credits in 2015 on the Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars smash "Uptown Funk" after noting similarities between the song and its own "Oops Upside Your Head."
The band continued to write and perform after its '80s breakthrough, and Charlie Wilson embarked on a solo career in the 1990s. In 2010, Robert Wilson, the band's bassist, died of a heart attack at 53. In his later years, Ronnie Wilson was involved in the music ministry of San Antonio's Community Bible Church, turning to religion after a long career in music. Speaking to the publication My San Antonio in 2011, the church's minister of music and worship Ray Jones said, "They love to hear Ronnie sing."
dimanche 14 novembre 2021
CHANGE THE GLOW OF LOVE 1980 / 40 TH LIMITED EDITION / 3CD / 2021 / NOVO RECORDS
Novo Records is proud to present the limited edition of the glow of love album, for its 40th anniversary and in limited edition 3 discs, including the demo versions never released in the past, as well as all the remixes and 45s, all remastered, this edition includes 26 tracks. Official release in December 2021.
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