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So it is with the DeBarge family, from parents on down. Despite the major success of the three acts in the family — the band Switch, the group DeBarge and solo artist Chico DeBarge, the dark cloud looms large. There are seemingly as many police mugshots as there are Gold records. Is it hereditary? Motown signed a band called Switch. Among the members were two young men from the family, Bobby and Tommy DeBarge. They clicked right away. Grand Rapids-born Bobby DeBarge was the first in the family to succumb to drugs in his case, heroin.
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Robert Louis DeBarge, Sr. They married in , with Robert being 21 and Etterlene going on They stayed together for 21 years before divorcing in The children claimed that their father sexually abused several of them, which the father denied. She has recorded major label releases, Etterlene has recorded gospel material mostly with members of her family with her own independent gospel releases. Forming in as The DeBarges , the band originally included four members - Bunny , Randy , Mark and El - moved to Los Angeles and signed with Motown where they went under a two-year training process by Motown's staff before releasing their first album in