2019年12月10日 · While the DeBarges might have taken after their grandfather talent-wise, their father Robert DeBarge Sr. may have had the largest impact. Etterlene met Robert shortly after her father died. She was 17 and romantically inexperienced. Robert was four years older, in the army, and white, which made him socially forbidden fruit.

The DeBarge family is a family of rhythm and blues artists from Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1975, musician Bobby DeBarge left Grand Rapids to start the funk - soul band Switch , which first went by the name First Class.

2024年12月27日 · The DeBarge family story begins in Detroit, Michigan with their parents Robert Louis DeBarge Sr and Etterlene Abney. Robert, a white Army veteran and Etterlene, a Black homemaker and gospel...

On June 25, 2022, the DeBarge family sadly announced the passing of their beloved father, John Allen DeBarge Sr., at the age of 89. He was a loving father and grandfather to his family, and a friend to all whose lives he touched.

The DeBarge family are the children of Etterlene DeBarge (née Abney; 1935–2024), an African American gospel singer born in Royal Oak, Michigan in 1935 and Robert Louis DeBarge, Sr. (1932–2009), a white American soldier of French and English descent born in Cicero, Illinois.

2024年2月17日 · El DeBarge’s father, Robert Louis DeBarge Sr., was born on July 9, 1932, and passed away on August 30, 2009. He was a pivotal figure in the DeBarge family and played a role in shaping their musical talents. However, it’s noted that he had a troubled side, with reports of abusive behaviour, which impacted the family dynamics.

When Robert Louis Bobby DeBarge Sr. was born on 9 July 1932, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, his father, John Arthur Debarge, was 31 and his mother, Frances Jane Walters, was 28. He married Etterline Abney in 1953, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons.

2023年1月19日 · El was born in Detroit, Michigan, the sixth child of Robert Louis DeBarge Sr. (1932-2009) and Etterlene (Abney) DeBarge. As a kid, DeBarge was raised in Detroit and Grand Rapids, Michigan. His parents had a turbulent marriage that included domestic abuse and child abuse on DeBarge’s father’s part.

2010年6月28日 · His father, Robert Louis DeBarge, Sr., was white, and had French, English, Irish, and remote German, ancestry. His mother, Etterlene (Abney), was black. His niece is singer Kristina DeBarge .

2024年3月3日 · John DeBarge's father, Arthur, was born in France and his mother Mary Blane West was from Indiana or Illinois (she was documented as being born in both states in varying censuses). John Debarge married Frances who was born circa 1904 in Illinois.