Ethelene 'Bunny' Debarge, born March 15, 1955 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a female soprano who was a member of the 1980sMotown group DeBarge. She is best known for her duet with her brother El DeBarge on Share My World. March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Grand Rapids skyline Nickname: Furniture City Location in Michigan Founded -Incorporated 1850 County Kent County Mayor George Heartwell Area - Total - Water 117. ... Look up Soprano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary In music, a soprano is a singer with a voice ranging approximately from the A below middle C to the C two octaves above middle C (i. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Motown Record Company, L.P., also known as Tamla-Motown outside of the United States, is a record label specializing in the musical genres of R&B, pop, soul music, and hip-hop music. ... DeBarge was an American singing group that specialized in R&B and soul music. ... Eldra El DeBarge (born in 1961 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) was an African-American/French R&B and soul singer, the older brother of singers James and Chico DeBarge, and the focal point and lead singer of the DeBarge family group throughout the early-1980s. ...
The DeBarges, of African-American/French-Canadian descent, signed with the Motown label in the 1970s, and became one of their few successful acts during the 1980s.
In 1985, DeBarge had its biggest hit with the Diane Warren-penned "Rhythm of the Night", the main single from both the gold Rhythm of the Night album and the Motown/Tri-Star Pictures motion picture The Last Dragon.
DeBarge finally disbanded in 1989, though the members would continue to perform together on occasion until Bobby's death from complications resulting from AIDS in 1995.
On the title track, Debarge tells the story of an ex-con struggling to stay on the straight and narrow, a story that resonates with listeners who know that Debarge himself spent several years in jail for trafficking cocaine.
Chico DeBarge spent much of the late '80s and early '90s in jail after being convicted for trafficking cocaine, which meant it took a full 11 years for him to return with his second album, Long Time No See.
DeBarge tries desperately to fit into the trends of the '90s, adding street-level, bass-heavy rhythms and hip-hop beats to his productions.
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