How Old Is Randy DeBarge? Randy DeBarge Birthday
Randy DeBarge was born on August 6, 1958 and is 67 years old now.
Birthday: August 6, 1958
How Old - Age: 67
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Randy DeBarge - Biography
William Randall "Randy" DeBarge (born August 6, 1958) is an American R&B/soul singer and bass guitarist, best known for being one of the original members of the popular Motown singing family group DeBarge. Randy is also known for singing co-lead and penning lyrics with brother El on the group's first hit, "I Like It".
After their 1981 debut, The DeBarges failed to garner any interest, the group decided to write and produce themselves with some help from Berry Gordy's niece Iris, the group released their sophomore release All This Love. After the modest success of the group's funk single, "Stop! Don't Tease Me", the second single, "I Like It" became their first hit reaching number two on the R&B charts and crossing over to number 31. It was co-led by Randy and El, whose higher vocals carried the rest of the group's releases from then on. Within a year, DeBarge was one of the hottest-selling R&B groups in the world scoring hits such as "All This Love", "Love Me in a Special Way", and "Rhythm of the Night".
After both El and sister Bunny left for solo careers in 1986, Randy and his brothers recruited oldest brother Bobby to record the group's fifth release, Bad Boys, but due to the record's limited production on the independent Striped Horse label, the record tanked. After a drug conviction befell Bobby and the group's younger brother Chico, the rest of DeBarge disbanded at the end of the eighties.
A father of five, Randy DeBarge reportedly suffered drug and alcohol addiction but was able to find partial sobriety in the mid-1990s. According to a recent JET article on the whereabouts of the singing DeBarge family, Randy's mother revealed that DeBarge suffers from an incurable disease that was not fatal.
DeBarge currently resides in California. On September 21, 2011, Bunny, Bunny's daughter, James and Randy appeared on Lifechangers, a half-hour daytime show hosted by Drew Pinsky on The CW Television Network. Bunny is currently in a rehabilitation program in West Hollywood, California. James entered the rehabilitation program but left few hours later. Randy left few days later.
