Flashback Article: Rhythm of DeBarge. Look-in Magazine, 1985.

As their latest single Who’s Holding Donna Now takes DeBarge up in the UK charts for the second time in a matter of months, Look-in met the four brothers and one sister from American whose music is a family affair…





Who’s Holding Donna Now is only hit number two for DeBarge in this country, but they are not newcomers to the pop scene in the USA. Their recent album Rhythm of the Night, from which their last two UK singles were taken, is in fact their third, and each has sold a million copies in the States. It was five years ago that DeBarge the pop group signed a recording contract, but the music of the family DeBarge goes back much further.

Flashback Article: The Heat of the Rhythm. Record Magazine, 1985.

Clearly, everything has a proper place and time for El DeBarge, chief writer, producer and spokesman of DeBarge, the family group that’s emerged as probably the very brightest light in Motown’s roster for the ‘80s. How else could he have the confidence to cite philosophy, rather than the always-pressing topics of promotion and tour support, in discussing DeBarge’s fourth album, Rhythm of the Night? His perspective on the new record: “There comes a time when you have to learn; there comes a time when you have to teach and show what you’ve learned. I had to learn something else this time.”

El DeBarge. Motown Update, 1985.

Motown Update was an internal monthly publication for Motown Employees. The newspaper contained artist tour dates, news, new release information and Motown gossip.