El Debarge and Mama Debarge
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- El DeBarge and his mother Etterlene "Mama" DeBarge do an interview with Denise Williams, they discuss the music business, Bobby DeBarge, etc. Mama Debarge and Williams sing together while El plays piano then El sings "Eye on the Sparrow"
Mama D. Looks like Judge Maybelene in this video. But Denise Williams should still be making music. Her voice is sick! Would love to hear her and El do a duet.
***** hahaha I know right! She really do! 😂
El was the cutest!
you have got to be his #1 fan lol!
Michelle Summer el still is the bomb.
Michelle Summer That is true!!! Gorgeous skin and bone structure
Yall, poor El. When Mama D talks about being young and starting her family, EL looks traumatized. Also when she talks about GOD. He's gotta be conflicted. MoMA D had the support of her syblings who all begged her to leave Robert. She continued to go back and had at least 3 more kids with that monster after Bunny told her that her " dad" was forcing her to have sex with him. Both parents failed those kids.
I saw 2 part episodes of UA-camr Ashley Says So and she shared alleged info about the DeBarge family that brought me to tears.
Continued prayers for them
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
I couldn't have done it...I wouldn't have done it. Ain't no way I'm gonna lay down and make more kids with the man who molested our children, who beat them like he beat me...ain't no way.
SADLY.... she wanted THE MIXED KIDS, due to her own issues. And just happy to have a white man. And her husband TOOK FULL ADVANTAGE OF HER ISSUES. He had other kids .... she talks about destroying innocence? #smh
@@journnie You would've back then! Yall sound stupid bc back then women didn't work and they didn't get divorced. They don't have the resources that they do now were would should go with 11 kids??? Easy for you to say! Black men do it every all day they don't even support thier kids nor do they marry anybody!
Deniece Williams has the voice of a song bird.
Justin Aames yes Lawd
Yes, she is the legendary Songbird! Ive never heard another voice like it!
Charles Dotson let’s not forget about the late great Minnie Ripperton now
Didn’t even notice that was her
I met El DeBarge about 6 years ago when he hosted The Black Friday Event at The Chase Riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware. He was sweet and very humble.
Omg, I love me some El Debarge his voice melts my heart everytime I hear him sing and he is so dam fine.
Yes he is mulitalented and too FINE!
How sweet. El loves his mama. I love to see a man show love and honor to his mother. El is so supertalented and seems to be so humble. Don't give up the fight El.
She didn't honor those children.
She was a monster
AMEN!
his father & mother were the caused of their turmoil & tribulations later in their lives. I have read both Bunny & Tommy's memoirs. family can be the worst ever!
I've wanted to read those memoir's but I can't find them. Where did you buy your copies?
+Mike X
*_I actually ordered the book from Amazon and received it about a week ago.I became interested in their story very recently._*
*_I'd heard of DeBarge but did not know much about Switch except for the song,"I Call Your Name". Bobby DeBarge voice is so haunting, to me.I love his song ,"Taste of Your Love"._*
+Genesis Shabazz Hey thanks for the info! :-)
lovinglife beautifulmelodies Mama D did her wrong BUT that is still their mother nonetheless. El once said, "we were raised in love, taught how to love, and endured in love". They were taught to love unconditionally.
I think there is some parts of story people don't know
lovinglife beautifulmelodies Yes indeed.
He is absolutely gorgeous!
God bless you Deniece WIlliams for interviewing my Granny Etterlene and my Daddy El Debarge.
I love your family music and that God has favor nd blessings nd protection upon your family. Peace beyond to you all :)
LaQuida Debarge Your family's a gift..
LaQuida Debarge hi how are y'all doing
LaQuida Debarge I pray your Dad is faring well these days... Haven't seen anything from him since 2017. He always seemed like he's a sweet man. I'd LOVE to get a hug! LOVE that man's WONDERFUL voice!! ❤️ Peace and Blessings to you and your family...
❤❤❤❤❤ wow
She has some beautiful children...beautiful lady. Love Denise Williams too
Yes! Beautiful!
Indeed aGwEENapple :)
Nothing about Ettherlene DeBarge is beautiful except her children whom she helped to destroy
Denise Griffin exactly! It was good to see on the movie about Bobby that he had "NOTHING" for his mother .
Go to you tube and look up ashleysaysso on the debarge family and you will or should reconsider calling Etterlene beautiful. After you watch that go back to this and notice how El takes his arms from around her when she talks about knowing the Lord.
The mama is just as guilty as the father for doing nothing. If I were the kids, I wouldn't even deal with her
Exactly
I understand the frustration of her not doing anything by leaving for good the first time. But she did try to do something. It's easier to say what could have been done because a lot has changed as far as who you could go to for help. Back then it wasn't easy especially in her case. She got married young to a white man who took his frustrations out on the mother and kids because he married a black woman. Because he married a black woman, he kept losing his job and kept getting no respect. Because she married a white man and had all them kids, police wouldn't have care too much and no one was willing to take them after the many times she tried to leave. During that time beating your wife was no problem in the police eyes because they felt like it is between the husband and wife. If you think about it, the law for a husband raping their wife didn't come into play until like the 80s or something like that. So yeah you are right it felt like she did nothing but we wasn't there to know 100% but of course know enough to judge. My question would be why didn't her brothers step in earlier instead of later? No one is asking why her family didn't help when she was looking for it.
@@lamelya let me tell you something....if a mutherfucker is beating my kids and molesting my kids I wiykd take my kids and sleep under a bridge or kill his ass. She could have went to a shelter. Yes I did wonder why her brothers didnt help beat the breaks off his ass. I would never let a man mistreat my kids. My husband was talking bad about my 29 year old son ( who is not his) and ask his ass what I said and eiykd have did to him. Put it this way when I was done with his ass he went and laid down. I dont play about mine now just imagine my son small and some man whether his biological father or not did something to him..... I would have ate their ass alive!!!!
Aqueencee Reid You are 100% correct! I don’t know how these poster give this bitch a pass. I wonder if they are guilty of the same thing!
It's easy to sit on the sidelines and say what we'd do in a situation. I would like to think that I'd just pick up my kids and move or let's say I did kill his a$$, I'd have to make it look like a suicide cos as Bunny says in her book, he was a white man and there's nothing, NOTHING mama Debarge could have said to make the law see it her way and do the right thing. When mama would call the cops, they'd take his side. Bunny also says that the mother did leave and take the children with her. She'd stay with family but they could only take all those kids for so long. She'd leave and get on welfare but that evil f*cker of a father of theirs would find them then go to the welfare office and tell them that he was back with the family and could/would provide for them causing welfare to cut off the family's benefits. My question would be why did she continue to have children by this man?
I feel like giving El a hug knowing what him & his siblings went through. At this time,(90s) was it known the horrors they endured as a family?
Yes, they did go through a lot and she had a part in that, she should have left.
@@lornachristian4215 How? There were no resources for a black women with 11 kids? Easy for you to say but back then people didn't get divorced and women didn't really work so you sound stupid! She had 11 kid's!
I feel the same way.
Seeing this in 2021, knowing the torment that every single one of her kids went through, I don't know what to think about this. It was beautifully done; LOVE the praise at the end. I'm feeling empathy for Etterlene. Almost all of us have been in love. Some have also done something in life that was stupid, as hindsight is 20/20. She loved that man; she had all of those kids, and I couldn't imagine the thought of seeing their little faces, wondering how she'd feed them all, as a single women. The emotional scars that their abuse has caused, ruined their career. Please let this be a lesson to someone. Etterlene should have stepped out on faith, even if they were all living in a tent.
We have to realize that our parents are too just children still learning. My mom abused me, allowed her bf to sexually abuse me as well and I still have reminders of it daily. Today I’m having an episode however, I have yet to heal fully and it’s because I have not forgiven my mom for the trauma and turmoil she placed in my life and heart. I am on a path of internal healing but I am only human, I fall short and make mistakes. Mental illness is real… it runs rampant through our black community so I’m not as judgmental as I once was. I’m praying she found herself, self love and internal healing because she had to be such a broken individual 🥺
@TruthNoLie, well said. Luv the part, "step out on faith".
@@NoLuvNdezeInnaNetStreetz do you have any children?
There were family members who supported her, begged her to not go back to him with those kids. It was family that wouldn't let her take Bunny when she went back.
Yes Lord!
El loves his mama so much. :)
I notice that too. Isn't that beautiful?
Yes it is! I love it when a guy shows love and respect for his mother.
Yes, I love how he wrapped his arm around her shoulder. Love is a beautiful thing.
Yes it is MsAmique!
I noticed that too
RIH Mama D, My condolences, love and prayers to the DeBarge family.
Beautiful! I pray the Lord continues to bless this family and pull them through their tumultuous past.
Got a tear or two...beautiful. I just love El Debarge....
Deniece Williams is a singer from the late 70's, and 80's. Her popular songs are Silly, It's Gonna Take A Miracle, Let's Hear It For The Boys, etc. She stopped singing R&B years ago. She mostly sings gospel music.
Black butterfly is also a hit by her!!
El is such a uniquely anointed and appointed individual, through it all. I truly hope that he gives HIMSELF a chance at life and love sober and the way god intended it during the second half of his life. It seems that so many people (family, industry, exes) have betrayed him that he has lost his belief or confidence in everything but performing so he settles for people and behaviors (sometimes from himself and others unworthy of him (then wonders why things don't work out). A good life and real love is possible, El. Just choose aright. Blessings to you.
I love the chemistry between El and Mama DeBarge u can tell he loves his mama
Such God gifted voices - El and Deniece.
EL DEBARGE IS CUTE, HANDSOME, BEAUTIFUL AND SEXY ALL WRAPPED UP IN ONE GOD BLESSED HIM IN LOOKS AND TALENT
They all sound beautiful together. So sweet watching El Debarge hugging his mom and them singing together. Their music talent came from their mom.
They appear beautiful on the outside with tremendous Talent but I can't help but think about the horrible life they had growing up as kids and what the mother and father put them through!
Did they the children support their mother financially??
Good question do they support her their mother??
To this day my mother never acknowledged her husband and 2 sons molested family members she says i dont believe they did that sad now shes nursing home only 1 of her sons has went to visit her
I was about to pass the collection plate,lol.Feels like church!Denise can sing like a bird.And Mrs.Debarge and El can go too.
They should record this song
The love for a mother is strong cause I wouldn’t be able to even look or be in the same room as my mother I would have too much hate in me but GOD has something in stores for her
My GOD Thank you JESUS for showing us your awesome power and your gifts thank you for the DeBarge family💞
Yesss!!! I love El and his family, truly annointed
Stfu
El is. Not the momma. Those kids lived horrors. Go to Ashley says so UA-cam and listen to her tell the story about the Debarge family and the horrors the children went through. See if you feel the momma has an anointing.
Play that piano boy! Sang Niecy! This was nice, after seeing the bobby debarge movie, Wow just sad and I feel for everyone in the situation, God bless them all and I will forever be a Switch and DeBarge fan
Latrina Johnson yesss
Such a truly tragic story. I just wish the mother had gotten her children away from that evil man.
2016.....El is still fine and Mama D is still a woman of faith. God Bless your entire family.
I love you El debarge you are my favorite singer of all time ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️❤❤
Denise Williams voice is SICK...meaning amazing! And El...just his perfect self!
I have much love and respect for El and the entire Debarge Family, and all they have contributed to the world through their music. Deniece Williams is one the best singers of all times and her catalogue of music and hits speak for themselves. I just recently saw her in concert in Atlanta and she still sounds wonderful at 68. Many blessings to them all!
Just beautiful!
This is true love! Such an anointed voice..
Beautiful voices, and El can play that thang man.
El is one of the most finest, goodlooking(est) men in the world...
Denise Williams, girl, you're gifted. Love the Debarge family. Sing El.
Mom is so Beautiful and Denise voice is that of an Angel.Peace
Love is an action word. Therefore, unconditional love is a fallacy. Their mother raising them to love abusers, unconditionally set them up to never be able to process fear, anger, and resentment. They bottle their feelings against their father and their mother and use drugs to tame their demons and deal with the pain. How can they ever learn personal responsibility if they never expected it from others? They then continue generational abuse and expect their children to forgive and love them unconditionally too and the cycle continues. There is nothing wrong with being angry and processing it. There is nothing wrong with having conditions in relationships. The first step to this family healing is for them to admit their anger toward both parents and work through it. I hope they get there.
Couldn't have said it better.
This ! All of this! They have to walk through that pain and all those emotions, face them and feel them… ONLY then can they heal! Most people are afraid to really feel that rage and anger so they push it down but it comes out in other ways. I wish people understood this about trauma! There’s no way to get over it, you have to go through it!
Beautiful! God continue to bless the DeBarges and Deniece Williams.
I get the feeling that she manipulates her children especially
Go 'head on El! His love for God is always so evident and pure.
Y'all know something?
Sometimes...
Folks hide behind the Lord Jesus to keep from taking responsibility for their lives AND WHAT THEY ALLOWED TO HAPPEN!
So true,
DON'TbeSHEEPLE THINK ...i don't believe they hide behind God. But, if you have to hide.....Yah, would be my choice.
@@denisegriffin4343 He was beating her too. Also, the children didn't even know about each other being molested until years ago. The Most High has power and the Word works when employed. Some don't utilize the wisdom properly
@@randigleason5066 LIE! Suffering and abuse cannot hide it can be silent but the external forces are too prominent to not be noticed. They all knew it was a subject matter that was never up for discussion that's how most Christians conduct their religious beliefs they take everything to god in prayer. Look at Bobby DeBarge unsung that's one of many reasons he left home he suffered the same abuse as his mother and his siblings. It would be foolish to sit around and act like nothing is happening when you see it and feel it all around you. Read Bonnies book. Listen to James testimonies IJS
Denise Griffin Yes she did call the police on her husband but the police did nothing because of his skin color and he was married to a black woman. Look at Unsung DeBarge & Unsung Switch Programs right Her on You Tube.
This was amazing! I love it! Denise Williams, El and his mother Debarge!
HOW IS SHE AMAZING, WHILE HER CHILDREN WERE ABUSED BY HER WHITE HUSBAND=MASSA, BOBBY WAS ABUSED SO BADLY, HE HAD BRAIN INJURY'S, TURNED TO DRUG;S, THE BW'S WOMB IS THE ROOT OFF ALL EVIL=SHE'LL FUCK ANYTHING
+thomas brown Be carefull satan!!
jealous.
From their stories, they had more to worry about inside their home (their father) than outside the home. Truly sad the trauma they suffered through, without any type of trauma therapy or CPS involvement.
They love them some Bobby. He was a real big brother.
LaQuida, me and my family have loved your family for a very long time! Last year, I had the pleasure of seeing your dad El, perform with Chaka , at The Fabulous Fox, in St. Louis!! So talented; as always! They rocked the house for 4 hours! Unbelievable performance!! 👍🎶🎹🎶
I love this family and the things their dad did to them ... I pray for them all the time .. I pray for them to stay sober and be prosperous!!!Amen
Sending positivity out to the DeBarge family. Prayers and blessings to block avoidable negativity that people say about them.
@5:34. Omg, his voice is so beautiful, it almost brings me to tears. So angelic sounding.
Beautiful talented family like the Jackson they are royalty to me
Mama d so beautiful and blessed with that beautiful voice..
Never knew El could run up n through a piano like that. They all did a great job.
El is an amazing gospel pianist...who know! And Denise Williams...now her voice is perfection
Such Beautiful voices!
What a beautiful interview! The singing was spectacular!! I love El, his mother and the DeBarges!! Their music is missed! Thank God, for UA-cam and my CD's!!! 🎶😘🎶
This is sad and sick. Etterlene Is more of the devil allowing her kids to be abused.
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Noooooo. Allowed⁉️ how do you know. Imho She was a captive herself. The man was a sadist. He had her by her lady parts and he ruled the womb with violence. The only thing she could have done was kill him. She wasn’t able to do that. The law would not have helped her; he was a white man. Her neighbors? Pshaw. What kind of resources.... they lived in poverty in a slum. everybody is not strong or brave. People fall and fail. And the church , the religion does that to women - compels them to stay. The husband in these holiness churches is like the Lords regent in the house. So if he is a bad man you are in trouble. And what other man would step to him? She outlived him but not without terrifying sacrifices. She has been fortunate to know the love of most of her children and to be here now with the survivors.
For whatever reason El Debarge has been on my mind a solid hour. I hope he is okay.
I'm so glad I came across this video! I love Denise, I could listen to her sing all day! Hang in there El and stay prayed up. God bless you and your entire family 💖
Mmmm what a treat! With the prayers of his mom, he couldn't help but get delivered from those demonic drugs. Such gifted kids.
What a beautiful family and you know with all that they still love their mama! May GOD Bless their family they have been thru alot!
El is still fine. His falsetto gives me chills. My first crush
The Lord is still blessing the Debarges
Els mother is just as despicable as his abusive, ain't shit father. She stood by and knowingly enabled the physical and sexual abuse to persist. Though of course that's a deeper rabbits hole to go down, it is still despicable nonetheless.
You right!
th3azscorpio......................I guess she should have kicked Robert Debarge's behind. He had the whole danged house terrorized. Fear can be crippling. And God help him (the father), the malignant narcissist can be very intoxicating. They are good a brainwashing and breaking people down emotionally and mentally. He created and sustained just the environment he needed to be free to do the horrible things that he did.
...And hides behind religion.
It's pitiful.
th3azscorpio Agreed. I will never understand it.
@@tiathompson6674 I agree, and the mom was only 17 when she got married. She wasn't equipped to deal with it. Bunny said in an interview that their mom did leave a few times, but, no one could afford to help them for long. I wouldn't be surprised if the kids hid the sexual abuse from their mother until they were long gone and far away from their father. Back then, it wasn't commonplace for the police to arrest men for beating their wives.
3 beautiful voices!!!
AMAZING!!!!!! Wow, I am almost in tears this is so beautiful. What talent El has been blessed with. Seeing him with his mother is very touching.
Those Mama's and Babies and music. Grew up with that too. Bless them for loving the Lord. Amen.*
love Denise Williams and the debarge family
Oh...and yes El was, and still is...a heartbreaker!
Even though Mama Debarge has a deeper voice then I expected… (I don’t recall really hearing her speak before) but, I could hear Bobby when she first started speaking in this video! Listen to him when he starts speaking in “I call your name“… He sounded like his mom. Wow🙏🏾💖
This was some kind of beautiful. Such anointing.. Beautiful!
Her Christianity non sense caused her kids so much pain. Stayed in an abusive marriage for that long.
I grew up on these two Denice williams let's it for the boy and rhythm of the night el debarge and his siblings classics the era i came from the eighties retro.
I would like to send one video in particular with El and Mama D singing together to El but without the watermark that's on it. I have to find the hard drive with the original videos. I am going to try and send it to his IG but I know he gets a million DMs. I've messaged once in the past to let him know I'm happy to send him and fam all the videos minus the watermarks so maybe they can benefit financially from any streams. Prayers and heartfelt condolences to the DeBarge and Abney families. RIH Mama D
Their performance at 4:14 is absolutely amazing and the piano playing is so wonderfully sweet! 🙏🏼💜
I met them in the 90s and the mother is a God fearing lady,and el debarge was a nice person the whole family inspires me after all these years Amen
El came from a Beautiful looking family! and a beautiful personality they all have from their Mother!! a family of Voices also!
They all will remember this 🙂I Fantastic performance together 🙂🙂😇😇😇
She let her children live in pain, where was the instinctive mothers love😥
This!
I doubt you're a perfect mother if you are one. Passing judgement on a complete stranger. I doubt you're perfect.
@@yokimawhittaker9252 no one expects her to be “perfect” but as a mother you protect your children from harm no matter what!
Especially bobbiy and bounny. After watching the Bobby debarge story I just could not stop thinking about hmt. My heart really broke for him.
Right!!!! Selfish she worse then the dad to me
Deniece Williams is such a gifted singer. When did this interview take place?
So so beautiful--all 3 together.
But I was around when Denies was on top; never saw her just improve so extraordinarily like this. 💙
Good Lord that was good- they brought some serious church up into the studio! And Ms. Deniece Williams know she betta sang them So-PRA-no notes! Mmm, mmm, mmm!!!
Beautiful family!! God bless them all. Hope they make a gospel cd.
Back in 1983 when I was in High School my girlfriend was their 1st cousin. She was originally from Detroit.
I'm so glad that he watches over me☺
Do you hear that church comin out...El Debarge is amazaing even tho he struggles w/his addiction he is still chosen of God..they jus anointed kids..they can''t help it look at their foundation Mama Debarge
Deniece Williams,EL DEBarge, and MamaD wow such powerful beautiful voices that God brought together so that the whole world can see and listen to God Bless them all much Love for them and their Families 🎶💕🥰❤️ Deniece Williams is a Legendary singer herself and we all know EL DEBarge is a Legendary singer himself and the Beautiful MomaD who Blessed the world with her beautiful talented Children’s To me Moma D is a Legendary singer herself God Bless them all🎶💕🥰❤️🙏❤️❤️🔥
Nobody is saying it but She's Beautiful! and u can imagine when she was younger she was Even More so!
One thing we’re not gonna do is tell El Debarge to dismiss his mother, the woman who gave him life. If El has forgiven her for her role in his trauma, then whatever we say don’t matter. You only get one mama and one father. Period!
May God bless these precious gifts and people.
Their mother was just as toxic as the father. A weak woman with terrible self esteem and wouldn’t protect her children from the start…. Sad… there was a rumor that she had a skin color complex as well… wouldn’t surprise me
"I Call Your Name" started out as Gospel
Dammmm...Denise Williams is amazing and El can play the he'll out of that piano...didnt know Mama Debarge could get down like that
We love you Bobby ❤❤❤❤❤ please rest in peace , a very hard life ❤ we love you El and all your brothers and sister bunny ❤ god be with you all❤
Denise Wiliams voice...a gospel angel!
This was a beautiful interview 🖤🖤🖤
I can't stand this damn woman did not protect her kids this is a sick assperson
Beautiful! Beautiful! I Sing because I am happy! Oh yeah! Niecy can sang! 🎼🎹🎶 🎤 Mama and El are great as well! Thanks for posting. God bless! 😇
My Lord!!! What a Blessing!!!❤️
DAMN the interviewer can sing! Maybe she asked El to play so she can show off haha. But on a serious note, I am a HUGE fan of DeBarge. I love their music. El alone has a voice that if it were anyone else I'd find annoying after awhile but his voice has such a charisma and beauty that creeps up on any listener when they least expect it. I can listen to him sing all the time any time. Poor Bunny was such an underrated talent too. And not to mention gorgeous. Yowza!
MrNostalgiaX You dont kno who Deneice Williams is?
Lawdy! She sang back up for Stevie Wonder and later became a solo artist. I ain t saying nothing else. Look it up. So the ha ha is on you.
Black Butterfly! She was very famous....
Denise Williams was one of the best sorpranos of the 70s and 80s that girl was cold
That's the fabulous Deniece Williams, her voice is a national treasure. 💜💜💜
@@patp2690 yea I ain’t hip or educated enough. I definitely know who she is. Never saw her face though. Who doesn’t know “Let’s hear it for the boy”. But yea you right I should look up and study the face of every legend I know the music of from now on. Only then can I start my redemption and find my way to your approval!