Bobby DeBarge
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Bobby DeBarge was an American singer, songwriter, and falsetto-voiced lead vocalist of the Motown family group Switch, known for his influential role in late-1970s and early-1980s R&B.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bobby DeBarge canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14361282 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bobby DeBarge Context triple: [Time Will Reveal, producer, Bobby DeBarge]
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A.
Randy DeBarge
Randy DeBarge is an American singer and bassist best known as a member of the Motown family group DeBarge, popular in the 1980s for their soulful R&B hits.
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B.
Chico DeBarge
Chico DeBarge is an American R&B singer and member of the musical DeBarge family, known for his solo work in the 1980s and 1990s.
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C.
James DeBarge
James DeBarge is an American R&B singer best known as a member of the family group DeBarge and for his brief, high-profile marriage to Janet Jackson in the 1980s.
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D.
Tommy DeBarge
Tommy DeBarge was an American musician best known as a bassist and member of the Motown family band Switch.
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E.
Bunny DeBarge
Bunny DeBarge is an American singer and songwriter best known as the lone female member of the Motown family group DeBarge, which achieved success in the 1980s with soulful R&B hits.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bobby DeBarge Target entity description: Bobby DeBarge was an American singer, songwriter, and falsetto-voiced lead vocalist of the Motown family group Switch, known for his influential role in late-1970s and early-1980s R&B.
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A.
Randy DeBarge
Randy DeBarge is an American singer and bassist best known as a member of the Motown family group DeBarge, popular in the 1980s for their soulful R&B hits.
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B.
Chico DeBarge
Chico DeBarge is an American R&B singer and member of the musical DeBarge family, known for his solo work in the 1980s and 1990s.
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C.
James DeBarge
James DeBarge is an American R&B singer best known as a member of the family group DeBarge and for his brief, high-profile marriage to Janet Jackson in the 1980s.
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D.
Tommy DeBarge
Tommy DeBarge was an American musician best known as a bassist and member of the Motown family band Switch.
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E.
Bunny DeBarge
Bunny DeBarge is an American singer and songwriter best known as the lone female member of the Motown family group DeBarge, which achieved success in the 1980s with soulful R&B hits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.