Switch (6)

Switch (6)

Discography of Switch (6):

	#	Cover	Release title	Total tracks	Download release in mp3	Imprint date	Label
	1		We Like To Party... Come On	2	mp3	1978	Motown
	2		Best Beat In Town	2	mp3	1979	Motown
	3		Reaching For Tomorrow	9	mp3	1980-03-00	Gordy
	4		Ghetto Life / Mr. Policeman / I Do Love You / Call On Me	4	mp3	1981	Motown
	5		There'll Never Be	2	mp3	1978	Motown
	6		Keeping Secrets	2	mp3	1984	Total Experience Records
	7		This Is My Dream	10	mp3	1980	Gordy
	8		Switch V	9	mp3	1981	Gordy
	9		I'm So Satisfied	2	mp3	1985	Total Experience Records
	10		Switch It Baby	2	mp3	1984	Total Experience Records
	11		Switch	8	mp3	1978	Gordy
	12		Best Beat In Town / It's So Real	2	mp3	1979	Gordy
	13		Switch It Baby	2	mp3	1984	Total Experience Records
	14		Switch It Baby	2	mp3	1984	Total Experience Records
	15		This Is My Dream	10	mp3	1980
	16		Switch It Baby	2	mp3	1984	Total Experience Records
	17		Don't Take My Love Away	2	mp3	1980	Gordy
	18		This Is My Dream	10	mp3	2010-02-26	PTG Records
	19		I Call Your Name / Best Beat In Town	2	mp3	1979	Gordy
	20		Call On Me / Fallin	2	mp3	1981	Gordy
	21		Switch It Baby	2	mp3	1984	Total Experience Records
	22		Switch	8	mp3	1978	Gordy
	23		There'll Never Be	2	mp3	1978	Gordy
	24		Switch II	7	mp3	1979	Motown
	25		Reaching For Tomorrow	9	mp3	1980	Gordy
	26		Switch II	7	mp3	1979	Motown
	27		Best Beat In Town	2	mp3	1979	Motown
	28		Switch	8	mp3	1978	Motown
	29		Switch	8	mp3	1978	Gordy
	30		Best Beat In Town	2	mp3	1979	Motown
	31		There'll Never Be	2	mp3	1978	Gordy
	32		I Do Love You	2	mp3	1981	Gordy
	33		The Best Of Switch	11	mp3	2001	Motown
	34		There'll Never Be	2	mp3	1978	Gordy
	35		Switch II	7	mp3	1979	Gordy
	36		Reaching For Tomorrow	9	mp3	1980-03-00	Gordy
	37		You And I / Get Back With You	2	mp3	1980	Gordy
	38		Reaching For Tomorrow	9	mp3	2008	Surface Records (2)
	39		Don't Take My Love Away	2	mp3	1980	Motown
	40		Reaching For Tomorrow	9	mp3	1980-03-00	Gordy
	41		Am I Still Your Boyfriend?	16	mp3	2012-10-29
	42		Best Beat In Town / Next To You	2	mp3	1979	Motown
	43		Switch II	7	mp3	1979	Gordy
	44		Reaching For Tomorrow	9	mp3	1980-03-00	Motown
	45		You And I	2	mp3	1980	Gordy
	46		Call On Me	2	mp3	1981	Gordy
	47		We Like To Party... Come On	2	mp3	1978	Motown
	48		Reaching For Tomorrow	9	mp3	1980	Gordy
49		This Is My Dream	10	mp3	1980	Motown
50		Switch	8	mp3	2013-10-16	Motown
51		Love Over And Over Again	2	mp3	1980	Gordy
52		Reaching For Tomorrow	8	mp3	2013-11-20	Motown
53		I Call Your Name / Next To You	2	mp3	1979	Motown
54		Best Beat In Town	2	mp3	1979	Gordy
55		We Like To Party...Come On	2	mp3		Motown
56		Switch II	7	mp3	2012	PTG Records

[b]Soul, funk and disco sextet[/b], formed in Mansfield, Ohio in 1974 with 3 members from Grand Rapids (Michigan) and 3 other members from Akron (Ohio). At the time, they called themselves First Class. They then joined Barry White’s [a=White Heat (4)] as backing band musicians and were let go shortly thereafter. Eventually changing their name to Switch due to their ability to ‘switch’ to different instruments during a song, the group got the attention of Jermaine Jackson who heard the group’s demo tape and within days the group was promptly signed to the Motown Records subsidiary label, Gordy. There, they recorded and released their self titled debut album in 1978. The album featured their first Top 10 R&B hit single entitled “There’ll Never Be”. Depending on whom was singing lead on the songs, their songs were written by Williams, Ingram and the late Bobby DeBarge and often in collaboration with Jermaine Jackson, who continued to sponsor the band throughout their five years on the label. Though they never did manage to cross over into the pop singles chart, they were a consistent presence on the R&B charts through the late 1970s. Other than “There’ll Never Be”, songs such as “I Call Your Name” (1979), “Best Beat In Town” (1979) and "Love Over And Over Again" (1980) also became hits for the group. Shortly after, the DeBarge brothers left to mentor the group [a=DeBarge] with their siblings, and lead singer Phillip Ingram left to pursue a solo career, so 3 new musicians were added to Switch for vocals, percussion and keyboards. This configuration of Switch signed with Total Experience and recorded a final album in 1984. The group broke up later on that year. Since 2010 Switch has reunited featuring 3 original members, 1 original sessions/on stage guitarist, and 3 new members.

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