The HistoryMakers video oral history with Robert DeBlanc.

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Imprint:Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description:1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 1 min., 6 sec.)) : sound, color.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11336938
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Varying Form of Title:History Makers video oral history with Robert DeBlanc
Robert DeBlanc
Other authors / contributors:DeBlanc, Robert, 1954- interviewee.
Lesure, Jacques, interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Sound characteristics:digital
Digital file characteristics:video file
Notes:Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Jacques Lesure, interviewer.
Recorded Henderson, Nevada 2007 November 1.
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Summary:Singer Robert Michael DeBlanc was born on September 21, 1954, in Los Angeles, California. He first became interested in music while participating in an eighth-grade chorus group. In the 1970s, DeBlanc was a regular guest at the Mavericks Flat nightclub where he was first noticed by music industry executives. In 1972, DeBlanc graduated from Dorsey High School in Los Angeles, California. Afterwards, he enrolled at California State University-Los Angeles to pursue his degree in marketing. In 1976, DeBlanc auditioned as a background singer for Marvin Gaye. He and four other vocalists were chosen out of a hundred people. In 1991, DeBlanc married Cheryl Ann in Australia, where they lived until the late 1990s. They then moved to Las Vegas, where he performed and taught music. In 2009, he became a member of Little Anthony & The Imperials, a musical group that has been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.