- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 1 min., 6 sec.)) : sound, color.
- 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.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Robert DeBlanc
- Robert DeBlanc
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- OCLC
- 1003150577
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Robert DeBlanc.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
020106
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Jacques Lesure, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- Event
Recorded Henderson, Nevada 2007 November 1.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Singer.
- Added Author
DeBlanc, Robert, 1954- interviewee.
Lesure, Jacques, interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.