POP/ROCK - March 29, 1990

DeBarge Faces the Music: Thomas DeBarge, a member of the DeBarge family band that scored hits with “Who’s Holding Donna Now?” and “Rhythm of the Night,” was sentenced to 2 1/2 to 20 years in prison on a drug charge. Judge Donald Johnston in Grand Rapids, Mich., suggested Monday that “perhaps success came too quickly” for DeBarge. The singer pleaded guilty in February to possession with intent to deliver cocaine after being arrested by an undercover officer. It was DeBarge’s second cocaine-related conviction in four years.