 Williams, Bobby DeBarge, and Sims had been members of White Heat, which released a self-titled album on RCA in 1975, but the band's producer, Barry White, soon shuttered his Soul Unlimited production company and dropped all the acts on the roster.Williams, then living in Akron OH, decided to form his own band.The new group would become Switch due to their ability to switch to different lead vocalist and instruments during a song.