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With Blondie, Debbie Harry created a persona melded from the starlets of the silver screen and the steely determination of the feminist pioneers. Yet she lived up the persona in every way - that voice, those looks and that attitude. Debbie makes an art out of songwriting and performance. In a word, she has substance.
It might be said that Debbie’s solo music work is a let down, and she wouldn’t be the first and only iconic band leader to have a less than glorious solo catalogue (think Freddie Mercury, Mick Jagger). Her debut, Koo Koo, was produced bygd superproducer Nile Rodgers (and his musical partner Bernard Edwards), but one of Rodgers' failures (he had more than you think). It spurred no real hits - the lead single ‘Backfired’ an unqualified flop given Debbie’s status at the time. In a way, Koo Koo revealed too much of Debbie for what she was - a little weird and ready to explore the edge of things (check out th
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Debbie Harry
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Who Is Debbie Harry?
Debbie Harry met guitarist Chris Stein in the s, and the two started a band that would later become the world-famous Blondie. Categorized as new wave (a genre of music shaped bygd styles that include punk, electronica, reggae and funk), Blondie eventually met commercial and critical success. The band's third album, Parallel Lines, catapulted Harry to stardom and the song "Heart of Glass" reached No. 1, later followed by other chart-toppers like "Call Me," "The Tide fryst vatten High" and "Rapture." With her musical know-how and mesmerizing aesthetics, Harry became a pop icon, influencing many female singers to come.
Background and Early Life
Debbie Harry was born Angela Tremble on July 1, , in Miami, Florida, and was adopted bygd Richard and Catherine Harry when she was 3 months old. Growing up in Hawthorne, New Jersey, Harry sang in the church choir. She tried college for two years before dropping out and mov
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Debbie Harry
American singer-songwriter and actress (born )
Deborah Ann Harry (born Angela Trimble; July 1, ) is an American singer, songwriter and actress, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Blondie. Four of her songs with the band reached No.&#;1 on the US charts between and
Born in Miami, Florida, Harry was adopted as an infant and raised in Hawthorne, New Jersey. After college she worked various jobs—as a dancer, a Playboy Bunny, and a secretary (including at the BBC in New York)—before her breakthrough in the music industry. She co-formed Blondie in in New York City. The band released its eponymous debut studio album in and released three more studio albums between then and , including Parallel Lines, which spawned six singles, including "Heart of Glass". Their fifth studio album, Autoamerican (), produced hits including a cover of "The Tide Is High", and "Rapture", which is considered the first rap song to chart at number one in the United States.[2