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In 1973, Harry joined The Stilettos with Elda Gentile and Amanda Jones. Shortly thereafter, the band added guitarist Chris Stein, who became her boyfriend. [16] [17] In her memoir, Face It, Harry describes having been raped at knifepoint during a burglary of the home she shared with Stein. [18] Ballads aren’t really what Blondie were known for, but from its electronic intro onwards, Parallel Lines’ Fade Away and Radiate – about watching late-night TV movies in an altered state that shifts from blissful to paranoid – is eerily compelling. Harry sounds suitably zonked; Robert Fripp’s guitar solo is incredible. 11. Sunday Girl (1978)

In June 1979, Blondie was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone. Harry's persona, combining cool sexuality with streetwise style, became so closely associated with the group's name that many came to believe "Blondie" was the singer's name. The difference between the individual Harry and the band Blondie was emphasized by a "Blondie is a group" button campaign by the band in 1979. [25] The band's success continued with the release of the platinum-selling Eat to the Beat album (UK No. 1, US No. 17) in September. [26] The 1995 remixes of "Heart of Glass" and "Union City Blue" both charted on the Hot Dance Singles chart, peaking at #11 and #30 respectively. Debbie Harry talks about aging and her regret at not having children". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on January 11, 2022 . Retrieved October 28, 2019. a b "Debbie Harry: 'Sex is what makes everything happen' ". The Irish Times . Retrieved October 28, 2019. In 1997, Blondie began working together again for the first time in 15years. The four original members (Harry, Stein, Clem Burke and Jimmy Destri) began sessions for what would become Blondie's seventh studio album, No Exit (1999). The lead single from the album, " Maria", debuted at No. 1 in the UK, giving Blondie their sixth UK No. 1 hit. "Maria" also reached No. 1 in 14 countries, the top 10 on the US Dance Charts, and Top 20 on the US Adult Top 40 Charts. No Exit debuted at No. 3 in the UK and No. 17 in the US.Blondie's eleventh studio album, Pollinator, was released in May 2017, and debuted at No. 4 in the UK. In October 2019, Harry released a memoir, Face It, through Dey Street Books. [51] In 2020, Harry cameoed on the third episode of the romantic comedy web television series High Fidelity. [52] In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Harry at number 168 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. [53]

Durrant, Sabine (October 29, 2002). "There's something about Harry". The Guardian . Retrieved January 9, 2019.Hi, it's Deb. You know, when I woke up this morning I had a realization about myself. I was always Blondie. People always called me Blondie, ever since I was a little kid. What I realized is that at some point I became Dirty Harry. I couldn't be Blondie anymore, so I became Dirty Harry. [33] Furdyk, Brent (August 3, 2019). "Blondie Singer Debbie Harry Details Horrifying Sexual Assault In The 1970s". Etcanada.com. Simon, Scott (June 5, 2010). "How Times Have Changed, Ex-Playboy Bunnies Say". NPR. Actress Lauren Hutton was a Bunny, as was singer Deborah Harry... Blondie reformation and solo output [ edit ] Harry performing with Blondie at Roskilde Festival, 1999

The experiments on 1980’s Autoamerican – including string-laden instrumentals, spoken word and show tunes – might have worked better if Blondie themselves had sounded like they were enjoying them. But one experiment worked. Quibble about the quality of Harry’s rapping if you want, but the disco groove beneath the whole thing is magnificent. 6. (I’m Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear (1978) The final original Blondie album, The Hunter, is leaden, miserable listening, with glossy production that can’t hide uninspired songs. But there’s one exception, a would-be Bond theme with a killer chorus. Bond’s producers rejected it in favour of a Sheena Easton ballad, which was pretty much the final insult. 14. In the Flesh (1976) a b "History of Punk The Ramones, Sex Pistols, Blondie & New York Dolls / Max's Kansas City". Maxskansascity.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012 . Retrieved September 12, 2008. former Max's waitress Debbie Harry Centenary College Honors Deborah Harry as a Distinguished Alumna". Archived from the original on March 4, 2012 . Retrieved October 20, 2012.Her collaboration and friendship with Warhol continued and she was his first guest on the MTV show Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes. The first episode opened with Harry announcing the theme: "Sex, Vegetables, Brothers and Sisters". [31] In her 2019 memoir, Face It: A Memoir, Harry describes having been raped at knifepoint during a burglary of the home she shared with Stein. [59] She also wrote that during the early 1970s, the serial killer Ted Bundy lured her into his car in New York City, but she escaped. Harry's description of the white vehicle stripped on the inside and missing the passenger door handle matched the 1968 VW Bundy was driving, but authorities believed him to be in Florida at the time. Ann Rule, an author of the Bundy biography The Stranger Beside Me, commented that erroneous claims of Bundy abductions are fairly common. [60] [61] [62] In film, Harry co-starred with Pruitt Taylor Vince and Liv Tyler in James Mangold's directorial debut Heavy (1995), playing a misanthropic waitress at an upstate New York restaurant. The following year, she filmed Mangold's Cop Land (1997), a neo-noir thriller in which she portrayed a bartender. Watch Arcade Fire Duet With Debbie Harry". Rolling Stone. April 14, 2014 . Retrieved August 15, 2017.

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 1974 in New York City. The band released its eponymous debut studio album in 1976 and released three more studio albums between then and 1979, including Parallel Lines, which spawned six singles, including " Heart of Glass". Their fifth studio album, Autoamerican (1980), spawned such hits as 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. [1] Live on stage in Amsterdam in 1977. Photograph: Gie Knaeps/Getty Images 12. Fade Away and Radiate (1978)During this time, both Harry and Stein befriended graffiti artist Fab Five Freddy, who introduced them to the emerging hip-hop scene in the Bronx. Freddy is mentioned in "Rapture". [27] Through Fab Five Freddy they were also able to connect with Grandmaster Flash [28] who is played by Jean-Michel Basquiat in the video. [27] "Rapture" became the first rap-oriented song to reach No. 1 in the US Billboard charts. [29] Grandmaster Flash said Harry "opened up so many doors for hip hop" by mentioning him in Rapture. [30] Green, Penelope (September 28, 2019). "The Tide Is High (Really), but Debbie Harry Is Staying Put". The New York Times . Retrieved October 28, 2019. Everything you wanted to know about Union City*". The Hudson Reporter. April 29, 2018. Archived from the original on June 15, 2020 . Retrieved June 15, 2020. Gotthardt, Alexxa (November 21, 2017). "On His MTV Show, Andy Warhol Broke All the Rules". Artsy . Retrieved April 13, 2018. Deborah Ann Harry (born Angela Trimble; July 1, 1945) 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 1979 and 1981.