1- Debbie Harry born on July 1, 1945 in Miami, Florida, US
2- Blondie was originally called ‘The Angel and the Snake
3- Debbie Harry originally started singing in her church choir
4- Debbie Harry’s first band was folk rock group The Wind In The Willows
5- She graduated from Centenary College in Hackettstown, New Jerseywith an Associate of Arts degree in 1965
6- She is sometimes considered the first rapper to chart at number one in the United States due to her work on “Rapture”.
7- She was listed at #12 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll in 1999.
8- Before starting her singing career, she worked as a secretary at BBC Radio’s office for one year
9- Debbie stands at a height of 1.6 m or 5 feet 2 inches and weighs about 58 kg or 128 lbs
10-Originally, Blondie’s song ‘Call Me’ was meant to be sung by Stevie Nicks
11- Blondie won the Juno Award for Best Selling Single, ‘Heart of Glass’ in 1980.
12- Her acting career spans over sixty film roles and numerous television appearances.
13- Harry also joined Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors World Tour for the Human Rights Campaign in 2007.
14- In July 1991, she played Wembley Stadium supporting INXS.
15- Debbie Harry made it into the Guinness World Book of Records in 1999, at age 53, becoming the “Oldest Female Singer to Reach No. 1 in the UK Chart” for her single ‘Maria’.
16- Debbie Harry has no children.
17- Harry suggested the name Blondie, inspired by the catcalls from men after she bleached her hair.
18- Her persona became so closely associated with the group’s name that many came to believe “Blondie” was the singer’s name
19- In 2002, she was called the 18th sexiest artist of all time by VH1’s 100 Sexiest Artists.
20-Harry was listed as one of People Magazine’s “100 Most Beautiful People in the World, Beauty Over 60” list in May 2007
21- The band Blondie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.
22- Debbie Harry was friends with Andy Warhol, who painted her portrait on an Amiga (an early computer) at the 1985 Commodore Amiga product launch press conference.
23- She began her solo career in 1981 with KooKoo.
24- Inspired by the philanthropic works Elton John is involved in, she became involved with charities fighting cancer and endometriosis.
25- Her Nickname Was Moon
26- She spent time as a waitress, a go-go dancer, and a Playboy bunny
27- She notably starred in “Mother Goose Rock ‘n’ Rhyme” (1990), “The Tulse Luper Suitcases Part 1: The Moab Story” (2003), “River of Fundament” (2014) and many others
Sources
“https://www.nme.com/photos/25-things-you-never-knew-about-blondie-1415722”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Harry
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