My First Blondie Experience! Hearing "Heart of Glass" for the first time.

I want to give a shout out to Deborah Harry's vocal coach, Barbara Gustern. Debbie went to Barbara when some vocal issues started creeping in as time went along. With Barbara's help, Debbie, and thus Blondie, are still able to perform to this day. Barbara, at age 87, was shoved to the ground by a woman in her late 20's while hailing a cab to go watch one of her students perform. She died a few days later from the injuries she sustained. Rock singers, drag queens, Broadway stars, and just regular people who wanted to learn to sing went to Barbara. She was a light and a firecracker all the way to the end. She deserves to be remembered. Look her up! RIP Barbara.

What makes this song even more unique is the fact you have a 4-on-the-floor disco beat that switches to 4 bars of 7 during the keyboard solo.

Debbie Harry took some time off to care for a seriously ill friend which many people said it would kill her career. After the person was finally successfully diagnosed and recovered she came back to singing. Blondie had broken up but they reformed and started recording again. She is truly a hero in my book. Also, "One Way or Another" is one of my favorite Blondie songs. She was stalked by her ex, put his death threats to music and made them into a number one hit.

Funny thing is Blondie even had a shirt saying "Blondie is a Band" for all the people who aren't sure😅

Call Me (the long version) was iconic. Every time I hear it I flash to the movie American Gigolo...

Every, and I mean every male teenager at the time had a crush on her. Probably even female ones too.

Blondie is definitely the band. Debby Harry was a sensation right from the start. Everyone knew her name and really didn't confuse the two. 😊

Blondie is the group. They got their name from the constant cat calls Debbie Harry would get walking the streets of NYC with her platinum blonde dyed hair. (She dyed it herself, which is why there is always a dark patch in the back!)

“Maria” showcases how substantial Debbie Harry’s voice is.

We boys of the seventies fell madly in love with Debbie.

I was a little girl when this came out, I so wanted to be Debbie Harry when I grew up, the song was captivating. It was a massive hit in the UK that stood out from all the mundane music on the radio. Just that base sound takes me back to my childhood!

If you enjoy the "snide" side if her voice, you'd love One Way or Another, a light hearted ditty about her stalker.

As a born-and-bred New York City boy, I have to point out some of the heart warming and heart wrenching images in the opening and closing of this video; most of which are of things that no longer exist: starting with the World Trade Center; a Zum Zum next to a Chock Full of Nuts; the Bottom Line; the Ed Sullivan Theatre; and finally moving into Studio 54. Interesting to recall that this song came out almost exactly 6 months before 'Disco Sucks' exploded.

Debbie was my first crush when I was 9 or 10. Blondie was incredibly diverse, starting out as a punk band at CBGB and having hits across rock/punk (Call Me, One Way or Another), Pop (Dreaming), Disco (Heart of Glass), Reggae (The Tide is High),and Rap (Rapture).

If you want more then may I suggest Blondie - "One Way Or Another

this song.... made me fall in love with a voice. I didn't know how Debbie Harry even looked, I just was IN LOVE with the sound of her voice.. and I didn't even speak English to know what she was singing about!

This song is atypical of Blondie's output, originally called "The Disco Song" (as Disco was big at the time), songs by them which show off different sides to Debbie's voice (she now likes to be known as Deborah) are: "Fade Away and Radiate", "Union City Blues", "Picture This", "(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear", "Atomic", "Call Me" from the film 'American Gigolo'. These aren't their best or most popular songs but I think that they give a good over all picture of Debbie's vocals. By the way she's originally a Brunette, a one-time model and previously a Bunny Girl too.

Being almost 80, Debbie Harry is still looking good... But in 1980, she was stunning.

I worked in a Record Store in the 80s and there was a flood of great music that I got to listen to first hand. The best part of my day was opening all the boxes of new records.

Debbie was even on the Muppet show! She still tours in her 70’s!