Debbie Harry is an American vocalist as well as an actress. She is the face and leader of many of the famous Blondie band. Debbie Harry's path to fame was not easy. However, the popularity that her work in Blondie brought her crosses out all the difficult moments that happened on the artist’s creative path.
Debbie (Deborah) Ann Harri was born in Miami, which is located in the state of Florida. She was born in early summer, June 1, in 1945. Unfortunately, Debbie's biological mother abandoned the baby. Nothing is known about the parents of the future world famous singer and actress. But the girl was very lucky: she was adopted very quickly. Deborah's foster parents were Richard Harry and Katherine Harry. Richard and Katherine had their own small family business - they kept a gift shop.
Deborah Harry Biography: childhood and teens
Debbie grew up not in Miami, but in the big and noisy New York. And from a very early age, the girl was sure that she would become a famous person. She was attracted to art in various manifestations; Debbie actively and willingly expressed herself through creativity.
Entered Debbie Harry in a regular New York school. And it was during the secondary education that the girl first tried herself as a vocalist. When Deborah was in the sixth grade, she sang a song from the play Boy with a Finger.
Natural vocal data interested teachers and foster parents Debbie Harry. As a result, the girl was sent to study in a church choir. But Debbie did not stay there for long: she wanted to develop her voice, to be a soloist, to perform on stage independently, and not to adapt to the voices of other children in the choir. However, training in such a place still brought a future star a certain experience.
At school, relations with classmates at Deborah did not develop very well. She was often ridiculed and mocked by her peers because she was a chubby girl. At some point, the situation became completely critical and Debbie was forced to be transferred to another educational institution. Deborah Harry became a graduate of the school in 1963.
Entering Centenary College, Debbie Harry received his diploma in 1965.
After graduating, Debbie Harry moves away from his parents and begins to rent a small apartment in Manhattan. She continues to dream of fame, is independently engaged in vocals and is looking for ways to get on television. In the end, she gets a job as a secretary in the BBC office in New York. In parallel, Deborah moonlights as a waitress in Max's restaurant, where at one moment she met Jefferson Aeroplan. In the same period of time, thanks to his work at the BBC, Deborah Harry makes other useful contacts and even establishes companionship with Andy Warhol himself. However, only by the end of the 1960s Debbie Harry began to confidently build his creative career.
Art and music career Deborah
Debbie’s first step on the road to popularity was backing vocals with Wind in the willow. This pop collective recorded only one album, in which Deborah took part, but this record was not successful. There was no interest either from music critics or producers, or from the general public. After such a failure, the group broke up, Deborah again was left with nothing.
After such an unsuccessful experience, Debbie became depressed, became addicted to the use of drugs. At this time, she was forced to work in nightclubs, and she also collaborated with the famous adult magazine Playboy. At some point, realizing that her life was going completely downhill, Deborah Harry tried to get rid of her addiction and decided to start expressing herself through the photo. She even entered a photo school, having studied there for some time. In the same period, she met a girl named Elda, who was part of the musical group Pure Garbage.
Friendly relations with Elda led to the fact that after a while the group Pure Garbage was renamed Stilettoes, and Debbie Harry became an official member of this team.
Later, the girl meets Chris Stein, with whom they create a separate team, called Blondie. The composition of this group was “floating”: the musicians either came or replaced with new ones. However, this allowed to diversify the style and music of the collective, to create your own unique personal image.
The young group made its first contact with the private stock recording studio. Thanks to this, in 1976, the first Blondie disc was released, which, however, did not produce stunning success. However, this did not upset the young musicians, Deborah and the team went on a tour of the states and Europe. The second studio album was a little more popular.
The third disc of the group was released in 1978. It was this record that brought fame and relevance to the Blondie group. They were even nominated for a Grammy. As a result, for vocal parts in the album 'Parallel Lines' Debbie Harry was awarded the statuette of this prestigious music award.
In the wake of the fallen popularity, the group signed a contract with a British music producer named Michael Champen. This allowed the team not only to change the style and sound, while not losing their fans, but also to gain a foothold in the European music market.
In total, Blondie and Debbie Harry released many successful albums (six pieces) and singles, but at one point Chris Stein was diagnosed with a serious autoimmune disease. A similar diagnosis caused a temporary dissolution of the team, a pause in Blondie's creative activity lasted more than 15 years.
The team gathered again only in 1997. Debbie Harry was in the lineup again. The band played several successful gigs in Europe using their old hits. Later, their seventh full-length album was released, after which the team went on a world tour.
Solo work and film career of Deborah Harry
During her career, Debbie Harry managed to release several solo albums, not all of which were successful. Her first record was released in 1981. In addition, the singer recorded collections of songs.
In 1980, Debbie Harry tried herself as a songwriter for films. She recorded a song called 'Call me', which became the soundtrack for the movie 'American Gigolo'.
Deborah also tried herself in the cinema. Her first feature film was the film 'Union city', where the actress got the role of a killer maniac. Among the quite successful films with the participation of Deborah Harry can be attributed to "Videodrom" and "Studio 54".
