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    The Essential Guide to Blondie and Deborah Harry
    The Essential Guide to Blondie and Deborah Harry
    The Essential Guide to Blondie and Deborah Harry
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    The Essential Guide to Blondie and Deborah Harry

    By Daniel Wheway

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    Blondie -- the most successful band of the punk/new wave movement -- have sold over 40-million records worldwide.The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame-inductees effortlessly cross genres such as pop, rock, disco, reggae, rap, jazz and dance -- as evidenced by their #1 hit singles Denis, Heart Of Glass, Sunday Girl, Atomic, Call Me, The Tide Is High, Rapture and Maria, and their entries on Billboard's pop, rock, adult contemporary, R&B and dance charts.

    Fronted by the striking Deborah Harry, Blondie have achieved 26 certified records and a 34-year span of hit albums, with 1978's Parallel Lines remaining one of the best-selling and most critically-acclaimed albums of all-time.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDaniel Wheway
    Release dateJun 3, 2018
    ISBN9780463553213
    The Essential Guide to Blondie and Deborah Harry
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    Daniel Wheway

    Daniel Wheway was born in England, 1991, and grew up with a keen interest in music much older than himself, especially that of legendary American artists such as Elvis Presley, Cher, Michael Jackson, Meat Loaf, Deborah Harry and Tina Turner. THE CHER BIBLE He created several blogs and websites dedicated to music, with the most popular being 'Cher News', for which he wrote over 500 original articles, attracting 2,000,000 views. He produced 'The Cher Bible', a small series of books consisting of a collection of interesting ideas about Cher. 'Vol. 1: Essentials' and 'Vol. 2: Timeline' have been released. "I have been a Cher fan since the mid-1990's, when I was about six years old. My father was watching 'Extravaganza — Live At The Mirage'. As soon as I saw Cher performing 'We All Sleep Alone', I was hooked." — The Cher bible, Vol. 1: Essentials 2018 sees the release of The Cher Bible 2018 Edition series. MUSIC GUIDES Daniel has already released music guides on Blondie & Deborah Harry, Wham!, Dead Or Alive & Pete Burns and Sonny & Cher — primarily consisting of biographies, discographies and filmographies. His most recent one is of Meat Loaf. "My major fandom came when Atomic was used on the soundtrack of 'Grand Theft Auto: Vice City', the video game. I must have only been around thirteen years old. But to me, that song was, and is, phenomenal." — The Essential Guide To Blondie & Deborah Harry Follow Daniel on Twitter @D_Wheway to find out about his latest releases and to put forward any suggestions. Find Daniel's bibliography on Kobo, iTunes, Google Play, Barnes & Noble, Scribd, Smashwords, Thalia, !ndigo, Angus & Robertson, Mandatori, Bol.de and more. SELECT REVIEWS The Cher Bible, Vol. 1: Essentials: "★★★★★ I have always considered myself a super fan of the Goddess of Pop, Cher. Not until I picked up this e-book did I realize I still had so much more to learn." — Caleb W., Amazon The Cher Bible, Vol. 1: Essentials: "★★★★★ It's like a Cher Bible, a lot of info about Cher and family in it!" — Patty A. Powell, Amazon The Cher Bible, Vol. 1: Essentials: "★★★★★ I was really surprised how much I learned about Cher! And I thought I knew just about everything!" — Pete H., Kobo The Cher Bible, Vol. 1: Essentials: "★★★★ Great little read for vacation!" — Michael C. Moser, Amazon The Cher Bible, Vol. 2: Timeline: "★★★★ It's always great to catch up and remember a great American story. Cher is that story." — Michael C. Moser, Amazon The Cher Bible, Vol. 1: Essentials & Vol. 2: Timeline "Essentials is a concise biography, discography, filmography, television, tours, awards, relationships and a Cher Q&A. Very well done. Timeline is an incredibly detailed list of facts and occurrences, month by month from 1963 to 2016." — Cher Scholar The Essential Guide To Blondie & Deborah Harry: "★★★★★ Very accurate and detailed." — Lester C. Christianson, Amazon The Essential Guide To Blondie & Deborah Harry: "★★★★ As a longtime Blondie fan, I was really looking forward to reading this book -- I don't think there are any other books available about the music of Blondie and it's members. It is very factual and provides much information about releases, very thorough and detailed, in chronological order. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I learned, and Debbie Harry's filmography being included -- a definite plus." — RonnieLava, Amazon The Wham! Guide: "★★★★ Book letting us know what songs they made, and when, and after Wham! broke up, it talks about George's career. and the songs he wrote and sang." — lyndajean23, Amazon The Cher Bible, Vol. 1: Essentials 2018 Edition: "★★★★★ ...Everything you could possibly want from a Cher book. I have been a Cher fan since the sixties, and this book covers everything from then until now! Everything is mentioned! Absolutely recommend it. Brilliant work." — OGCherFan, Kobo The Taylor Swift Fan Guide: "★★★★★ I do not know lots about Taylor Swift but this book taught me lots about this starlet." — Pete Haddie, Goodreads

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      The Essential Guide to Blondie and Deborah Harry - Daniel Wheway

      Introduction

      Blondie — the most successful band of the punk/new wave movement — have sold over 40-million records worldwide.

      The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame-inductees effortlessly cross genres such as pop, rock, disco, reggae, rap, jazz and dance — as evidenced by their #1 hit singles Denis, Heart Of Glass, Sunday Girl, Atomic, Call Me, The Tide Is High, Rapture and Maria, and their entries on Billboard's pop, rock, adult contemporary, R&B and dance charts.

      Fronted by the striking Deborah Harry, Blondie have achieved 26 certified records and a 34-year span of hit albums, with 1978's Parallel Lines remaining one of the best-selling and most critically-acclaimed albums of all-time.

      The Blondie Story

      Part 1: 1974 – 1982

      Before Blondie, the band's visually-striking vocalist Deborah Harry (born 1 July 1945) — who was adopted at age three months — was a back-up vocalist for short-lived 1960's folk-rock group Wind In The Willows, who's self-titled 1968 LP reached #195 on the Billboard 200. The eventual pin-up spent nine months as a Playboy Bunny — and narrowly escaped serial rapist/killer Ted Bundy — before forming un-charting girl trio The Stilettoes.

      Guitarist — and aspiring photographer — Chris Stein (born Christopher Stein, 5 January 1950) joined the backing band of The Stilettoes', who gigged regularly at New York's Club 82 and its somewhat-successor CBGB's. The group split in June 1974 and by August, eventual lovers Deborah and Chris formed a new group called Angel And The Snake, whom quickly ditched their name and later became Blondie And The Banzai Babies, and then simply Blondie.

      A drummer since his teens, Clem Burke (Born Clement Bozews, 24 November 1954) successfully auditioned to be in the band's ever-changing line-up. He then brought along high school chum — and bassist — Gary valentine (born Gary Lachman, 24 December 1955) into the band.

      The quartet laid down demo tracks in June 1975, including one named Once I Had A Love (The Disco Song). Jimmy Destri (born James Mollica, 15 April, 1954) then came on-board as the band's keyboardist in late 1975.

      In 1976, the group struck up a deal with Private Stock Records and released non-charting début single X Offender — originally titled Sex Offender — in June 1976 and recorded their self-titled critically-acclaimed début album, Blondie. Second single In The Flesh became a surprise smash hit in Australia, reaching #2, and reached the Top 40 in Belgium. The album followed up the Australian charts, peaking at #14, and third single 'Rip Her To Shreds' peaked at #81 there.

      A UK shared tour with contemporaries Television took place before the band returned to New York to cut their sophomore album Plastic Letters. Half-way through recording, bassist Gary Valentine was fired and replaced, part-time, with another of Clem's pals, Frank 'The Freak' Infante (born 15 November 1951). However, another new member, Nigel Harrison (24 April 1951), was soon given the band's bassist role whilst Infante was made full-time rhythm guitarist.

      After re-signing to Chrysalis Records, Blondie embarked on their first headlining UK tour and a reworking of Randy And The Rainbow's Denise — to Denis — was released as the album's first single. Boosted by their début appearance on Top Of The Pops, it became their first UK hit in February 1978, hitting #2 and receiving a Silver certification. It also became their first #1 single as it rose to pole position in Belgium and the Netherlands. The album reached #10 on the Official UK Album Chart — on which it spent 54 weeks. It also broke the album chart in the band's homeland, reaching #72 on the Billboard 200. Notably, it reached #2 in the Netherlands.

      Follow-up single (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear repeated its predecessor's Top 10 status in the Netherlands (#8) and the UK (#10). In July, they hit the road as The Kink's support act.

      So far, large success evaded Blondie in the US. For their next album, Parallel Lines, perfectionist Mike Chapman was hired as producer, enforcing hard work and high standards during the June and July 1978 recording sessions. First single,

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