157-545: 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. 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,
314-406: A John Carpenter -directed segment of the horror film Body Bags (1993), and in the drama Heavy (1995). Blondie reunited in the late 1990s, releasing No Exit (1999), followed by The Curse of Blondie (2003). Harry continued to appear in independent films throughout the 2000s, including Deuces Wild (2002), My Life Without Me (2003) and Elegy (2008). With Blondie, she released
471-609: 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), produced hits including
628-562: A "live" recording as Stein, who was not present at the Havana concerts, added guitar parts in the studio to enhance the live tracks. In October 2020, Harry and Stein appeared in Schmoyoho's parody of the 2020 US presidential debates between vice presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Mike Pence in a song titled "One Heartbeat Away", where they played the role of moderators. On October 20, 2020, Blondie announced that they would be embarking on
785-556: A 2011 interview, Harry said that "After witnessing Elton John and his tireless efforts against HIV/AIDS ", she had been inspired to make philanthropy her top priority. She said, "These things are important to my life now. I have the privilege of being able to get involved, so I do. I applaud people like Elton John, who have used their position to do so much good." Some of Harry's preferred charities include those devoted to fighting cancer and endometriosis . Studio albums Compilations and other albums Blondie (band) Blondie
942-651: A Los Angeles choral group and the Janssen Symphony Orchestra (1940–1952), conducted by Werner Janssen ; Symphony No. 3 by Russian composer Reinhold Moritzovich Glière ; and César Franck 's Symphony in D minor , with Willem Mengelberg and the Concertgebouw Orchestra . In 1949, Capitol opened a branch office in Canada and purchased KHJ Studios on Melrose Avenue adjacent to Paramount in Hollywood. By
1099-514: A Wall . Burke also played drums on the Eurythmics ' debut album In The Garden . Harry, Stein and Destri also worked together on music for the 1981 John Waters film Polyester . In October 1981, Chrysalis Records released The Best of Blondie (UK number four, US number thirty, Australia number one ), the group's first greatest hits compilation. The band reconvened in December 1981 to record
1256-553: A concert at Ram's Head Live in Baltimore, Maryland. The tour covered some Eastern and Midwestern US cities throughout the month of June. In July, the tour took the band overseas to Israel, the UK, Russia, Europe and Scandinavia, wrapping up on August 4, 2008, at Store Vega in Copenhagen, Denmark. Inspired by attendances for the tour, Burke and Carbonara both told interviewers in 2008 and 2009 that
1413-453: A cover of Iggy Pop 's song "Ordinary Bummer" on the tribute album We Will Fall: The Iggy Pop Tribute (1997) under the pseudonym "Adolph's Dog". A new album, No Exit (UK number three, US number eighteen), was released in February 1999. The band was now officially a four-piece, consisting of core original members Harry, Stein, Burke and Destri. By this point, Valentine had left
1570-595: A cover of " Summertime Blues " from the soundtrack to the film That Night in Australia. Her fourth solo album, Debravation , was released in July 1993. The album peaked at #24 in the UK but was less successful in the US. The album's first single was " I Can See Clearly ", which peaked at No. 23 in the UK and No. 2 on the US dance charts. This was followed by " Strike Me Pink " in September. Controversy surrounded
1727-787: 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. Harry released her debut solo studio album, KooKoo , in 1981. During a Blondie hiatus, she embarked on an acting career, appearing in lead roles in the neo-noir Union City (1980) and in David Cronenberg 's body horror film Videodrome (1983). She released her second solo studio album, 1986's Rockbird , and starred in John Waters 's cult dance film Hairspray (1988). She released two more solo albums between then and 1993, before returning to film with roles in
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#17330852974961884-462: A downloadable version was released via her official website. In 2007, Harry delineated the different personae (Blondie the band, her role in the band, and Deborah Harry the singer) to an interviewer who asked why she played only solo music on the 2007 True Colors World Tour with Cyndi Lauper : "I've put together a new trio with no Blondie members in it. I really want to make a clear definition between Debbie's solo projects and Blondie, and I hope that
2041-762: A duet with actor Robert Jacks titled "Der Einziger Weg (The Only Way)", a theme for the horror film Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994), which was recorded in German and in English. Harry also served as a vocalist in Talking Heads side project the Heads' 1996 release No Talking, Just Head , followed by the Jazz Passengers' Individually Twisted (1997). The same year, she collaborated with Jazz Passengers' Bill Ware in his side project Groove Thing, singing lead vocals on
2198-416: A dumbass condition called Atrial Fibrillation or AFib which is irregular heartbeats and combined with the meds I take for it I'm too fatigued to deal," Stein said. He was replaced by Andee Blacksugar. Bassist Foxx, too, was absent due to a back injury. Former Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock filled in for Foxx. Matlock also recorded with the band for the forthcoming Blondie album. Blondie performed at
2355-463: A full-time writer under his real name, Gary Lachman —his New York Rocker: My Life in the Blank Generation (2002) is a memoir of his years with the band. Reportedly, long-time bassist Nigel Harrison (Valentine's eventual replacement) was considered to fill the role and even contributed to some new demos with the group, but ultimately he and fellow former member Frank Infante did not participate in
2512-468: A group" button campaign by the band in 1979. 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. Autoamerican (UK No. 3 , US No. 7 ) was released in 1980. Blondie had further No. 1 hits with " Call Me " ( American Gigolo soundtrack ) (US and UK No. 1 ), " Atomic " ( Eat to
2669-565: A guest appearance with Arcade Fire at the Coachella , Harry would appear again, with Blondie, at Coachella in 2023. In May 2014, Blondie released their tenth studio album Ghosts of Download . In 2015, Blondie members Debbie Harry and Chris Stein made a guest appearance alongside The Gregory Brothers in an episode of Songify the News , and they collaborated again to parody the United States presidential election debates, 2016. In March 2015, Harry held
2826-524: A later CD reissue of the Eat to the Beat album. In November 1980, Blondie's fifth studio album and third with Chapman, Autoamerican (UK number three, US number seven, Australia number eight ), was released. Autoamerican contained two more US number one hits: the reggae-styled " The Tide Is High ", a cover version of a 1967 song written by John Holt of the Paragons , and the rap -flavored " Rapture ", which
2983-411: A leading role in David Cronenberg 's body horror film Videodrome (1983), playing the sadomasochistic lover of a television producer who uncovers an underground video output of snuff films . Harry received rave reviews for her performance in the film. Critic Howard Hampton noted in a retrospective that Harry "carries herself with the wry, burned-out, but still titillated instincts of a voyager buying
3140-518: A live double CD never came to fruition. However, covers of the Rolling Stones ' " Wild Horses " and David Oliver 's " Love TKO " exist as bootlegs. In early 1994, Harry took the Debravation tour to the US. In the UK, Harry's long tenure with Chrysalis Records also came to an end after Debravation 's lackluster sales, but the label released all of Blondie's albums and Harry's KooKoo album (for
3297-696: A much-in-demand session drummer, playing and touring with Eurythmics for their 1986 album Revenge , and Destri maintained an active career as a producer and session musician. A remix album entitled Once More into the Bleach was released in 1988, and featured remixes of classic Blondie tracks and material from Harry's solo career, including "Denis". Harry continued releasing solo albums, Def, Dumb and Blonde (1989) and Debravation (1993), while continuing to tour. Further collections follow with The Complete Picture - The Very Best of Deborah Harry and Blondie reaching number three in UK charts in 1991. In 1993,
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#17330852974963454-489: A neo-noir thriller in which she portrayed a bartender. In 1997, Blondie began working together again for the first time in 15 years. 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,
3611-664: A new album, The Hunter , released in May 1982 (UK number nine, US number thirty-three, Australia number fifteen ). Infante was initially not included in the new album due to friction with other group members, but began legal proceedings and was later reinstated after an out-of-court settlement. In contrast to their earlier commercial and critical successes, The Hunter was poorly received. The album did have two moderate hit singles: " Island of Lost Souls " (UK number 11, US number 37, Australia number 13 ) and " War Child " (UK number 39 ). The album also included "For Your Eyes Only",
3768-617: A noted jazz catalog that included the Capitol Jazz Men and issued the Miles Davis 's album Birth of the Cool . Capitol released a few classical albums in the 1940s, some of which contained handsome heavily embossed, leather-like covers. These recordings appeared on the 78 rpm format and were subsequently reissued on the new LP format in 1949. Among the recordings: Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos ' Choros No. 10 , with contributions from
3925-402: A number of new tracks surfaced on Harry's Myspace page, including "Charm Alarm", "Deep End", "Love with a Vengeance", "School for Scandal", and "Necessary Evil", as well as duets she recorded with Miss Guy (of Toilet Böys fame), "God Save New York" and "New York Groove". A streaming version of the lead single, " Two Times Blue ", was added to Harry's Myspace page in May 2007. On June 6, 2007,
4082-467: A one-inch air gap to provide complete sound isolation. The facility also features subterranean echo chambers that allow engineers to add reverberation during the recording process. Eight trapezoidal chambers are located 30 feet (9.1 m) underground, with 10-inch concrete walls and 12-inch-thick (300 mm) concrete ceilings. Speakers on one side and microphones on the other permit an echo effect of up to five seconds. Studios A and B can be combined for
4239-582: A one-way ticket for the outer limits. A vivid, smallish part can either anchor or undo a risky, conceptually spiky film like David Cronenberg's viscerally deranged phantasia: Harry's presence grounds it in acute, self-aware reality." A new single, "Feel The Spin" (taken from the film Krush Groove ), was released as a limited 12" single in 1985, which peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Dance Chart. In 1986, Harry released her second solo album, called Rockbird , which peaked at No. 97 in
4396-420: A performance due to illness. In February 1978, Blondie released their second album, Plastic Letters (UK number 10, US number 78, Australia number 64 ). The album was recorded as a four-piece during the summer of 1977, with Stein responsible for both bass and guitars. Plastic Letters was promoted extensively throughout Europe and Asia by Chrysalis Records. The album's first single, "Denis",
4553-585: A rarities album Blond and Beyond appeared while The Platinum Collection was released a year later in the US. A second remix album Beautiful: The Remix Album was released in 1995 and a live album Picture This Live followed in 1997. During the 1990s, Blondie's past work began to be recognized again by a new generation of fans and artists including Garbage and No Doubt . Chrysalis / EMI Records also released several compilations and collections of remixed versions of some of their biggest hits. Harry continued her moderately successful solo career after
4710-481: A rehabilitation clinic and no longer used drugs. Harry is godmother to Stein's two daughters. In 2014, Harry revealed that she had several relationships with women in her youth. 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. 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
4867-542: A residency of several weeks at the Café Carlyle in New York. 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 . In 2020, Harry cameoed on the third episode of the romantic comedy web television series High Fidelity . In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Harry at number 168 on its list of
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5024-511: A second-floor room south of Sunset Boulevard . On that same day, Wallichs presented the company's first free record to Los Angeles disc jockey Peter Potter. On June 5, Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra recorded four songs at the studio. On June 12, the orchestra recorded five more songs in the studio, including "Trav'lin' Light" with Billie Holiday . On June 11, Tex Ritter recorded " (I Got Spurs That) Jingle Jangle Jingle " and "Goodbye My Little Cherokee" for his first Capitol recording session, and
5181-488: A songwriter or a musician on the finished product. In 2005, a new CD/DVD hits package titled Greatest Hits: Sight + Sound was released, peaking at number 48 in the UK. Blondie co-headlined a tour with the New Cars in 2006, releasing a cover of Roxy Music hit " More than This " in support of the tour. On June 5, 2008, Blondie commenced a world tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Parallel Lines with
5338-643: A ten-date arena tour of the UK in November 2021 with Garbage as the opening act. The tour was postponed until April 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Johnny Marr , formerly of the Smiths , replaced Garbage on the tour. Additional dates were subsequently added in the US. In April 2022, prior to the launch of the UK/US tour, it was announced that Stein would be unable to tour with the group due to heart issues. "I've been dealing with
5495-405: A track the band had been commissioned to write and record for the 1981 James Bond film of the same name ; however, it was rejected by the film's producers who ultimately chose another song with the same title recorded by Sheena Easton . In June 1982, Harry contributed backing vocals to The Gun Club 's second album Miami , being credited as 'D.H. Lawrence Jr'. Stein produced the record, and
5652-598: A video directed by H.R. Giger (who also created the album's front cover featuring Harry's face with metal skewers through it). The single reached No. 43 on the Billboard Hot 100 , No. 29 on the Hot Dance Club Songs , and No. 32 on the UK Singles Chart. " The Jam Was Moving " was lifted as the second single and peaked at No. 82 in the US. In the same year (1981) Harry appeared in
5809-417: A young architect from Becket's office, serving as project designer the thirteen-story, earthquake-resistant Capitol Records Tower was the world's first circular office building and it is the base for several recording studios . Although not intended as a tribute to record players, its wide curved awnings and tall narrow tower mimic the appearance of a stack of gramophone records atop a phonograph. The building
5966-819: Is a recognized landmark of Hollywood , California . Capitol is known as the record label of the Beach Boys and The Kingston Trio , and as the U.S. label of the Beatles (their native label being Parlophone ), especially during the years of Beatlemania in the U.S. from 1964 to 1967. Capitol Records artist roster also includes Katy Perry , Ice Spice , Sam Smith , Troye Sivan , Kodak Black , Doechii , 50 Cent , Yeat , That Mexican OT , Young Miko , Maggie Rogers , Lewis Capaldi , Niall Horan , Kings of Leon , Paul McCartney , Bee Gees , and Meovv . Songwriter Johnny Mercer founded Capitol Records in 1942 with financial help from songwriter and film producer Buddy DeSylva and
6123-533: Is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1974 by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein . The band was a pioneer in the American new wave genre and scene of the mid-1970s. The band's first two albums contained strong elements of punk and new wave, and although highly successful in the UK and Australia, Blondie was regarded as an underground band in the US until the release of their critically acclaimed third album Parallel Lines in 1978. Over
6280-648: Is called Vertigo/Capitol . Capitol Music Group Sweden was relaunched in 2015 after UMG rebranded the Lionheart Music Group label. It originally existed as a division of EMI Music Sweden during the 1990s and mid-2000s. EMI's Swedish offices were included in the Parlophone Label Group sale and were acquired by Warner Music Group , which owns the Capitol Sweden's back catalog. In France, Capitol Label Services (formerly Capitol Music France) exists as
6437-522: Is credited as 'bongos' and 'cover photos/design'. The Gun Club's singer Jeffrey Lee Pierce was a fan, emulating Harry's hairstyle and founding the West Coast Blondie Fan Club, before becoming friends with the band in New York. For the brief North American tour (July to August 1982) to promote the Hunter album, guitarist Infante was replaced with session musician Eddie Martinez. Also added to
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6594-417: Is of Scottish ancestry and her biological parents' surnames were Trimble and Mackenzie. Harry learned of her adoption at four years old. At first, she decided against locating her birth parents, but nonetheless, in the late 1980s, located her birth mother, a concert pianist, who chose not to establish a relationship with Harry. In her memoir, she recalls being a tomboy, spending much of her childhood playing in
6751-599: The Rock and Rule animated film, was the fourth single released from the album in June 1990 to coincide with a UK tour (her second in six months). The track " Kiss It Better " was also a Top 15 Modern Rock single in the US. Harry also appeared in film during this time, with a supporting part in Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990). From 1989 to 1991, Harry toured extensively across
6908-549: The 22nd Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April 2023. In a June 2024 interview for BBC Radio 6 Music, Harry and Stein confirmed that Blondie's upcoming album will be released in Spring 2025. Capitol Records Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007), and simply known as Capitol , is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It
7065-681: The Grammy Awards for music by Beck and Sam Smith . In 2018, Capitol's electronic division Astralwerks relaunched with a new team and moved its entire operations to Capitol's tower in Los Angeles. In 2019, Jeff Vaughn was named President of Capitol Records, assuming his position as of January 1, 2020. In 2021, Michelle Jubelirer was named the Chair & CEO of Capitol. In 2024, Capitol Records became part of UMG's Interscope Capitol Labels Group. Designed by Welton Becket with Louis Naidorf,
7222-631: The Patti Smith Group . Stein and Harry continued the band, and proceeded with auditions to recruit drummer Clem Burke and bassist Gary Valentine (Gary J. Lachman). Blondie became regular performers at Max's Kansas City and CBGB . In June 1975, the band's first recording came in the way of a demo produced by Alan Betrock . To fill out their sound, they recruited keyboard player Jimmy Destri in November 1975. The band signed with Private Stock Records and released their first single " X-Offender " in June 1976, while their debut album, Blondie ,
7379-733: The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra , Leopold Stokowski with various orchestras (including the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra ) and Sir Thomas Beecham and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra , as well as light classical albums by Carmen Dragon and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and albums of film music conducted by Hollywood composers such as Alfred Newman . In the realm of "Sweet Jazz" big-band music, Capitol also joined forces with
7536-543: The 1950s, Capitol had become a huge label that concentrated primarily on popular music. Capitol began recording rock and roll acts such as The Jodimars and Gene Vincent . There were comedy records by Stan Freberg , Johnny Standley , and Mickey Katz . On August 2, 1952, Billboard magazine contained a chronicle of the label's first ten years in business. In 1955, the British record company EMI (which evolved into Universal Music Group ) purchased Capitol Records, ending
7693-650: The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. Harry collaborated with the Dandy Warhols and NALA on the track "IWNSLY", released in July 2023. She also contributed vocals to the track "I Will Never Stop Loving You", which was released as a single and featured on the 2024 Dandy Warhols album Rockmaker . Harry was in a relationship with the Blondie guitarist Chris Stein . The pair split up in 1987, but they remained friends. In 2011, Harry said that she and Stein were both drug users during their relationship, and that they had spent time in
7850-725: The 55-year mutual distribution agreement between EMI and RCA Victor in the Western Hemisphere in 1957. EMI acquired 96% of Capitol's stock for $ 8.5 million. EMI built a studio at Hollywood and Vine to match its state-of-the-art Abbey Road Studios in London. In the 1950s, Decca Records broke its distribution contract with Panart , the first independent Cuban record company. This provided an opening for Capitol, which then contracted with Panart to have Capitol and Odeon records distributed in Cuba. In turn, Capitol distributed Panart records in
8007-484: The Beat album) (UK No. 1 ), " The Tide Is High " (US and UK No. 1 ), and " Rapture " (US No. 1 ). 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". Through Fab Five Freddy they were also able to connect with Grandmaster Flash who is played by Jean-Michel Basquiat in
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#17330852974968164-460: The Beatles long before the American company. By 1967, they were distributing non-EMI labels such as 20th Century Fox , Buena Vista Records , Disneyland , and Pickwick . The company was renamed Capitol Records-EMI of Canada in 1974, before the EMI Music Canada name was adopted in 1993. EMI Music Canada was absorbed into Universal Music Canada in 2012. In 2016, Universal Music Canada donated
8321-543: The Beatles! , the first album by the band to be released by Capitol in the United States. It was based on the British album With the Beatles , which contained 14 tracks and a running time of around 35 minutes. Capitol removed five tracks ("Money", " You've Really Got a Hold on Me ", "Devil in Her Heart", "Please Mister Postman", and "Roll Over Beethoven") and added both sides of the band's first American hit single (" I Want to Hold Your Hand " c/w " I Saw Her Standing There ") and
8478-543: The British single's B-side, "This Boy". "I Saw Her Standing There" was on the Beatles' first British album, Please Please Me . This resulted in Capitol releasing Meet the Beatles as a 12-track album with a duration of around 30 minutes and made it comparable with other American pop albums. It also provided Capitol with unreleased tracks for use in later US Beatles albums such as The Beatles' Second Album. Capitol also issued " duophonic " stereo releases of some recordings where
8635-503: The Capitol Records Building. Capitol and artist Richard Wyatt Jr. restored his Hollywood Jazz Mural on the south wall of the Capitol Records Building. Capitol's recording studios were designed to minimize noise and vibration, then newly important goals in the high-fidelity sound era. An inner wall floating on layers of rubber and cork was erected inside the building's 10-inch-thick (250 mm) concrete exterior walls, leaving
8792-648: The Clown for the company's children's record library, with Pinto Colvig (the voice of Goofy in Walt Disney cartoons) as Bozo. Mel Blanc reprised his own cartoon roles including Bugs Bunny and other Looney Tunes characters, as well as Woody Woodpecker , while several Disney records were narrated by radio announcer Don Wilson . Examples of notable Capitol albums for children during that era are Sparky's Magic Piano and Rusty in Orchestraville . Capitol also developed
8949-572: The Dazzle Dancers , Rob Roth , Barbara Sicuranza, Larry Fessenden , Alan Midgette (Andy Warhol's double), The Five Points Band, Guy Furrow, Kitty Boots, and Hattie Hathaway. A second single from the album, "What I Heard", was available as a digital release in July 2011. On August 20, 2011, Blondie performed a live set for " Guitar Center Sessions" on DirecTV . The episode included an interview with program host Nic Harcourt . The band continued to tour regularly into 2012. A concert in New York City
9106-625: The EMI Music Canada archives to the University of Calgary . Capitol Latin focuses on Latin music artists in Latin America and the United States. It was founded in 1989 as EMI Latin and was renamed to Capitol Latin in 2009. Capitol Latin was merged with Universal Music Latin Entertainment in 2013. Capitol Records of Mexico was founded in 1965 as the Mexican division of Capitol. EMI later renamed
9263-572: The Flesh" as "a forerunner to the power ballad ". The single reached number two in Australia, and the album entered the Australian top twenty in November 1977. A subsequent double-A release of "X-Offender" and "Rip Her to Shreds" reached number 81. A successful Australian tour followed in December 1977, though it was marred by an incident in Brisbane when disappointed fans almost rioted after Harry cancelled
9420-533: The Gregory Brothers in an episode of the YouTube series Songify the News , where they collaborated again to parody the 2016 US presidential election debates . In January 2017, it was announced that the band would support Phil Collins at Dublin's Aviva Stadium on June 25, 2017, as part of his Not Dead Yet tour. The band also toured Australia and New Zealand on a co-headlining tour with Cyndi Lauper . In
9577-557: The Know; he was replaced by Frank Infante . In September 1977, the band bought back its contract with Private Stock and signed with British label Chrysalis Records . The first album was re-released on the new label in October 1977. Rolling Stone ' s review of the debut album observed the eclectic nature of the group's music, comparing it both to Phil Spector and to the Who , and commented that
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#17330852974969734-536: The March 2017 issue of Mojo magazine, the band announced that their eleventh studio album, Pollinator , would be released on May 5, 2017. The album was recorded at The Magic Shop in SoHo , New York City, and featured songs written by the likes of TV on the Radio 's David Sitek , Johnny Marr , Sia , Charli XCX , and Dev Hynes . Pollinator spawned hit singles " Fun " and " Long Time " and embarked Blondie on an extensive promotional tour in North America, South America and Europe. The album peaked at number four in
9891-412: The Pied Pipers, all with Weston's orchestra. Capitol was the first major west coast label to compete with major labels on the east coast such as RCA Victor , Columbia , and Decca . In addition to its Los Angeles recording studios, Capitol owned a second studio in New York City and occasionally sent mobile recording equipment to other cities. In 1946, writer-producer Alan W. Livingston created Bozo
10048-416: The Pretenders . It was first revealed that the band's album was going to be released first in Australia through the Australian Sony label in December 2010, but Sony later backed out of the deal, leaving the album still unreleased. The album's release date was finally set for mid-2011 without the involvement of a major record label. The album was first released in May 2011 as a limited edition "fan pack" in
10205-422: The Side ", was released digitally in the US in December 2013. The album Ghosts of Download was released in May 2014 as part of a two-disc package titled Blondie 4(0) Ever to coincide with the band's 40th anniversary. The package also includes Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux , a compilation of re-recordings of Blondie's past singles. The band's official worldwide 40th anniversary tour began in February 2014. In
10362-403: The Sky " was featured on the soundtrack to the 1998 film Three Businessmen , and was available on her website to download. Harry sings on two tracks on Andrea Griminelli's Cinema Italiano project: "You'll Come to Me" (inspired by Amarcord ' s main theme) and "When Love Comes By" (from Il Postino ), as well as on a tribute album reinterpreting the music of Harold Arlen , on which she sings
10519-399: The Snake for two shows in August 1974, they had renamed themselves Blondie by October 1974, while Ivan Kral joined the band on guitar. The new name derived from comments made by truck drivers who catcalled "Hey, Blondie" to Harry as they drove past. By the spring of 1975, O'Connor had left the music business and Smith replaced Richard Hell in Television , while Kral eventually joined
10676-518: The Stilettoes in 1973 as their guitarist and formed a romantic relationship with Debbie Harry, who was one of the band's vocalists, a former waitress and Playboy Bunny . Harry had been a member of a folk-rock band, the Wind in the Willows , in the late 1960s. In July 1974, Stein and Harry parted ways with the Stilettoes and Elda Gentile, the band's originator, forming a new band with ex-Stilettoes bandmates Billy O'Connor (drums; born 1953, died 2015) and Fred Smith (bass). Originally billed as Angel and
10833-411: The UK album chart and earned a gold disc. The album also included her duet with Iggy Pop of the Cole Porter song " Well, Did You Evah! " from the 1990 Red Hot + Blue AIDS charity album. In 1992, Harry collaborated with German post-punk band Die Haut on the track "Don't Cross My Mind" and released the song " Prelude to a Kiss " on the soundtrack to the film of the same name . She also released
10990-405: The UK and is Blondie's most successful studio album since No Exit . On December 21, 2019, Blondie announced through their social media that they would release an EP and mini-documentary entitled Vivir en La Habana . It was recorded during the band's residency in Havana , Cuba, in March 2019, and directed by Rob Roth and was shown at several film festivals around the globe. The EP is not entirely
11147-478: The UK and the album was certified gold the following month. Blondie's next single, the Grammy-nominated " Call Me ", was the result of Debbie Harry's collaboration with the Italian songwriter and producer Giorgio Moroder , who had been responsible for many of Donna Summer 's biggest hits. The track was recorded as the title theme of the Richard Gere film American Gigolo . Released in the US in February 1980, "Call Me" spent six consecutive weeks at number one in
11304-399: The UK and was the second highest-selling single of 1979. 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
11461-585: The UK with Stein, guitarist Peter Min, bassist Greta Brinkman, and drummer James Murphy. The set list of the Debravation Tour featured an offbeat selection of Harry material including the previously unreleased track "Close Your Eyes" (from 1989) and "Ordinary Bummer" (from the Stein-produced Iggy Pop album Zombie Birdhouse , a track that, under the moniker Adolph's Dog, Blondie covered in 1997). Tentative plans to record these shows and release them as
11618-453: The UK with a 132-page magazine and various collectible items, before being released as a regular CD later in the summer. The lead single " Mother " was released beforehand as a free download. A music video for the song was released on May 18, 2011. It was directed by Laurent Rejto and features cameos by Kate Pierson from the B-52's , James Lorinz (Frankenhooker), Johnny Dynell , Chi Chi Valenti ,
11775-460: The UK with the rights to the Beatles' catalog. This marks the first time that Capitol in the UK operated as an autonomous label. Capitol Records of Canada was established in 1949 by businessman W. Lockwood Miller. Capitol broke with Miller's company and formed Capitol Record Distributors of Canada Limited in 1954. EMI acquired this company when it acquired Capitol. The company was renamed Capitol Records of Canada Ltd. in 1958 after Miller's rights to
11932-453: The UK, number six in the US, and number two in Australia. It finally broke the band into the American market on the strength of the worldwide hit single " Heart of Glass ". Parallel Lines became the group's most successful album, selling 20 million copies worldwide. The album's first two singles were " Picture This " (UK number 12) and " Hanging on the Telephone " (UK number five). As
12089-445: The UK. With Infante moving to guitar, the British musician Nigel Harrison was hired as the group's full-time bassist, expanding Blondie to a six-piece for the first time and marking a stabilization in the band's line-up. Blondie completed the recording of their third album, Parallel Lines during the summer of 1978 together with Australian producer Mike Chapman . It was released in September of that year and reached number one in
12246-509: The US Dance Charts and was released with several remixes. Harry also recorded another track with SAW during the same sessions, "Mind Over Matter", which was never officially released. In 1987, Harry starred opposite Alec Baldwin in the comedy mystery film Forever, Lulu , playing the title character. "Liar, Liar" was recorded by Harry for the soundtrack album Married to the Mob in 1988 and
12403-456: The US and Canada. Released in the UK in April 1980, it reached number one and became a global hit. The single was also number one on Billboard magazine's 1980 year-end chart. In the summer of 1980, the band appeared in a bit part in the film Roadie starring Meat Loaf . Blondie performed the Johnny Cash song " Ring of Fire ", and the live recording was featured on the film soundtrack and on
12560-457: The US and the UK. Blondie took a break for most of 1981. Debbie Harry appeared on Saturday Night Live in February 1981 as both the guest host-actor and as a singer, with Stein and Burke backing her during musical performances. Harry and Destri both released solo albums. Stein worked on Harry's album KooKoo (UK number six, US number twenty-eight) produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards. He also joined Burke on Destri's album Heart on
12717-402: The US was a more aggressive rock song, " One Way or Another " (US number 24), though in the UK, an alternate single choice, " Sunday Girl ", became a number one hit. Parallel Lines has been ranked number 140 on Rolling Stone's list of 500 greatest albums of all time. In June 1979, Blondie, photographed by Annie Leibovitz , was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. In
12874-569: The US, and No. 31 in the UK (where it has been certified gold for 100,000 sales by the BPI). The single " French Kissin' in the USA " gave Harry her only UK solo top 10 hit ( No. 8 ) and became a moderate US hit ( No. 57 ). Other singles released from the album were " Free to Fall " and " In Love with Love ", with the latter completely re-recorded in London with hit British producers Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW). The track hit No. 1 on
13031-449: The US. In the UK, the album delivered three top 20 hits, including the band's third UK number one ("Atomic", UK number one, US number thirty-nine). The lead track off the album, " Dreaming " featuring Ellie Greenwich , reached number two in the UK. But it only made it to number 27 in the US. The second single "Union City Blue" (UK number 13 ) shared the title of a film featuring Harry, directed by Marcus Reichert . Along with
13188-493: The United Kingdom. Their second album, Plastic Letters , garnered some success outside the United States, but their third album, Parallel Lines (1978), was a worldwide hit and catapulted the group to international success. It included the global hit single " Heart of Glass ". Riding the crest of disco's domination, the track made No. 1 in the US and sold nearly two million copies. It also reached No. 1 in
13345-430: The United States, growing the export percentage of Panart records from 20 percent to 50 percent. This was a coup for Capitol, as RCA Victor up to this point had huge predominance in the United States distribution of Cuban music recordings. In 1957, EMI's classical label Angel was merged into Capitol. Some classical recordings were issued in high fidelity and stereophonic sound. These included William Steinberg and
13502-413: The album KooKoo (1981). Produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of Chic , the album peaked at No. 25 in the US and No. 6 in the UK; and was later certified gold in the US and silver in the UK. The album's cover art was controversial, showing Harry apparently with skewers through her face, and many stores refused to stock it. " Backfired ", the first single from the album, had
13659-455: The album The Curse of Blondie (2003). In 2006, Harry started work in New York City on her fifth solo album, Necessary Evil (released in 2007). Working with production duo Super Buddha (who produced the remix of Blondie's " In the Flesh " for the 2005 Sound and Vision compilation), the first music to surface in was a hip-hop track titled "Dirty and Deep" in which she spoke out against rapper Lil' Kim 's incarceration. Throughout 2006,
13816-504: The album's two strengths were Richard Gottehrer 's production and the persona of Debbie Harry. The band's first commercial success occurred in Australia in 1977, when the music television program Countdown mistakenly played their video " In the Flesh ", which was the B-side of the single "X-Offender". Jimmy Destri later credited the show's Molly Meldrum for their initial success, commenting that "we still thank him to this day" for playing
13973-597: The album. She also started a 22-date US tour on November 8, lasting until December 9, playing small venues and clubs across the country. On January 18, 2008, an official music video for " If I Had You " was released. Harry contributed to Fall Out Boy 's 2008 album Folie à Deux , singing on the chorus of the album's closer "West Coast Smoker". In 2010, Harry began a series of recordings (featuring solo songs and duets with Nick Cave and others) for The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project . Blondie released their ninth studio album, Panic of Girls , in 2011. In 2014, Harry made
14130-533: The application was amended to change the label's name to Capitol Records. On April 6, 1942, Mercer supervised Capitol's first recording session where Martha Tilton recorded the song "Moon Dreams". On May 5, Bobby Sherwood and his orchestra recorded two tracks in the studio. On May 21, Freddie Slack and his orchestra recorded three tracks in the studio: one with the orchestra, one with Ella Mae Morse called " Cow-Cow Boogie " and "Air-Minded Executive" supervised by Mercer. On June 4, Capitol opened its first office in
14287-673: The audience can appreciate that and also appreciate this other material." Harry's fifth solo album, Necessary Evil (2007), was released after she completed the True Colors World Tour. The first single, "Two Times Blue", peaked at No. 5 on the US Dance Club Play chart. The album peaked at No. 86 in the UK and No. 37 in the US Billboard Top Independent Albums chart. Harry performed "Two Times Blue" on various talk shows to promote
14444-532: The band added guitarist Chris Stein , who became her boyfriend. In her memoir, Face It , Harry describes having been raped at knifepoint during a burglary of the home she shared with Stein. In 1974 Harry and Stein left the Stilettos (along with the band's bassist and drummer) and formed Angel and the Snake with Tish Bellomo and Snooky Bellomo. Shortly thereafter, they changed the name of the band to Blondie , named after
14601-456: The band as being named "Blondie", as in this quote from the No Exit tour book: 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. Harry began her solo career with
14758-570: The band broke up, releasing albums in 1989 and 1993 which helped keep the band in the public eye. In 1990, she reunited with Stein and Burke for a summer tour of mid-sized venues as part of an "Escape from New York" package with Jerry Harrison , the Tom Tom Club and the Ramones . In 1996, Stein and Harry began the process of reuniting Blondie and contacted original members Burke, Destri, and Valentine. Valentine had by this time moved to London and become
14915-464: The band for over a decade, both Foxx (bass) and Carbonara (guitar) were elevated to official membership status with Blondie. Keyboard player Matt Katz-Bohen , who had replaced Destri, was also made an official member, making Blondie a six-piece band. In December 2009, the band released the song " We Three Kings " to coincide with the Christmas holiday. The new album, to be titled Panic of Girls , which
15072-404: The band previously had success with a cover, Chrysalis Records chose their version of Buddy Holly 's " I'm Gonna Love You Too " as the lead single from Parallel Lines in the US. This turned out to be a miscalculation as the single failed to chart. "Heart of Glass" was released in early 1979 and the disco-infused track topped the UK charts in February 1979, and the US charts in April 1979. It
15229-527: The band the distinction of being one of only two American acts to reach number one in the UK singles charts in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s (the other being Michael Jackson who had number one hits with the Jacksons and solo in the same decades). The re-formed band released the follow-up album The Curse of Blondie (UK number 36, US number 160) in October 2003. Curse proved to be Blondie's lowest-charting album since their debut in 1976, although
15386-574: The band was working on another record, which would be their first new album since the release of The Curse of Blondie in 2003. Carbonara described it as "a real Blondie record." Blondie undertook a North American tour of mid-sized venues with Pat Benatar and the Donnas in the summer of 2009. Following the tour, in October, the band began recording sessions for their ninth studio album with producer Jeff Saltzman in Woodstock, New York . After playing with
15543-580: The bandleader Guy Lombardo starting in the mid 1950s to issue a series of approximately thirty recordings until the late 1960s. The Capitol of the World series introduced in 1956 and active into the 1970s encompassed German Beer Drinking Songs , Honeymoon in Rome , Australian Aboriginals , and Kasongo! Modern Music of the Belgian Congo . Many were produced by Dave Dexter Jr. This series contained over 400 albums. It
15700-501: The business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, owner of Wallichs Music City . Mercer raised the idea of starting a record company while golfing with Harold Arlen and Bobby Sherwood and with Wallichs at Wallichs's record store. On February 2, 1942, Mercer and Wallichs met DeSylva at a restaurant in Hollywood to talk about investment by Paramount Pictures . On March 27, 1942, the three men incorporated as Liberty Records (not affiliated with Capitol's future sister label Liberty Records ). In May,
15857-419: The catcall men often directed at Harry after she bleached her hair blonde . The band quickly became regulars at Max's Kansas City and CBGB in New York City. With her beauty, daring choice of clothing, and two-tone bleached-blonde hair, Harry quickly became a punk icon. Blondie released their self-titled debut album in 1976; it peaked at No. 14 in Australia and (later, in 1979) No. 75 in
16014-599: The club hit "Command and Obey". Another Jazz Passengers collaboration, " The City in the Sea ", appeared on the Edgar Allan Poe tribute album Closed on Account of Rabies (1997). 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),
16171-416: The doctrines' application "was limited to material items that the copyright owner put into the stream of commerce." In 2014, PGH Live Music joined the team and Katy Perry founded the record label Metamorphosis Music, starting a label venture with Capitol. The name of the label was later changed to Unsub Records in 2016. Also that year, Capitol rose to number two market share and won four categories at
16328-646: The first ever video album. David Mallet directed and Paul Flattery produced it at various locations and studios in and around New York. It was nominated for a Grammy, the first year the Recording Academy instituted an award for music videos. At the end of the year, the show filmed at the Apollo theatre in Glasgow was broadcast by the BBC on the Old Grey Whistle Test . In March 1980, "Atomic" reached number one in
16485-513: The first leg of a world tour named "Endangered Species Tour", which covered the UK and Ireland, supported by UK band Little Fish . The set lists featured both classics and new material from the forthcoming Panic of Girls . After a break in July, the tour resumed in August and covered the US and Canada over the course of six weeks. Blondie then took the "Endangered Species Tour" to Australia and New Zealand in November to December 2010, co-headlining with
16642-465: The first time on CD) as remastered editions with bonus tracks. In the mid 1990s, Harry worked as a guest vocalist on several projects: She joined the avant-garde jazz ensemble the Jazz Passengers in 1994, appearing on their album In Love (1994). Harry also reunited with Blondie keyboardist Jimmy Destri for a cover of Otis Blackwell 's "Don't Be Cruel" for the 1995 album Brace Yourself! A Tribute to Otis Blackwell . During this period, she also recorded
16799-646: The group and did not play on the album or contribute to the writing of any songs—two songs on the album co-authored by "Valentine" were in fact co-authored by Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go's , no relation to Gary Valentine. Session musicians Leigh Foxx (bass) and Paul Carbonara (guitar) played on this and subsequent Blondie releases. No Exit reached number three on the UK charts and the first single " Maria ", which Destri had written thinking about his high school days, became Blondie's sixth UK number one single 20 years after their first chart-topper "Heart of Glass". This gave
16956-445: The group's ninth studio album, Panic of Girls , in 2011, followed by Ghosts of Download (2014). The band's eleventh studio album, 2017's Pollinator , charted at number 4 in the United Kingdom. Harry was born Angela Trimble on July 1, 1945, in Miami, Florida. At the age of three months, she was adopted by Catherine (née Peters) and Richard Harry, gift shop proprietors in Hawthorne, New Jersey , and renamed Deborah Ann Harry. She
17113-581: The inspiration from the film, "Union City Blue"'s lyrics derived from her living in Union City, New Jersey. She worked various jobs across the Hudson River from Manhattan, noting the scenic skyline and passion she embraced while living there, before giving birth to Blondie. The single was not released in the US in favor of the track "The Hardest Part". Chrysalis Records' Linda Carhart asked Jon Roseman Productions US division to shoot videos for every song and create
17270-441: The keyboard sections. Although some critics condemned Blondie for "selling out" by dabbling in disco, the song became a worldwide success and one of the biggest selling singles of 1979. As the focal point for the band, Harry began to attain a celebrity status that set her apart from the other band members. She also embarked on an acting career and appeared in the film The Foreigner directed by Amos Poe . Blondie's next single in
17427-534: The label EMI Capitol of Mexico until it later became simply EMI's local company, EMI Music Mexico . Since 2012, after Universal Music Group purchased EMI, the Mexican EMI brand, music catalog and office are owned by Universal Music México . Capitol Music Germany was founded by EMI Music Germany and inherited most of EMI's German artists catalog. In 2013, Capitol Germany was acquired by Universal and merged with UMG's Vertigo Berlin domestic division. The new label
17584-457: The latter track's promotional video, which featured a man drowning in a water tank, resulting in its being banned. US editions of the album feature two additional tracks recorded with prerecorded music by R.E.M. : "Tear Drops" and a cover of Skeeter Davis 's 1961 hit " My Last Date (with You) ". Also in 1993, Harry had a supporting role in a John Carpenter -directed segment of the anthology horror film Body Bags . In November 1993, Harry toured
17741-418: The live lineup were second keyboardist Abel Domingues and a three-man horn section comprising Douglas Harris, Joseph Kohanski, and Arthur Pugh. A UK and European tour was cancelled due to poor ticket sales. In November 1982, the band publicly announced that they had disbanded. In 1983, Stein was diagnosed with the life-threatening illness pemphigus , and Harry cared for him. Harry embarked on solo career in
17898-435: The method of publishing royalties were calculated in the two countries. Also, in the American market it was expected that albums would include the current hit single, whereas British albums typically did not duplicate songs released as singles. Possibly the best-known treatment of an international artist's recordings was the label's release pattern for various albums by the Beatles . This began with Capitol's release of Meet
18055-418: The mid-1980s, including two singles—the 1983 track "Rush Rush" from the film Scarface , and the 1985 track "Feel The Spin"—released while she continued to feature in films. Harry released the album Rockbird in 1986, with active participation from Stein. The album was a moderate success in the UK where it reached gold certification and gave her a UK top 10 hit with " French Kissin' ". Meanwhile, Burke became
18212-438: The movie " Downtown 81 " where Jean-Michel Basquiat played the leading role. Harry plays a bag lady who turns into a princess when Basquiat kisses her. After a year-long hiatus, Blondie regrouped and released their sixth studio album, The Hunter (1982). The album was not as successful as their previous works, and a world tour was cut short due to slow ticket sales. It was around this time that Stein also fell seriously ill with
18369-603: The name expired. In 1959, Capitol of Canada picked up distribution rights for EMI's labels Angel, Pathé , Odeon , and Parlophone . In 1957, Paul White joined Capitol of Canada and in 1960 established an A&R department independent of the American company to promote talent for the Canadian market. The division found native talent such as Anne Murray and EMI musicians from other countries. Beginning in 1962, Capitol of Canada issued albums by British musicians such as Cliff Richard , Helen Shapiro and Frank Ifield . They accepted
18526-414: The next two years, the band released a string of hit singles, including " Heart of Glass " (US No. 1), " One Way or Another ", " Dreaming ", " Call Me " (US No. 1), " Atomic ", " The Tide Is High " (US No. 1), and " Rapture " (US No. 1). The band became noted for its eclectic mix of musical styles, incorporating elements of disco , pop , reggae , funk and early hip hop music . Blondie disbanded after
18683-418: The original master was monophonic. Capitol engineers split the single master mono track into two, boosted the bass on the right channel, boosted treble on the left channel and added a split-second delay between channels to produce a "stereo" release. This duophonic process meant that the Beatles' American fans occasionally heard a slightly different song from that heard by the rest of the world if they listened to
18840-470: The radio show WNYC Soundcheck in which they confirmed they were working on a new Blondie album and previewed a new song entitled " Make a Way ". In June and July 2013, the band held a "Blast Off Tour" of Europe. The US "No Principals Tour" followed in September and October 2013. The first single from the album, " A Rose by Any Name ", was released digitally in Europe on June 24, 2013. A second single, " Sugar on
18997-408: The rare autoimmune disease pemphigus . His illness, along with declining record sales and internal struggles, caused the band to split up. In June 1982, Harry contributed backing vocals to The Gun Club's second album Miami , being credited as 'D.H. Lawrence Jr' while Chris Stein also produced the record and is credited as 'bongos' and 'cover photos/design'. The Gun Club's singer Jeffrey Lee Pierce
19154-411: The recording of orchestral music and symphonic film soundtracks. The first album recorded in the tower was Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color . Capitol modified albums that were originally released in other countries on other labels. Albums released in the United States contained fewer tracks, usually no more than 11 or 12, compared to albums released in the United Kingdom due to differences in
19311-501: The release of their sixth studio album, The Hunter , in 1982. Harry continued to pursue a solo career with varied results after taking a few years off to care for partner Stein, who was diagnosed with pemphigus , a rare autoimmune disease of the skin. The band re-formed in 1997, achieving renewed success and their sixth number one single in the UK with " Maria " in 1999, exactly 20 years after their first UK number one single, "Heart of Glass". The group toured and performed throughout
19468-614: The reunion, and the two unsuccessfully sued to prevent the reunion under the name Blondie. In 1997, the original five-piece band re-formed—including Valentine on bass—and did three live performances, all at outdoor festivals sponsored by local radio stations. Their first reunion performance occurred on May 31, 1997, when they played the HFStival at R.F.K. Stadium in Washington, DC. An international tour followed in late 1998 and early 1999. During this period, and without Valentine, they released
19625-421: The single " Good Boys " managed to reach number 12 in the UK charts. In 2004, Jimmy Destri left the group in order to deal with drug addiction, leaving Harry, Stein and Burke as the only members of the original line-up still with the band. Though Destri's stint in rehab was successful, he was not invited back into the band. He intended to work on their 2011 album Panic Of Girls , but did not contribute as either
19782-492: The songs comprised Capitol's 110th produced record. The earliest recording artists included co-owner Mercer, Johnnie Johnston , Morse, Jo Stafford , the Pied Pipers , Tex Ritter , Tilton, Paul Weston , Whiteman, and Margaret Whiting . Capitol's first gold single was Morse's "Cow Cow Boogie" in 1942. Capitol's first album was Capitol Presents Songs by Johnny Mercer , a three disc set with recordings by Mercer, Stafford and
19939-481: The star in different colors, as well as Polaroids and a small number of rare silver gelatin prints from the shoot. Stein was also present that day to capture Warhol photographing Harry in a series of his own photographs, exhibited in 2013 in London. 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
20096-612: The stereo version. This trend in the Beatles' American discography continued until 1967 when a new recording contract with EMI was signed. Unhappy with the way Capitol in the US and other companies around the world were issuing their work in almost unrecognizable forms, beginning in 1967 the Beatles gained full approval of album titles and cover art, track listing and running order in North America. Starting with Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band , Beatles' albums were released unmodified. The issue of 45 RPM singles featuring album tracks
20253-412: The summer of 1979, the band returned to the studio with Chapman to record their next album. Blondie's fourth album, Eat to the Beat (UK number one, US number seventeen, Australia number nine ), also produced by Chapman, was released in September 1979. Although well received by critics as a suitable follow-up to Parallel Lines , the album and its singles failed to achieve the same level of success in
20410-405: The summer of 2015, the band announced they would be working on a new album produced by John Congleton . Other collaborators are Johnny Marr , Sia , Charli XCX and Dave Stewart . Blondie recorded a concert for PBS 's Soundstage to be aired some time in 2016 and included two new tracks, "My Monster" and "Gravity". In 2015, Blondie members Harry and Stein made a guest appearance alongside
20567-512: The theme: "Sex, Vegetables, Brothers and Sisters". Harry said of her relationship with Warhol, "I think the best thing [Andy Warhol] taught me was always to be open to new things, new music, new style, new bands, new technology and just go with it. Never get mired in the past and always accept new things whatever age you are." In 1981, Harry issued a press release to clarify that her name was not "Debbie Blondie" or "Debbie Harry" but rather Deborah Harry, though Harry later described her character in
20724-562: The title track " Stormy Weather ". In May 2002, she accompanied the Jazz Passengers and the BBC Concert Orchestra in a performance of her jazz material at the Barbican Centre in London. In 2003, she was featured vocalist on the song "Uncontrollable Love" by DJ duo Blow-Up. She also sang on the version of " Waltzing Matilda " recorded by Dan Zanes and Friends , released on the 2003 album House Party . The same year, Blondie released
20881-468: 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. Harry appears on the 2001 Bill Ware album Vibes 4 singing the track "Me and You" as well as on former Police guitarist Andy Summers 's album Peggy's Blue Skylight on the track "Weird Nightmare". A techno cover of Stan Jones ' " Ghost Riders in
21038-526: The tower after it was completed. In September 2006, EMI announced that it had sold the tower and adjacent properties for $ 50 million to New York-based developer Argent Ventures . In mid-2008, a controversy erupted over a plan to build a condominium complex next door, igniting fears that the building's acoustic properties, specifically its underground echo chambers, would be compromised. It was announced in November 2012 that Steve Barnett would become chairman and CEO of Capitol Music Group and would be based at
21195-599: The video. "Rapture" became the first rap-oriented song to reach No. 1 in the US Billboard charts. Grandmaster Flash said Harry "opened up so many doors for hip hop" by mentioning him in Rapture. Harry was immortalized by Andy Warhol in 1980, who produced a number of artworks of her image from a single photoshoot at the Factory . The artist created a small series of four acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas portraits of
21352-667: 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 , author of the Bundy biography The Stranger Beside Me , commented that erroneous claims of Bundy abductions are fairly common. As of 2019, Harry lives in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City and in Middletown Township, New Jersey with her four dogs. In
21509-459: The woods adjacent to her home. Harry attended Hawthorne High School , where she was voted "Best Looking", graduating in 1963. She graduated from Centenary College in Hackettstown, New Jersey , with an Associate of Arts degree in 1965. Before beginning her singing career, she moved to New York City in the late 1960s, and worked there as a secretary at BBC Radio 's office for one year. Later, she
21666-580: The world during the following years, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. Blondie has sold over 40 million records worldwide and continues to actively perform. The band's eleventh studio album, Pollinator , was released on May 5, 2017. Inspired by the burgeoning new music scene at the Mercer Arts Center in Manhattan , musician Chris Stein sought to join a similar band. He joined
21823-421: The world with former Blondie guitarist Chris Stein, Underworld 's Karl Hyde , and future Blondie bassist Leigh Foxx. In July 1991 she played Wembley Stadium, supporting INXS . In 1991, Chrysalis released a new "best of" compilation in Europe entitled The Complete Picture: The Very Best of Deborah Harry and Blondie , containing hits with Blondie as well as her solo hits. The collection reached No. 3 in
21980-497: The wrong song. In a 1998 interview, drummer Burke recalled seeing the episode in which the wrong song was played, but he and Stein suggested that it may have been a deliberate subterfuge on the part of Meldrum. Stein asserted that "X-Offender" was "too crazy and aggressive [to become a hit]", while "In the Flesh" was "not representative of any punk sensibility. Over the years, I've thought they probably played both things but liked one better. That's all." In retrospect, Burke described "In
22137-531: Was a cover version of the Randy and the Rainbows ' 1963 hit " Denise ". It reached number two on the British singles charts, while both the album and its second single, " (I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear ", reached the British top ten. Chart success, along with a successful 1978 UK tour, including a gig at London's Roundhouse , made Blondie one of the first American new wave bands to achieve mainstream success in
22294-507: Was a hit in Europe and Australia and on the US Modern Rock Charts. The success of the single propelled the album to No. 12 on the UK chart, where it earned a silver disc. However, with little promotion from her record company in the US, it peaked at No. 123 . She followed this up with the ballad " Brite Side " and the club hit " Sweet and Low ". " Maybe for Sure ", a reworked version of "Angel's Song" she'd recorded for
22451-545: Was a reworking of a rock and reggae-influenced song that the group had performed since its formation in the mid-1970s, updated with strong elements of disco music. Burke later said the revamped version was inspired partly by Kraftwerk and partly by the Bee Gees ' " Stayin' Alive ", whose drum beat Burke tried to emulate. He and Stein gave Destri much of the credit for the final result, noting that Destri's appreciation of technology had led him to introduce synthesizers and to rework
22608-513: Was a waitress at Max's Kansas City , a go-go dancer in a discothèque in Union City, New Jersey , and a Playboy Bunny . In the late 1960s, Harry began her musical career as a backing singer for the folk rock group The Wind in the Willows , which released an eponymous album in 1968 on Capitol Records . In 1973, Harry joined The Stilettos with Elda Gentile and Amanda Jones. Shortly thereafter,
22765-497: Was also in this period that Capitol issued Christmas music recordings from various countries outside the United States. In the 1960s Capitol established subsidiary labels including Tower Records . Capitol was the US distributor of the Beatles ' Apple Records . In October 1979, EMI merged with Thorn Electrical Industries to form Thorn EMI and, due to business models increasingly diverging, on August 16, 1996, Thorn EMI's shareholders voted to demerge. The resulting media company
22922-447: Was also stopped. Instead, non-album tracks were issued as singles between album releases. Beginning in 1948, Capitol Records were released in the UK on the Capitol label by Decca. After its 1955 acquisition of Capitol, EMI took over distribution in 1956. EMI's Parlophone unit handled Capitol label marketing in the UK in later years. In 2012, EMI was sold to Universal Music Group. Universal Music started Capitol as an autonomous label in
23079-431: Was an ardent fan, emulating Harry's hairstyle and founding the West Coast Blondie Fan Club, before becoming friends with the band in New York. After Blondie split up in 1982, Harry's solo output slowed down as she cared for ailing partner Chris Stein. She released the single "Rush Rush" in 1983 (produced by Giorgio Moroder and taken from the film Scarface ), but it was commercially unsuccessful. The same year, Harry had
23236-413: Was being mixed at the time, was said to be ready to follow in 2010. Stein stated that Dutch artist Chris Berens would provide the cover art. In April 2010, it was announced that guitarist Carbonara had amicably left Blondie to pursue other projects and was replaced by Tommy Kessler (the finished Panic of Girls album credits both Kessler and Carbonara as official members). In June 2010, Blondie began
23393-410: Was commissioned by EMI after its acquisition of Capitol Records in 1955 and was completed in April 1956. The building is north of the intersection of Hollywood and Vine and is the center of the company's consolidated West Coast operations. It was nicknamed "The House That Nat Built" after the financial success of Capitol singer Nat King Cole. The rectangular ground floor is a separate structure joined to
23550-527: Was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note in the United States in 1942 by Johnny Mercer , Buddy DeSylva , and Glenn E. Wallichs . Capitol was acquired by British music conglomerate EMI as its North American subsidiary in 1955. EMI was acquired by Universal Music Group in 2012, and was merged with the company a year later, making Capitol and the Capitol Music Group both distributed by UMG. The label's circular headquarters building
23707-399: Was guilty of copyright infringement due to a business model that facilitated the creation of additional copies of Capitol's digital music files, whereby users could upload the files for downloading or streaming to the new purchaser of the file. ReDigi argued that the resale of MP3/digital music files is permitted under certain doctrines ("fair use" and "first sale") but the court maintained that
23864-473: Was hired as chairman and CEO of the division. Capitol filed a lawsuit against Vimeo , an online video-sharing website, for audio copyright infringement. Capitol filed the claim after users were visibly lip-synching to some of their tracks. Following legal action by Capitol against the ReDigi.com online company in April 2013, the latter was found to have violated copyright law. Capitol Records claimed that ReDigi
24021-422: Was issued in December 1976. Neither was initially a commercial success, and the band spent the rest of the year touring with Television and visiting the UK. Blondie opened for David Bowie and Iggy Pop on the latter's US tour in early 1977 supporting The Idiot . Blondie was invited by Bowie and Pop after the pair had heard their debut. In July 1977, Valentine decided to leave the band and form his own group,
24178-400: Was produced by Mike Chapman. It was their first collaboration since the 1982 Blondie album The Hunter . The same year, Harry starred as Velma Von Tussle in John Waters 's satirical dance film Hairspray . Her next solo venture was the album Def, Dumb and Blonde in 1989. At this point Harry reverted from "Debbie" to "Deborah" as her professional name. The first single " I Want That Man "
24335-531: Was streamed live on YouTube on October 11, 2012. The same week, the band listed three previously unreleased songs recorded during the Panic of Girls sessions ("Bride of Infinity", "Rock On", and "Dead Air") on Amazon.com which were made available for free download in the US, and in the UK via the band's official website. Another track, "Practice Makes Perfect", was also made available as a free download in November 2012. On March 20, 2013, Harry and Stein were interviewed on
24492-515: Was the first song featuring rapping to reach number one in the US. In the song, Harry mentions the hip hop and graffiti artist Fab Five Freddy who also appears in the video for the song. Autoamerican featured a far wider stylistic range than previous Blondie albums, including the avant-garde instrumental "Europa", the acoustic jazz of "Faces", and "Follow Me" (from the Broadway show " Camelot "). The album went on to achieve platinum success in both
24649-697: Was then known as the EMI Group. In June 1997, Capitol, together with Virgin Records , absorbed EMI USA , which folded. In 2012, the recorded music operations of EMI were sold to the Universal Music Group and the world headquarters were re-established in the Capitol Tower in Hollywood as part of the subsequent reorganization of the Capitol Music Group . Steve Barnett, previously an employee of Columbia,
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