Blondie was founded in New York in 1974, where the group gained its influences in the famous punk rock club CBGBs. The band was supposed to be called Angel & the Snake, but ultimately the choice fell on Blondie after singer Debbie Harry was called this name during a walk through Houston Street.[Andy Warhol invented the look of Harry, blonde and dressed only in a white T-shirt and underpants. The first album, called Blondie, played a lot of punk ethos.

Rebellious Blondie singer Debbie Harry has turned 76 today. Although Debbie Harry has been going through life as an icon for more than forty years and even after her seventieth still brings entire venues in ecstasy as the front wife of the American band Blondie, the story behind this icon has remained a mystery all along. For years she did not give solo interviews, but, under the guise of 'Blondie is a group', she was always surrounded by her fellow band members who mean so much to her. So far.

In her memoirs ( Face It Blondie's autobiography ) tells Harry the story of how a shy girl from an adoptive family in a small town in New Jersey becomes a phenomenon in the music world. And beyond that, because Debbie Harry is so much more than Blondie's singer. In addition to her solo career, she was a symbol of changes in art, fashion and culture. An inspiring book in which tough Harry shows how to be vulnerable.

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