Debbie Harry

She is not married and does not have any children. She was once in a relationship with guitarist Chris Stein with whom she had formed the band Blondie.

Inspired by the philanthropic works Elton John is involved in, she became involved with charities fighting cancer and endometriosis.

She is the adopted daughter of Richard Smith Harry and his wife Catherine. Her parents own gift shops in New Jersey.

She graduated from Hawthorne High School in 1963. She went to the Centenary College from where she graduated in 1965 with a degree in Associate of Arts.

During the 1960s she moved to New York and worked at a number of odd jobs. She has been a waitress, a dancer, a playboy bunny among others.

Her musical career began in the late 1960s when she joined the folk rock group, ‘The Wind in the Willows’ as a backing singer. The band released one album in 1968.

She joined the band ‘The Stilettos’ in 1974 and performed with Elda Gentile and Amanda Jones. Guitarist Chris Stein also became a member shortly after her joining.

She left The Stilettos and co-founded the band ‘Blondie’ with Chris Stein. The duo had also begun dating. The band became famous following the commercial success of their debut album.

Sharp featured and pretty, she caught the attention of her fans with her platinum blonde hair and glamorous looks. She became a sex symbol and was soon a punk icon. She became such an inherent part of Blondie that people thought it was her name!

Blondie’s 1978 album, ‘Parallel Lines’ provided them the breakthrough they needed. It peaked at No.1 in the U.K. and also performed well in the U.S.

Blondie’s ‘Parallel Lines’ was their breakthrough album that catapulted the band to stardom. The album not only peaked at No.1 in the U.K. album chart, but also sold over 20 million copies worldwide.

‘Eat to the Beat’, another No.1 hit in the U.K. was a multi-platinum album by the Blondie. The most successful singles from the album were ‘Dreaming’, ‘Union City Blue’ and ‘Atomic’. The album was one of Billboard's top 10 albums of 1980 in the U.S.