Debbie Harry, New York City, November 1995 – photo (detail) by Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries / Allen Ginsberg Estate
Debbie Harry, lead singer for the group Blondie, turns 76 today (2021). (80 today 2025)
In 2019, her much-anticipated memoir, Face It was released
Read the reviews in The Guardian, The Washington Post, The Atlantic
Steve Inskeep talks to her about it on NPR here
Emine Saner interviews her for The Guardian – here
She’s interviewed by Kory Grow for Rolling Stone
She talks to Gary Ryan of NME – here
Blondie – New York City mural
and, from ten years ago, here’s her “Desert Island Discs”
A little vintage Blondie:
Debbie Harry and William Burroughs – photo: courtesy Victor Bockris
I am not familiar with much of Blondie’s work. I do recall she took care of her partner when he got AIDS. What was fun about her performances is she seemed to take a stand of cool indifference toward the audience.