A plan of the Titanic, used in the inquiry into the sinking of the ship in 1912, has sold for what is believed to be a world record price for memorabilia of the doomed boat.
The plan had been expected to fetch between £100,000 and £150,000 but was bought by a private collector for £220,000.
The 33ft (10m) cross-section was commissioned by what was then the British Board of Trade to help in the 36-day inquiry.
It was used by witnesses and experts to establish the cause of the tragedy, and even contains original chalk marks showing what happened.
The drawing, mounted on linen, was so pivotal to the inquiry that it was hung in the official hearing room so witnesses could refer to it constantly.
The hand-drawn plan of the Titanic was prepared by White Star Line architects for the 1912 British inquiry into the sinking of the ship, just weeks after the disaster.
It allowed the 96 witnesses called to testify to indicate various parts of the ship using a pointer.
After the inquiry concluded that the loss of the ship had been brought about by "excessive speed", the unique plan was returned to White Star.
Since then it has been in private hands and, according to the auctioneer, had not been put on public display.
"I am delighted with the new world record price of £220,000 for the sale of any item relating to Titanic," said Andrew Aldridge, of Devizes-based auctioneer Henry Aldridge & Son .
"The plan is one of the most important pieces of Titanic memorabilia ever sold and this price reflects it.
"There was interest from around the world and the new owner is delighted with his purchase."
Sarah Palin begins a bus tour of East Coast with a motorcycle ride in Washington
Sarah Palin rumbled through Washington on the back of a Harley as she and her family began an East Coast tour Sunday, renewing speculation that the former Alaska governor would join the still unsettled Republican presidential contest.
Wearing a black leather jacket and surrounded by a throng of cheering fans, Palin and family members jumped on bikes and joined thousands of other motorcyclists on the Memorial Day weekend ride from the Pentagon to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Palin didn’t mention politics as she visited with participants, but she smiled broadly when many in the crowd urged her to run.
When one man asked her if she was running, she smiled and answered, “Don’t know.”
Palin remains one of the biggest questions for Republicans, who have not yet settled on a frontrunner to challenge President Barack Obama’s re-election. While many of Palin’s likely rivals have worked to build campaign organizations in early nominating states such as Iowa or New Hampshire, Palin has taken no concrete steps to begin a presidential campaign.
Given Palin’s star power, she might be able to wait longer than others. But the clock is ticking, the establishment isn’t happy with its options and one of the earliest tests of campaign infrastructure, the straw poll in Ames, Iowa, is scheduled for August.
Palin showed no hints she would join the field on Sunday although she again demonstrated her ability to build excitement and practice the person-to-person, retail politics that she clearly loves. In heels and black flare slacks, Palin shook hands and posed for pictures with well-wishers.
“How do you wear all this leather and stay cool?” she asked one woman. Palin asked others to show off their tattoos as she took off her own leather jacket and worked her way through a crush of fans, photographers and reporters.
Just before Palin, husband Todd and daughters Bristol and Piper rolled from the Pentagon’s parking lot, she gave a thumbs-up to a military police officer who asked if he could snap a picture while taking a break from directing traffic.
On the windshield of Palin’s bike: a likeness of President George W. Bush. Next to it, the words “Miss Me?” And on her hand, the words “justice rolls” were written in smeared ink.
It was an apparent reference to Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, which is quoted on Palin’s website: “We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Palin didn’t take questions from reporters and, in keeping her social media strategy, offered her thoughts on her political website.
“There’s no better way to see D.C. than on the back of a Harley!” Palin wrote. “My family may be used to snowmachines more so than motorcycles.”
Palin, whom Sen. John McCain elevated from an obscure governor to national star, set off from Washington on a tour of East Coast historical sites. Her political committee billed the swing as an opportunity for her family to visit historic sites as they worked their way to New England.
Years active 1965–present
Labels
Capitol Records
Chrysalis Records
Geffen/Warner Bros.
Sire/Warner Bros.
Associated acts The Wind in the Willows
The Stilettos
Blondie
Divinyls
The Jazz Passengers
Chris Stein
Jimmy Destri
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
Clem Burke
Website Official Website
Deborah Ann "Debbie" Harry (born July 1, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for being the lead singer of the punk rock and new wave band Blondie. She has also had success as a solo artist, and in the mid-1990s she performed and recorded as part of The Jazz Passengers. Her acting career spans over thirty film roles and numerous television appearances.
Contents
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• 1 Life and early career
• 2 Blondie
o 2.1 Reunion
• 3 Solo albums
• 4 Other musical projects
• 5 Acting roles
• 6 Current projects
• 7 Discography
o 7.1 Albums
o 7.2 Compilation albums
o 7.3 Other albums[19]
o 7.4 Singles
• 8 Filmography
o 8.1 Features
o 8.2 Short subjects
• 9 References
• 10 External links
o 10.1 Official sites
o 10.2 Media links
[edit] Life and early career
Harry is the daughter of Catherine and Richard Harry, gift shop proprietors in Hawthorne, New Jersey, who adopted her at the age of three months, in Miami, Florida.[1] She attended Hawthorne High School, where she graduated in 1963.[2] She graduated from Centenary College in Hackettstown, New Jersey, with an Associate of Arts degree in 1965. Before starting her singing career she moved to New York City in the late 1960s and worked as a secretary at BBC Radio's office there for one year. Later, she was a waitress at Max's Kansas City, and worked in a Dunkin' Donuts shop, after which she was a dancer in Union City, New Jersey, and a Playboy Bunny.[3]
She began her musical career in the late '60s with a folk rock group, The Wind in the Willows.[4] who recorded one album for Capitol Records. Harry then joined a girl-group trio, The Stilettos, in the early 1970s. The Stilettos' backup band included her eventual boyfriend and Blondie guitarist, Chris Stein. Harry and Stein formed the band Blondie in the mid-1970s, naming it for the term of address men often yelled at Harry from passing cars. Blondie quickly became regulars at Max's Kansas City and CBGB in New York City.[5] After a debut album in 1976, commercial success followed in the late 1970s to the early 1980s, first in Australia and Europe, then in the United States.
While leading Blondie, Harry and Stein became life as well as musical partners, although they never married; Harry has no children.[6] In the mid-1980s, she took a few years off to nurse Stein back to health after he suffered a life-threatening disease. Stein and Harry broke up in the 1990s, but they have continued to work together. In 1999, she was called the 12th greatest woman of rock and roll by VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll[7] and in 2002, she was called the 18th sexiest artist of all time by VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.[8] Harry resides in Red Bank, New Jersey, and in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City.
[edit] Blondie
Debbie Harry performing in Toronto in 1977.
Photo: Jean-Luc Ourlin
With her two-tone bleached-blonde hair, Harry quickly became a recognizable punk icon. Her look was further popularized by the band's early presence in the music video revolution of the era. She was a continued regular at Studio 54 and was associated with Andy Warhol. In June 1979, Blondie graced the cover of Rolling Stone. Harry's stage persona of cool sexuality and streetwise style became so closely associated with the group's name that many came to believe the singer's name to be "Blondie." The difference between the individual Harry and the band Blondie was famously highlighted with a "Blondie is a Group" button campaign by the band in 1979.[9] To complicate matters further, Harry sometimes described her character in 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.[10]
”
During 1976 and 1977 Blondie released their first two albums. The second experienced some marginal success outside the United States. However, 1978's Parallel Lines (US #6, UK #1) shot the group to international success and included the global smash hit single, "Heart of Glass." Riding the crest of Disco's domination, the infectious track hit #1 in the US and sold nearly two million copies. The follow-up single, "One Way Or Another" reached #24 on Billboard's Hot 100. The album was the band's biggest success, having sold over 6 million copies in the United States alone. The band were also pioneers of the music video movement with Eat To The Beat being heralded as the first ever music video cassette album.
The release of the platinum-plus Eat to the Beat album (US #17, UK #1) in 1979 and Autoamerican (US #7, UK #3) in 1980, continued the band's run of hits, including "Dreaming", Atomic" and three more US #1 singles: "The Tide Is High", "Rapture" and "Call Me" from the film soundtrack American Gigolo which became Billboard's #1 song of 1980.
After a year long hiatus in 1981, during which Harry released her first solo album (see below), Blondie regrouped and released their sixth studio album The Hunter (US #33, UK #9). The album met with a disastrous reception, peaking at #33 and falling rapidly off the charts. The single "Island of Lost Souls" briefly cracked the US Top 40. The band's "War Child" was released as a single in the UK. Blondie launched a North American tour to support the release, but it was cut short when Stein fell seriously ill with the rare autoimmune disease, pemphigus. Coupled with declining commercial fortunes, the band split up.
Later in the 1980s, the remix album Once More Into The Bleach was released, featuring remixes of tracks by Blondie and from Harry's solo career. The mid-1990s saw the release of further Blondie remix albums Beautiful in Europe and Remixed Remade Remodeled in the U.S. New mixes of "Heart of Glass", "Atomic" and "Union City Blue" were released as singles and all made the UK Top 40, while remixes of "Atomic", "Rapture" and "Heart of Glass" had major success on the U.S. dance charts.
[edit] Reunion
In 1997, Blondie began working together again for the first time in 15 years. Two tracks were recorded with TV Mania, the production trio of two Duran Duran members, Nick Rhodes and Warren Cuccurullo, and producer Anthony J. Resta. "Studio 54" and "Pop Trash Movie" were scheduled to be released on a Blondie compilation, entitled This Is Blondie. However, the project and the tracks were shelved as the four original members (Harry, Stein, Clem Burke and Jimmy Destri) embarked on sessions for what would become Blondie's seventh studio album. During this period, they released a cover of Iggy Pop's "Ordinary Bummer" on the tribute album We Will Fall (1997).
After a final tour of Europe with The Jazz Passengers in the summer of 1998, Deborah Harry resumed duties as lead vocalist of Blondie. Prior to the release of No Exit, the band completed a sold out tour of Europe. Dates at London's Lyceum Theatre were recorded by the BBC and aired on national BBC Radio 1. A week prior to the release of No Exit, the lead single "Maria" debuted at number one in the UK, giving Blondie their sixth UK No.1 hit. "Maria" also reached #1 in 14 different countries, the top 10 on the U.S. Dance Charts and Top 15 on the U.S. Adult Top 40 Charts. No Exit debuted at No.3 in the UK and #17 in the U.S. and Blondie announced dates for a major arena tour that summer, during which they played the Glastonbury Festival and Party in the Park in London. "Nothing Is Real but the Girl" was another UK Top 30 hit, while the title track was released as a limited edition single to coincide with further arena dates in November of that year.
Tracks culled from dates throughout the 1999 world tour were released as a live album, titled Live in the U.S. and Livid in the UK and were released in late 1999 and early 2000, respectively. A Blondie Live companion DVD was also released, recorded at a show in New York City's The Town Hall.
Harry performing in July 2007.
Although Blondie commenced recording tracks for the follow-up to No Exit in 2001, the sessions were besieged with problems including the loss of master tapes after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In the winter of 2002, Blondie returned with a full scale UK tour. This preceded the release of a new single in 2003 entitled "Good Boys" (a hit across the UK and Europe that autumn, and top 10 on the U.S. Dance Charts the following spring) and the release of Blondie's eighth studio album, The Curse of Blondie. The band toured throughout 2003 and 2004, completing two further full scale tours of the UK.
A second live album, entitled Live By Request, was released in 2005, along with a companion DVD set. In that year, the band also released the mash-up "Rapture Riders", which combined their 1981 hit "Rapture" with The Doors' "Riders on the Storm". This track was taken from a greatest hits compilation entitled Sound and Vision (first issued in the UK as Sight + Sound), released with a companion DVD and new mixes of "In the Flesh" and "Good Boys".
In the winter of 2005, Blondie toured the UK for the fourth time in as many years. In 2006, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Around this time, Blondie released a new studio track, a cover of Roxy Music's 1982 hit "More Than This". This was to promote their "Road Rage" tour and the single was made available for free download.
At the end of 2006, a new mix of "Heart of Glass" became a club hit in Europe, while Harry released the single "New York New York", a collaboration with Moby. The song debuted on YouTube, some four weeks before its official release.
In the summer of 2007, Blondie toured in the UK once again. Around this time, Harry delineated the different personas (Blondie the band, her role in the band and Deborah Harry, the singer) in an interview which asked why she played only solo music on the 2007 True Colors Tour: "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 the audience can appreciate that and also appreciate this other material."[11]
On July 3, 2008, Blondie commenced a world tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Parallel Lines with a sell-out concert at the amphitheatre in Ra'anana, Israel. During the tour, drummer Clem Burke stated that the tour had inspired the band to make another record, Panic of Girls.[12] It will be their first new album since the release of The Curse of Blondie in 2003.
In 2009, Blondie went on tour with Pat Benatar for the "Call Me Invincible" tour. The majority of the shows were opened by The Donnas. In December 2009, Blondie recorded their version of the traditional song "We Three Kings" to coincide with the band's new album.
In the summer of 2010, Blondie began a UK tour, including venues in Newcastle, Manchester, Sheffield and Dublin. They also played festivals including the Isle of Wight and Rockness Festival in Inverness, Scotland. Tracks from their forthcoming album 'Panic of Girls' have been performed during their tour of the UK, notably 'D-Day' and 'What I Heard'. The album remains unreleased due to legal issues. In an interview at the Isle of Wight Festival, drummer Clem Burke indicated that Blondie may return for another tour in 2011, depending on how well the record is received.
[edit] Solo albums
To date, Harry has released five solo albums. Harry began her solo career with the Chrysalis Records album Koo Koo in 1981. The album peaked at #28 in the US and #6 in the UK;[13] it was later certified gold in the US and Silver in the UK. "Backfired", the first single from the album, had a video directed by H. R. Giger (who also painted the album's eye-catching cover featuring Harry's face with metal skewers through it) and climbed to #43 on the Billboard Hot 100, #29 on the Hot Dance Club Songs and #32 on the UK Singles Chart.[13] "The Jam Was Moving" was lifted as the second single and peaked at #82 in the US. In 1986, Harry released her second solo album on Geffen Records called Rockbird, which peaked at #97 in the US (where it sold 200,000 copies) and #31 in the UK[13] (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 (#8) and became a moderate US hit (#57). Other singles released from the album were "Free to Fall" and "In Love with Love" which hit #1 on the U.S. Dance Charts and was released with several remixes.
Her next solo venture was the Sire/Red Eye/Reprise album Def, Dumb and Blonde in 1989. At this point Harry reverted from "Debbie" to "Deborah" for her professional name. The first single "I Want That Man" was a hit in Europe, Australia, and on the U.S. Modern Rock Charts. The success of the single propelled the album to #12 on the UK chart.[13] However, with little promotion from her record company in the US, it peaked at #123. She followed this up with the ballad "Brite Side" and the club hit "Sweet and Low". "Maybe for Sure", a track originally recorded by Blondie for 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). "Kiss It Better" was also a Top 15 Modern Rock single in the U.S.
From 1989 to 1991, Harry toured extensively across 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 with INXS. In 1991, Chrysalis released a "best of" compilation in Europe entitled The Complete Picture: The Very Best of Deborah Harry and Blondie, containing hits with Blondie as well as solo hits. The collection reached #3 in the UK album chart.[13] The album also included her duet with Iggy Pop on the Cole Porter song "Well, Did You Evah!" from the Red Hot + Blue AIDS charity album produced by the Red Hot Organization and released at the end of 1990.
Harry's fourth solo album, Debravation, appeared in July 1993. The album's first single was "I Can See Clearly", which peaked at #23 in the UK[13] and #2 on the U.S. dance charts. This was followed by "Strike Me Pink" in September. Controversy surrounded the latter track's promotional video which featured a man drowning in a water tank, resulting in it being banned. U.S. editions of the album feature two additional tracks recorded with pre-recorded music by R.E.M.: "Tear Drops" and "My Last Date (With You)", a remake of a 1961 Skeeter Davis hit.
In November 1993, Harry toured the UK with Stein, Peter Min, Greta Brinkman and James Murphy [disambiguation needed]. 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 which under the moniker "Adolph's Dog" Blondie would cover in 1997). Tentative plans to record these shows and release them as a double live CD never came to fruition. However, a cover of The Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses" is available as a bootleg. At the end of 1993, Chrysalis released the Blondie rarities collection Blonde and Beyond, which featured the previously unreleased tracks "Scenery" and "Underground Girl". In early 1994, Harry took the Debravation tour to the U.S.[14]
In 2006, Harry started work in New York City on tracks for her fifth solo album Necessary Evil (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 entitled "Dirty and Deep" in which she spoke out against rapper Lil' Kim's incarceration.
Throughout 2006, 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). These were "God Save New York" and "New York Groove". A streaming version of the lead single, "Two Times Blue", was added to Harry's My Space page in May 2007. On June 6, 2007, an iTunes downloadable version was released via her official web site, www.deborahharry.com.
Harry performing in June 2007.
Harry joined Cyndi Lauper's True Colors Tour for the Human Rights Campaign. She is a strong advocate for gay rights and same-sex marriage. Though she has stated that she identifies as mostly heterosexual, Harry has said she has had intimate relationships with both men and women.[15][16]
Necessary Evil was released on Eleven Seven Music after Harry completed both a solo tour of the US in June 2007 and a European tour with Blondie in July 2007. The first single, "Two Times Blue", peaked at #5 on the US Dance Club Play chart. The album debuted at #86 in the UK and #37 in the US Billboard Top Independent Albums chart.
To promote the album, Harry appeared on various talk shows to perform "Two Times Blue". She also started a 22-date U.S. 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.[17]
[edit] Other musical projects
In 1983 Harry teamed up with Giorgio Moroder (with whom she had worked previously on Blondie's "Call Me") on the song "Rush Rush", which was featured in the film Scarface and in the video game Grand Theft Auto III. Harry's single "Feel the Spin", produced by John "Jellybean" Benitez, was released (as a 12" single only) in 1985. That song, along with the whole soundtrack to the film Krush Groove, peaked at #5 on the U.S. Dance Charts. The song's "uno dos tres quatro" intro has been sampled on a number of records, including S'Express' "Theme from S'Express".
Marky Ramone of the Ramones and Harry attend a screening of Burning Down the House, a 2009 documentary about CBGB's heyday.
While recording her fourth album in 1992, Harry collaborated with German heavy metal 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 a cover of "Summertime Blues" from the soundtrack to the film That Night in Australia.
In the mid-1990s, Harry teamed up with New York avant-garde jazz ensemble The Jazz Passengers. Between 1994 and 1998 she was a permanent member of the troupe, touring North America and Europe. She was a featured vocalist on their 1994 album In Love singing the track "Dog In Sand". The follow-up album, 1997's Individually Twisted, is credited as "The Jazz Passengers featuring Deborah Harry" and Harry sings vocals throughout, teaming up with guest Elvis Costello for a cover of "Doncha Go Way Mad". The album also features a re-recorded version of the song "The Tide Is High". A live album entitled Live In Spain, again featuring Harry on vocals, was released in 1998.
Harry collaborated on a number of other projects with other artists. She featured as vocalist on Talking Heads side project The Heads' 1996 release No Talking, Just Head (performing the title track and "Punk Lolita"). She also sings on a cover of "Strawberry Fields Forever" and on the song "Estrella de Mar" by Argentine band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs. In 1997 she collaborated with Jazz Passenger Bill Ware in his side project Groove Thing, singing lead vocals on the club hit "Command and Obey". Another JP collaboration appeared on the Edgar Allan Poe tribute album Closed on Account of Rabies (1997). Harry also reunited with Blondie keyboardist Jimmy Destri for a cover of Otis Blackwell's "Don't Be Cruel" for the 1995 tribute album Brace Yourself. During this period she also recorded a duet with Robert Jacks entitled "Der Einzige Weg (The Only Way) - Theme from Texas Chainsaw Massacre", which was recorded in German and in English, although these did not surface until 1999. Likewise, at the end of 1999, Chrysalis Records released a best of her solo recordings entitled Most of All - The Best of Deborah Harry and a remix of "I Want That Man".
Aside from writing and recording material for Blondie, Harry pursued various other projects. She appears on the 2001 Bill Ware album Vibes 4 singing the track 'Me and You' as well as on ex-Police guitarist Andy Summers's album, Peggy's Blue Skylight on the track "Weird Nightmare". A techno cover of Stan Jones' "Ghost Riders in the Sky" was featured on the soundtrack to the film Three Business Men 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 in "Amarcord's main theme") and "Whe Love Comes By" (from "Il Postino"), as well as on a tribute album reinterpreting the music of Harold Arlen, on which she sings 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 electro-clash dance producers Blow Up.
Harry also contributed to Fall Out Boy's 2008 album Folie à Deux. She sings on the chorus of the album's closer "West Coast Smoker".
Harry is a credited co-writer on a song called "Supersensual" that appears on Australian singer Natalie Bassingthwaighte's debut album 1000 Stars. The song samples the recognizable "woo-ooo-wo-oh" refrain from "Heart of Glass".
[edit] Acting roles
Harry appeared on Broadway with Andy Kaufman in the wrestling play Teaneck Tanzi. A retitled version of the British play, Trafford Tanzi, the show opened and closed in one night. Later that year Harry, who had already appeared in a number of independent and underground films, made her major motion picture debut in the David Cronenberg film Videodrome.
Following the release of Rockbird, Harry took a number of acting roles including the villainous Velma Von Tussle in John Waters' Hairspray (1988).
A cover of The Castaways' "Liar Liar" from the soundtrack to the film Married to the Mob was released as a single in the U.S. Harry's version of Michael Jay's "Mind Over Matter" was also recorded in this period, but never released. Harry starred in a film called Forever Lulu, also known as Crazy Streets, in 1987 alongside Alec Baldwin. She had only one line but made appearances throughout the film. She also starred in the film Intimate Stranger, as Cory Wheeler, who was a telephone sex worker being pursued by a serial killer.[citation needed] Harry's other film roles include Hairspray by Jon Waters, Videodrome, Roadie, Union City, New York Beat Movie (otherwise known as Downtown '81), Rock & Rule, Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, Six Ways to Sunday, The Fluffer, Cop Land, Heavy, My Life Without Me, "Spun" and Full Grown Men. Her television appearances include roles on Tales from the Darkside, The Muppet Show, MADtv, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Absolutely Fabulous, Saturday Night Live, Pete and Pete, and Wiseguy.[18]
[edit] Current projects
• Harry is one of the faces of MAC Cosmetics' Viva Glam VI campaign (2006). The campaign donates every cent of the selling price of their iconic lipstick shades to the MAC AIDS Fund, which helps people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide. She is also one of the faces of the RockStars of Science Campaign (2010) alongside other musicians Bret Michaels, Ann & Nancy Wilson of Heart, B.O.B., Keri Hilson, Jay Sean and Timbaland.
• She recently completed recording a new album with Blondie titled Panic Of Girls, due to be released in 2011.
[edit] Discography
For Harry's releases with Blondie, see Blondie discography.
[edit] Albums
Year Album U.S.
UK[13]
New Zealand Sales and Certification
1981 Koo Koo
25 6 17 US: Gold UK:Silver
1986 Rockbird
97 31 22 UK: Gold
1989 Def, Dumb and Blonde
123 12 9 UK: Silver
1993 Debravation
— 24 — US: 40,000
2007 Necessary Evil
— 86 — US: 18,000
[edit] Compilation albums
Year Album U.S.
UK[13]
Australia New Zealand
1988 Once More into the Bleach
(Debbie Harry and Blondie)
— 50 47 —
1991 The Complete Picture: The Very Best of Deborah Harry and Blondie
(Deborah Harry and Blondie)
— 3 6 1
1998 Deborah Harry Collection
— — — —
1999 Most of All - The Best of Deborah Harry
— — — —
2004 French Kissin' - The Collection
— — — —
[edit] Other albums[19]
• "Heart on a Wall" (Jimmy Destri album featuring backing vocals by Debbie Harry) (1981)
• "Halfway to Sanity" (Ramones album featuring backing vocals by Debbie Harry on 1 song: "Go Lil' Camaro Go") (1987)
• "Hairspray: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" (Debbie Harry features on the song "Hairspray" by Rachel Sweet)
• "Like A Girl, I Want You To Keep Coming" (Various artists CD - Debbie Harry song: "Invocation to Papa Legba") (1989)
• "Standing in the Spotlight" (Dee Dee Ramone album featuring backing vocals by Debbie Harry on 2 songs: "Mashed Potato Kid" and "German Kid") (1989)
• "Big Trash" (Thompson Twins album featuring backing vocals by Debbie Harry on 1 song: "Sugar Daddy", and spoken-word telephone vocals on "Queen of the USA") (1989)
• "Just Say Da" (Various artists CD - Debbie Harry song: "Maybe for Sure (Tunguska Event 7" Mix)") (1990)
• Prelude to a Kiss Soundtrack - (Various artists - Debbie Harry song: "Prelude to a Kiss") (1992)
• "Get Out" (Various artists promotional CD issued with 'Out' magazine charter subscriptions - Debbie Harry song: "I Want That Man (Remix/Edit)") (1992)
• "Cash Cow" (Various artists CD - Debbie Harry song: "Moroccan Rock (Pipe of Pain)") (1993)
• "Heck on Wheels Volume 3" (Various artists promotional CD - Debbie Harry song: "Communion") (1993)
• "Head On" (Die Haut album featuring vocals by Debbie Harry on 1 song: "Don't Cross My Mind") (1993)
• "Brace Yourself! A Tribute to Otis Blackwell" (various artists tribute album - Debbie Harry song: "Don't Be Cruel") (1994)
• In Love (The Jazz Passengers featuring Deborah Harry vocals on 1 song: "Dog in Sand") (1994)
• "Rey Azúcar" (Los Fabulosos Cadillacs album - Debbie Harry Vocals on 2 songs: "Strawberry Fields Forever" & "Estrella de Mar") (1995)
• "Virtuosity Soundtrack" (Soundtrack album - Debbie Harry vocals on 1 song: "No Talking, Just Head" (with The Heads)) (1995)
• "No Talking, Just Head" (The Heads album - Debbie Harry vocals on 1 song: "No Talking, Just Head") (1996)
• Individually Twisted (The Jazz Passengers featuring Deborah Harry) (1996)
• Live In Spain (The Jazz Passengers featuring Deborah Harry) (1997)
• "Six Ways to Sunday Soundtrack" - (Soundtrack featuring 2 Debbie Harry songs: "Sunday Girl" (with Blondie and "More, More, More" a short speaking part in "Sex Ed")
• Covers EP (Franz Ferdinand EP featuring the duet "Live Alone") (2011)
[edit] Singles
Artist credit Year Song U.S. Hot 100
U.S. Dance
U.S. Modern Rock
Australia New Zealand Canada UK singles[13]
Album
Debbie Harry 1981 "Backfired"
43 29 - 23 28 - 32 Koo Koo
"The Jam Was Moving"
82 - - - - - -
"Chrome"
- - - - - - -
1983 "Rush, Rush"
105 28 - 25 39 42 - Scarface (soundtrack)
1985 "Feel the Spin"
- 5 - - - - - Krush Groove (soundtrack)
1986 "French Kissin'"
57 44 - 4 2 96 8 Rockbird
1987 "In Love with Love"
70 1 - - - - 45
"Free to Fall"
- - - - - - 46
1988 "Liar, Liar"
- - 14 - - - - Married to the Mob (soundtrack)
Deborah Harry 1989 "I Want That Man"
- - 2 2 8 - 13 Def, Dumb and Blonde
"Kiss It Better"
- - 12 - - - -
"Brite Side"
- - - - - - 59
1990 "Sweet and Low"
- 17 - 30 - - 57
"Maybe for Sure"
- - - - - - -
Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop
1991 "Well, Did You Evah!"
- - - - - - 42 Red Hot + Blue
Deborah Harry 1993 "I Can See Clearly"
- 2 - 96 - - 23 Debravation
"Strike Me Pink"
- - - - - - 46
Groove Thing
featuring Debbie Harry 1997 "Command and Obey" - 42 - - - - - This Is No Time
1999 "Command and Obey" (Remix)
- 49 - - - - - -
Deborah Harry "I Want That Man" (Almighty Remix) - - - - - - - Most of All - The Best of Deborah Harry
Moby featuring Debbie Harry 2006 "New York, New York"
- 10 - - - - 43 Go – The Very Best of Moby
Debbie Harry 2007 "Two Times Blue"
- 5 - - - - - Necessary Evil
Deborah Harry 2008 "If I Had You"
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"Fit Right In"
- - - - - - - Digital Single Release Only
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Features
• Unmade Beds (1976)
• Deadly Hero (1976)
• The Blank Generation (1976) (documentary)
• The Foreigner (1978)
• Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979)
• Union City (1980)
• Roadie (1980)
• Downtown 81 (1981)
• Rock & Rule (1983 (voice)
• Videodrome (1983)
• Terror in the Aisles (1984)
• Forever Lulu (1987)
• Satisfaction (1988)
• Hairspray (1988)
• New York Stories (1989)
• Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
• Intimate Stranger [disambiguation needed] (1992)
• Body Bags (1993)
• Dead Beat (1994)
• Drop Dead Rock (1995)
• Heavy (1995)
• Wigstock: The Movie (1995) (documentary)
• Cop Land (1997)
• Six Ways to Sunday (1997)
• Joe's Day (1998)
• Zoo (1999)
• Red Lipstick (2000)
• The Fluffer (2001)
• Deuces Wild (2002)
• Spun (2002)
• All I Want (2002)
• End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (2003) (documentary)
• My Life Without Me (2003)
• A Good Night to Die (2003)
• Ghostlight (2003)
• The Tulse Luper Suitcases (2003)
• Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003) (documentary)
• Picture This: Blondie and Debbie Harry (2004) (documentary)
• Kiki and Herb Reloaded (2005) (documentary)
• Face Addict (2005) (documentary)
• Too Tough to Die: A Tribute to Johnny Ramone (2006) (documentary)
• Full Grown Men (2006)
• Anamorph (2007)
• Elegy (2008)
• Hotel Gramercy Park (2008) (documentary)
[edit] Short subjects
• A New Face of Debbie Harry (1982)
• Sandman (1996)
• Who Is Harry Smith? (1998)
• Drive (2002)
• Honey Trap (2005)
• Patch (2005)
• I Remember You Now... (2005)
[edit] References
1. ^ Deborah Harry Biography (1945-) Film Reference
2. ^ Rohan, Virginia. Harry also graduated from Centenary College. "North Jersey-bred and talented too", The Record (Bergen County), June 18, 2007. Accessed June 25, 2007. "Debbie Harry: Class of 1963, Hawthorne High School"
3. ^ [1] NPR story on Playboy Clubs
4. ^ The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia Of Rock & Roll c1983, page 48.
5. ^ "http://www.maxskansascity.com/punk/".
6. ^ http://forums.thefashionspot.com/f104/debbie-harry-5373-17.html
7. ^ 1999, VH1: 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll
8. ^ 2002, VH1: 100 Sexiest Artists
9. ^ "More Males Per Oxide". Record Mirror (mirrored at Blondie fansite). April 28, 1979. Retrieved 2006-09-26.
10. ^ D Harry, No Exit Tour Book, (New York: Blondie Music, Inc., 1999).
11. ^ "Three questions with Debbie Harry...". Las Vegas Weekly (mirrored at official Deborah Harry web site). June 7, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
12. ^ "Exclusive: Blondie to release brand new album". Mirror.co.uk. 2008-07-07. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
13. ^ a b c d e f g h i Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 245. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
14. ^ "Deborah Harry Solo Appearances (gig list)".
15. ^ "Debbie Harry Interview!". Jackie Beat Rules!. Archived from the original on 2007-03-12.[unreliable source?]
16. ^ GaydarNation
17. ^ "Debbie Harry - If I Had You". ARTISTdirect Network.[not in citation given]
18. ^ Debbie Harry at the Internet Movie Database
19. ^ Che, Cathy (1999), 'Deborah Harry: Platinum Blonde', MPG Books Ltd, Cornwall, p.228-242
[edit] External links
Book: Blondie
Wikipedia Books are collections of articles that can be downloaded or ordered in print.
[edit] Official sites
• Debbie Harry — official website & blog
• www.dhbis.com — Deborah Harry & Blondie Mailing List
• Deborah Harry discography at Discogs
• Debbie Harry on Myspace
• Deborah Harry at the Internet Movie Database
• www.blondie.net/deborah_harry.shtml, Deborah Harry's personal blog on Blondie site
[edit] Media links
• Media related to Debbie Harry at Wikimedia Commons
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame entry
• Blondie at Rolling Stone Magazine
• Debbie Harry Pop Culture Madness interview
• Debbie Harry Interview on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos
• Debbie Harry at NNDB
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Kathy Hochul'S life is very strange.Democrat Kathy Hochul scored an upset and won a special election to represent New York's 26th congressional district on Tuesday, defeating Republican Jane Corwin.
Hochul, the Erie County clerk, declared victory in the conservative upstate district with just over 70 percent of the vote tallied.
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New York – A Democrat wins in a conservative congressional district's special election, after framing the vote as a referendum on the GOP's Medicare reform plans. What does it mean?
Democrat Kathy Hochul won a special House election in a reliably conservative district of western New York on Tuesday, in what her supporters called a rejection of the effort by House Republicans to turn Medicare into a voucher system. Republicans dismissed the suggestion that the result was a referendum on Rep. Paul Ryan's Medicare plan. They say that the GOP candidate, Jane Corwin, lost because a third candidate, who ran as a Tea Partier, siphoned away some of her votes in the race to replace Chistopher Lee, the GOP congressman who resigned after posting shirtless photos on Craiglist. What was the real message of Tuesday's vote in New York's 26th congressional district? Here, five theories:
1. Paul Ryan's Medicare plan is toxic
Tuesday's vote settles it. "Ryan's Medicare plan is political suicide," says Mickey Kaus at The Daily Caller. Republicans were winning the debate over cutting spending until the House Budget Committee chairman started pushing a budget that would remake Medicare. "Maybe now the GOPs will wise up and actually try to win in 2012." 2. A Tea Party spoiler can change everything
The GOP "nominated a fairly conservative establishment Republican in Jane Corwin," says Chris Chocola at National Review. But she "did a terrible job articulating the free-market message." That opened the door to an ex-Democrat, Jack Davis, to take up the Tea Party banner, and peel away fiscal conservatives by demagoguing the crucial issue of trade. 3. The GOP surge is officially over
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Lisa was a famous actress in the world. He was born to a Jewish family in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Alvin and Bonnie Edelstein. Her father is a pediatrician in New Jersey at ChiltonMemorialHospital. The youngest of three children, she was raised in Wayne, New Jersey, and attended WayneValleyHigh School, graduating in 1984.
At 16, Edelstein was a cheerleader for Donald Trump's New Jersey Generals. Edelstein soon encountered trouble when she organized a protest, because the team was forcing the cheerleaders to go and stand in bars while wearing their uniforms. Edelstein said she felt this was "akin to prostitution" and started a cheerleader strike.
She moved to New York City at the age of 18 to study theatre at New YorkUniversity's TischSchool of the Arts. While living in New York, she became involved in the club scene (known there only as "Lisa E.") and caused enough of a stir in the community to be dubbed New York City's "Queen of Downtown" by writer and fellow celebutante James St. James, who briefly refers to Edelstein in his 1999 book Disco Bloodbath.
Lisa’sCareer
After being dubbed a "celebutante" by New York Times magazine during her club kid days,Edelstein used her newfound celebrity to write, compose and star in an original musical called Positive Me in response to the growing AIDS crisis of the 1980s.[citation needed] After a brief stint hosting Awake on the Wild Side for MTV in 1990, she spent the early 1990s appearing in guest roles on several popular comedies, including Mad About You, Wings, The Larry Sanders Show, Sports Night and Seinfeld, where she played George Costanza's frustrated girlfriend, the "Risotto Girl" (the only girlfriend of George's to appear in multiple episodes other than Susan Ross).
Edelstein picketed during the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, which halted the development of Cuddy and House's relationship.
Bigger roles in TV dramas soon followed, among them the lesbian sister on ABC's Relativity in 1996; high-priced call girl turned Rob Lowe's date on The West Wing in 1999; a male-to-female transsexual on Ally McBeal in 2000 and Ben's girlfriend on Felicity in 2001. She also continued to land guest star spots on shows such as ER, Frasier, Just Shoot Me!, Without a Trace and Judging Amy.
The actress has lent her voice to several animated programs including King of the Hill, American Dad!, Superman: The Animated Series (as Mercy Graves, Lex Luthor's bodyguard, a role she later reprised in several episodes of Justice League) and the 1997 video game adaptation of Blade Runner. Edelstein's film credits include What Women Want with Mel Gibson, Keeping the Faith with Ben Stiller, a cameo in As Good as It Gets with Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt and Daddy Day Care with Eddie Murphy.
In 2004, she was cast as Dr. Lisa Cuddy, the Dean of Medicine at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital and frequent character foil and love interest to title character Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) on Fox's hit show House, M.D.
Edelstein starred in the film, Special Delivery alongside Brenda Song.
Edelstein appeared on the September 2010 cover of H mag, photographed by Joey Shaw.
In 2011, she won the People's Choice Awards's best Drama Actress in a TV series for her portrayal of Dr. Lisa Cuddy on House, M.D.
In May of 2011 Edelstein announced that she will not return for the eighth season of House.
Everybody should obey/celebrate the International “Mother’s Day” The modern Mother's Day is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in March, April, or May as a day to honor mothers and motherhood.
Father's Day is the corresponding day for fathers.
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Osama is a main leader of Al- Qaeda. He is held responsible for the terrorist attacks in New York on September 11 2001, and the London bombings of July 7 2005, has been killed in a US operation in Pakistan.
Speaking from the White House, President Obama said: "Justice has been done."
A small team of Americans carried out the attack and took custody of bin Laden's remains, the president added.
An American official said bin Laden was killed in a mansion close to the Pakistani capital Islamabad.
Former President George W. Bush, who was in office at the time of the September 11 attacks and famously said he wanted Osama bin Laden dead or alive, has said the death of the al Qaeda leader was a "momentous If Osama is dead, it will be a turning point of the world.
