Debby was stunning. Great voice. Great front man. But, her drummer was the unsung treasure of the band. He’s an all time great.

Sad ending? Blondie has left a kick ass legacy of music that is timeless.

"The band mixed pop, disco, reggae and rap" -- and perhaps rock, primarily?

Debbie Harry has always been a stunning goddess. I believe Debbie and Chris remain so close is because they share a deep understanding. Debbie didn’t want children and Chris did. They are soul mates and kindred spirits. A friend met Debbie and said she helped him get over his awe by asking him questions and showing genuine interest in his life. Very cool lady. Thank you.

Saw Blondie at the Hammersmith Odeon January 1980. Debbie was stunning as always but I was blown away by the incredible drumming of Clem Burke. Became a drummer on the strength of it.

Blondie is an great example of what every band should be. They have done almost everything right, stayed out of trouble and kept their music that still holds up today.

Debbie Harry was my teenage crush in the late 70s. I had a big poster of her on my wall and even now decades later I still have a soft spot for her. Parallel Lines is a great album 😊👍 Thanks again for another v enjoyable video

Debbie is a legend. Glad her and the band are still going, the upcoming tour sounds epic💝

I had a massive crush on her when the Heart of Glass video came out. She was stunning with her hairstyle and dress.

Beautiful lady and she is a highly intelligent person . I Miss the old days .

I was about 13 when Blondie came to prominence here in Australia; about the time that Parallel Lines was released. I still love their songs and listen to them to this day - and sing along, as lyrics learned for classic songs in your childhood seem to stick. Always a fan of her and the band. Thanks for a great vid, cheers.

I love Debbie, she is my hero, icon, and favorite singer ❤ ♥

My favorite thing about Debbie (and there are many things) is her unique songwriting style. Debbie uses abstract concepts and blends them with unique words to create a visual explanation like no other artist. Who else could create a rhyme for microsurgical precision? One of my favorite bands, and artists.

Debbie is stunningly beautiful and super talented…then and now. Great unique voice and way ahead of their time back then.

Debra forever. She stood by someone she loved though illness and it shows what a great person she is.

Debbie Harry flawlessly beautiful & talented, what a voice ~ Blondie was the coolest band, ÃLL talented musicians, ñ ģreat songs.. Debbie was 1st woman to do rap.

5 of the tightest albums ever. Massively influential to me. Immense writing and rocking. Immense art.

We were lucky enough last summer, 2021, to be on the beach at the Asbury Park, NJ, musical festival, Sea Hear Now. Blondie was fantastic! The whole band and Debbie played strong. Love this band forever!

How about #11. She was my neighbor in Chelsea in NYC and was very nice. Really sweet and down to earth.

Debbie Harry s absolutely brilliant and iconic my Mom got me addicted right away

To me Deborah Harry then and there was the most beautiful thing that the universe has ever created. I'll go to my grave believing that. The band itself...i just loved their diversity. They played every genre...and well

SHE IS AN ICON FOREVER. Philadelphia USA 🇺🇲 AMEN ☦️🙏😇❤️

I love Blondie. They have great melodic songs which is something not really talked about. I'm glad you made the Beatles and Blondie connection because those are two of my favorites. Can you do a retrospective of Heart? There also influenced by the Beatles. One more thing, Debbie Harry is quite beautiful.

I adore her! All of hers! She's an Angel in hard-rock etc. music!

Great Presentation Of Debbie Harry And Her Band”Blondie”🎤🎼🎶

Thanks for posting this . Debbie Harry and Blondie have stood the TEST of TIME! Very interesting tidbits about this Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Band .

I'm like "yeah, it's a video about Blondie, but the Beatles HAVE to turn up in there somewhere..." You are reliably cool, Mr. Hollyhob. :) PS Blondie is a HERO!! Well-done. :)

I saw the last Blondie/Garbage tour and both bands were fantastic. I recommend checking them out if you can!

Oh my. Heart of Glass is what I loved about Blondie. It drew me in. 50 years old now. Still my No. 1

I love the way you're taking the channel into new directions. I'd definitely love some beatles too

Blondie was the first group i liked and my parents hated. In the 90ies i went to their concert in the AB in brussels. It was one of the first times she performed Maria. She even had the lyrics written on a4 sheets. Untill now the best concert i went to

Still up there doing the business. Great band fab drummer!!

Boy, I had a crush on her when I was a kid. Plus, she's got a heck of a voice

Fantastic youtube!!! I've always loved this band....and Debbie. of course.

What blew me away with Debbie was her absolutely golden voice. Her range was fantastic- just listen to " Sound Asleep" or "Shayla"

To this day when Heart of Glass video comes on the world stands still.

Awesome group during an incredible era of music. CBGB's forever

I'm so relieved that this is not a computer generated voice like I was bracing for but narrated by an actual human being. Kudos!

Pretty good stuff! They did sell out a bit I guess but Heart Of Glass was a classic. Sometimes I can get into a groove with them. I like the spacy feel of the Eat To The Beat album. Songs like Slow Motion & Union City Blue(s). Might have to play those now!

Blondie is still together and going on tour 2021 with Garbage !!!! That's awesome

I'm usually kind of critical about these music info videos. Great job HollyHobs. Very informative, and not just the same old crap everybody already knows.

Love her and her music. Maria is my favorite.

The hottest grandma on earth. Love you Debbie.

I remember 80's in jr. High, we had like 10 Blondie's. It was a good era. Much love from Wheeling West Virginia.

Clem Burke rocks..❤ his drum style🥁💯🔥🥁 Debbie is a musical gem and to still be going out just blows my mind!!! Loved her in 70s and still very relevant in 2000s😎🔥💯🎤🎸🔥🥁😘❤️Blondie🤘🎸🎤💯🔥😎

Most beautiful woman I've ever seen and their music special. Could never meet anything like her. Uh, and Clem Burke. Blondie is obviously an amalgamation of Harry, Burke and Stein. Harry actually never got enough meritorious credit.

What great video ! Well done mate ! Keep up

The first fact she’s not Blonde 🤣😂

One Way or Another wasn't about an ex-boy friend but about a serial killer, Ted Bundy, Debbie met, as she wrote in her memoir. Harry was alone in the streets of Manhattan in the early morning hours, searching for a taxi. Then, a white car pulled up and the driver offered her a ride. Harry had doubts about getting inside the car, but her feet were aching and the driver appeared to be polite. Upon realizing she was trapped, Harry managed to escape and lived to tell the tale..

Very informative. Thanks!

Better than Madonna and fitter too

Love you hollyhobs peace and love!!!!

I honestly thought that blondie was just Debbie harry’s stage name

It's funny to hear about Blondie from the American perspective. Were they ever big in USA? As a teen in the late 70s I just assumed they were a British band - no American band would play like that, and certainly weren't cool.

Great live singer

Blondie paid tribute to the Beatles in another track, Danceway from the Hunter album with the lyric "England in the air Beatle in the bathroom" A very good video!

Heart of Glass is one or my happy place songs.

9:23 There's a typo. The Iggy Pop/David Bowie Idiot tour was 1977 not 1997.

Most interesting fact about Debbie Harry? She got picked up and rode about 80 miles with Ted Bundy and lived to tell about it.

I Love Blondie!!!

First rape song was Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blue back in January 14, 1965

The name of the band is blondie! Her name is Debbie!

I was a preteen late seventies, musically there was no better time to be alive you still had the influence of the 60s and the early 70s and all that was being reimagined by bands in the late seventies early eighties

I luv Blondie ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

She's such a fox, she looks just like my grade school crush Nicole

Deborah Harry was the first rapper I ever heard, trail blazer, rock icon and huge influence on me, only bigger influence was queen and that was just timeline

didnt know lennon liked them, obviously i love both blondie and beatles, so ace :) also, imagine for a mother having a beautiful and talented daughter like debbie and not wanting her, which is what happened, huh

Great pix!

I was just getting into Blondie. Neat.

Love the hair 💓😍❤️😍😍😍

Sweet. Thanks. 👍

3:03 Debbie Harry and late-great Jean-Michel Basquiat

The Idiot Tour with David Bowie was in 1977, not 1997 as your video suggests. I remember it well as fellow students at college in Montreal were all abuzz about the opening act for Bowie (aka Blondie).that nobody had ever heard of.

nice recap!

I thought Clem Burke was/is a decent drummer. He did a good job on Dramarama's 1993 album Hi-Fi Sci-Fi, especially the song Hey Betty. That song is high energy and the drums are killer!

Can you make a video about the Doors please?

i knew 9 out of the 10 facts before watching the video.

I have her cds amazing voice she has!

Adding... Blondie had a small role in "Downtown 81," a film starring Basquiat.

Very interesting bro Thanx

even if Debbie was ugly, her attitude and finesse was really what counts, coz Blondie were always a true band, Clem was always the backbone, great drummer, never knew he was a Ramone until now, whacky shit indeed.

Before she was in "The Stilletos", Debbie was in a band called "The Wind in the Willows". It may be the most godawful, hippie crap that was ever recorded. Thank God she changed direction and gave us all of the great Blondie music.

The tide is high. Awesome

My favorite? Union City Blue"

Funny to see Chris wearing a Ned Kelly t-shirt.

When talking about the success of Blondie, you can’t leave out the contribution of Mike Chapman.

my dad used to have a crush on her until my nan told him they were the same age 😭

"same time"

I think she looked better as a brunette.

Cool info

NEW WAVE 80'S

Rap ain’t Pop,nor Music. Modern Country is Pop

Ello from the Philippines! Debbie me crush ^^

What a journey🤘🏻😁

i love her...i knew frankie in jersey city....his dad n my dad did italian business -if u know what i mean-,together n i met him a few times smoked a bit ....ppl said i looked like him ...but i am a little younger...he was at the holy rosary feast 2022....hes back in the neighborhood again....

Back in the late 70's, "Blondie" was a callback to the long-running Sunday newspaper comic strip by Chic Young. Blondie cartoons had been running weekly in most newspapers since the 1930's, and its main characters, Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead, had achieved near-universal pop culture status. Blondie herself was portrayed as the voice of reason in a middle-class suburban family headed by Dagwood, a bumbling, self-indulgent husband and father. At the time Debbie Harry took on her Blondie stage persona, her cool, unflappable style echoed comic-strip Blondie's limitless raised-eyebrow patience with her husband's manic cluelessness. It came off like Debbie was comic-strip Blondie's rockstar secret identity.

YEAH Blondie!!!!!!

Fascinating

2 more for the list: Zappa liked Blondie and Clem Burke is a badass!

I wonder how the rap culture feels about how a skinny white blond woman became the first successful rapper.