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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.
Harry was born in Miami, Florida, and adopted by Catherine Harry and Richard Smith, gift shop proprietors in Hawthorne, New Jersey. She attended Hawthorne High School, where she graduated in 1963. She graduated from Centenary College in Hackettstown, New Jersey, with an Associate of Arts degree in 1965.[citation needed] 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, a go-go dancer in Union City, New Jersey, discothèque,[citation needed] and a Playboy Bunny.
Deborah Harry began her musical career in the late '60s with the folk rock group The Wind in the Willows, that recorded one album for Capitol Records. Harry then joined The Stilettos, with Elda Gentile and Amanda Jones, in 1974. The Stilettos included her eventual boyfriend and Blondie guitarist Chris Stein. When Harry and Stein left the Stilettos, they formed Angel and the Snake, with Tish and Snooky Bellomo. Shortly thereafter, Harry and Stein formed Blondie, naming it for the term of address men often yelled at Harry when she bleached her hair. Blondie quickly became regulars at Max's Kansas City and CBGB in New York City. 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.
Whenever i collapse
whenever i fold in your arms
that's when i know i'm holding you
holding you
within my grasp
whenever i feel trapped
held by the inescapable
i try to put my mind at ease
protect the heart worn on my sleeve
that's when i feel brand new
i'm looking on the brite side
i've got my visuals
i'm looking on the brite side
my 20-20's true
i'm looking on the brite side
that's when i know it's you
whenever i'm in red
a guardian angel's flying round my head
i feel your touch
warm as red's
embarrassment innocence blush
that's when i feel brand new
i'm looking on the brite side
i've got my visuals
i'm looking on the brite side
my 20-20's true
i'm looking on the brite side
that's when i know it's you
whenever i'm in bed
i see myself in wide-screen love scene
close-up
i'm holding you, holding you
we're wrapped in blue
i'm looking on the brite side