Blondie – Heart of Glass
Blondie’s Heart of Glass (Parallel Lines, 1978): disco grid after ballad/reggae tries, Harry’s cool vocal, Chapman, No. 1.
Blondie – Hanging On The Telephone
Blondie’s Hanging On The Telephone opens Parallel Lines (1978): a Nerves cover sped up by Mike Chapman and Debbie Harry’s urgent vocal.
Blondie – Cool enough for both rooms
Blondie moved from a Bowery loft and CBGB bills to Parallel Lines and worldwide pop hits without sanding off the early sound.
Blondie – Rapture
Blondie’s Rapture (Autoamerican, 1980): Chapman, Fab 5 Freddy spark, first Hot 100 No. 1 with rap.
Interview of Debbie Harry (1981)
BBC Newsnight in 1981 follows Debbie Harry into the biomechanical world of H.R. Giger and the solo album KooKoo, produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards while Blondie was still high on the charts.