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Infobox musical artist|image =|name = Debby Boone|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Deborah Anne Boone|alias = Debby Boone Ferrer|birth_date = Birth date and age|1956|9|22| birth_place = Hackensack, New Jersey , United States|origin = Los Angeles , California |instrument = Vocals |genre = Pop music|Pop , Country music|country , Christian music|Christian |occupation = Singing|Singer , actress , author |years_active = 1977–present|label = Concord Records|Concord , Curb Records|Curb |associated_acts = Pat Boone , Rosemary Clooney |website = http://www.debbyboone.net/ Debby Boone Official Website Deborah ("Debby") Anne Boone (born September 22, 1956) cite web|url= http://books.google.com/books? id=gZIjT8PgJMEC& pg=PA54& dq=%22debby+boone%22& lr= |title=International Who's who in Popular Music - Eur - Google Boeken |publisher=Books.google.com |date= |accessdate=2012-05-04 is an United States|American singer and stage actress . She is best known for her 1977 hit, " You Light Up My Life (song)|You Light Up My Life ," which spent a then record ten weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart cite web|url= http://books.google.com/books? id=mEIfDZtsVyAC& pg=PA217& dq=%22debby+boone%22& lr= |title=Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits - Fred Bronson - Google Boeken |publisher=Books.google.com |date= |accessdate=2012-05-04 and led to her winning the Grammy Award for Best New Artist the following year.cite web|url= http://books.google.com/books? id=iAzZZI-jQv4C& pg=PA6& dq=%22debby+boone%22& lr=#PPA7,M1 |title=At the Grammys!: Behind the Scenes at Music's Biggest Night - Ken Ehrlich - Google Boeken |publisher=Books.google.com |date= |accessdate=2012-05-04 Boone later focused her music career on country music resulting in the 1980 No. 1 country hit, " Are You on the Road to Lovin' Me Again ". In the 1980s, she recorded Christian music which garnered her four top 10 Contemporary Christian music|Contemporary Christian albums as well as two more Grammys. Throughout her career, Boone has appeared in several musical theater productions and has co-authored many children's books with husband, Gabriel Ferrer.
Biography
Beginnings
Debby Boone was born in Hackensack, New Jersey , the third of four daughters born to singer-actor Pat Boone and Shirley Foley Boone, daughter of country music star Red Foley . When Boone was 14 years old, she began touring with her parents and three sisters: Cherry Boone|Cherry , Lindy and Laury. The sisters first recorded with their parents as The Pat Boone Family and later as the Boones or Boone Girls. They primarily recorded gospel music, although the sisters also released singles for the Motown and Curb Records|Curb labels that were remakes of secular pop music featuring Debby as the lead vocalist.
The Boones twice reached Billboard (magazine)|Billboard 's AC charts with 1975's "When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes" (No. 25), a remake of the Supremes ' first top 40 hit, and 1977's "Hasta Mañana" (No. 32), a cover of a track from ABBA 's Waterloo album.
"You Light Up My Life"
With her older sisters married and younger sister, Laury, in college, Boone was actively encouraged by producer Mike Curb to launch a solo career. Boone released her first solo effort, " You Light Up My Life (song)|You Light Up My Life " (which had been featured in the film of the same name) in 1977. The song became the biggest hit of the 1970s cite web|url= http://books.google.com/books? id=b1ruwF6xYNIC& pg=PA541& dq=%22debby+boone%22& lr= |title=From Abba To Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia Of The Late 20th Century - David Mansour - Google Boeken |publisher=Books.google.com |date= |accessdate=2012-05-04 spending ten consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 — longer than any other song in Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100 history to that point.cite web|author=Oct 10, 1997 |url= http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,289789,00.html |title=Debby Boone |publisher=EW.com |date=1997-10-10 |accessdate=2012-05-04 (In 2008, Billboard (magazine)|Billboard ranked the song No. 7 among all songs that charted in the 50 year history of the Hot 100.) The song earned Boone a Grammy Award for Best New Artist and an American Music Award for Favorite Pop Single of 1977.cite web|url= http://books.google.com/books? id=PgGqNrqfrsoC& pg=PT189& dq=%22debby+boone%22& lr=#PPT484,M1 |title=The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits - Fred Bronson - Google Boeken |publisher=Books.google.com |date= |accessdate=2012-05-04 She also received Grammy nominations for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Female and Record Of The Year won by, respectively, Barbra Streisand ("Love Theme From "A Star Is Born" (Evergreen)") and Eagles (band)|the Eagles (" Hotel California (song)|Hotel California "). " You Light Up My Life (song)|You Light Up My Life " also succeeded on Billboard's Adult Contemporary (No. 1 for one week) and Country (No. 4) singles charts.cite web|url= http://books.google.com/books? id=eKicir5sZr4C& pg=PA50& dq=%22debby+boone%22& lr=#PPA49,M1 |title=The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits - Joel Whitburn - Google Boeken |publisher=Books.google.com |date= |accessdate=2012-05-04 The single and the You Light Up My Life (album)|album (No. 6 Pop, No. 6 Country) of the same name were both certified platinum.
The song, written and produced by Joseph Brooks (songwriter)|Joe Brooks , was from the You Light Up My Life (film)|film of the same name. Brooks earned Song of the Year awards at both the 1978 Grammys cite web|url= http://books.google.com/books? id=uqT-CJYcqskC& pg=PA45& dq=%22debby+boone%22& lr=#PPA45,M1 |title=Encyclopedia Of American Gospel Music - W. K. McNeil - Google Boeken |publisher=Books.google.com |date= |accessdate=2012-05-04 and Oscars cite web|url= http://debbyboone.net/bio.html |title=Bio |publisher=Debby Boone |date= |accessdate=2012-05-04 for writing the song. (Boone performed the song at both awards shows.) Boone's version, contrary to popular belief, was not used in the You Light Up My Life (film)|movie or featured on its soundtrack. The song was lip-synched in the film by its star, Didi Conn , performing to vocals recorded by the late Kacey Cisyk .cite web|last=Brown |first=Scott |url= http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,422779,00.html |title=The 'Light' Stuff |publisher=EW.com |date=2003-02-21 |accessdate=2012-05-04 Although written as a love song, Boone interpreted the song as inspirational and stated that she recorded the song for God .cite web|url= http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,422779_2,00.html |title=The 'Light' Stuff |publisher=EW.com |date= |accessdate=2012-05-04
Boone's overnight success led to a tour with her father and frequent television appearances. However, Boone was unable to maintain her success in pop music after "You Light Up My Life". Her follow-up single, "California" (also written and produced by Joseph Brooks (songwriter)|Joe Brooks ), stumbled peaking at No. 50 Pop and No. 20 AC. "California" was included on Boone's second album, Midstream (album)|Midstream , which faltered at No. 147 Pop. Her next single, the double-sided "God Knows"/"Baby I'm Yours," also struggled peaking at No. 74 Pop becoming her last entry on the Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100 . However, the single charted AC (No. 14) and returned Boone to the country chart (No. 22). Boone then released another movie theme, " When You're Loved ", from The Magic of Lassie . Like "You Light Up My Life", the song was nominated for an Academy Award for its composers, the Sherman Brothers . But, it failed to replicate the success of her first single charting only No. 48 AC. Boone's wholesome persona was in contrast to the image-conscious pop music industry leading her career in different musical directions.
Country music
With the crossover success of " You Light Up My Life (song)|You Light Up My Life " and "God Knows/Baby, I'm Yours", Boone began to focus on country music . http://news.google.com/newspapers? id=geULAAAAIBAJ& sjid=rFgDAAAAIBAJ& pg=6750,815911& dq=debby-boone (Her father, Pat Boone|Pat , and maternal grandfather, Red Foley , had also recorded in that genre.) Her first country single, "In Memory of Your Love" (1978), fizzled at No. 61. But, she then hit No. 11 in 1979 with a remake of Connie Francis ' " My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own ". Boone released another Connie Francis cover, " Breakin' in a Brand New Broken Heart " (No. 25), before releasing her 1979 Debby Boone (album)|eponymous album . Although the album included the two Connie Francis|Francis remakes, her next two singles were not culled from this album - a remake of the Happenings' "See You in September" (No. 41 Country, No. 45 AC) and another Connie Francis|Francis cover, " Everybody's Somebody's Fool " (No. 48). (To date, "See You in September" has never been featured on any of Boone's albums, while "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" was included on her 1986 compilation, The Best of Debby Boone .)
Her next album, 1980's Love Has No Reason (No. 17 Country), was produced by Larry Butler who helmed many of Kenny Rogers ' records during the late 1970s. It resulted in the No. 1 Country and No. 31 AC hit, "Are You on the Road to Lovin' Me Again". Two weeks before Road ascended to No. 1, Boone was part of a historic Top 5 on the Billboard Country chart. For the week ending April 19, 1980, the Top 5 positions were all held by women:cite web|url= http://books.google.com/books? id=-vpcsdAEMc0C& pg=RA1-PA111& dq=%22debby+boone%22& lr= |title=On This Day in Music History - Jay Warner - Google Boeken |publisher=Books.google.com |date=2004-11-30 |accessdate=2012-05-04
# Crystal Gayle ('' It's Like We Never Said Goodbye ) # Dottie West ( A Lesson in Leaving ) # Debby Boone (''Are You on the Road to Lovin' Me Again ) # Emmylou Harris ( Beneath Still Waters (song)|Beneath Still Waters ) # Tammy Wynette ( Two Story House with George Jones )
The album generated two more country singles, "Free to Be Lonely Again" (No. 14) and "Take It Like a Woman" (No. 44). The latter single charted simultaneously with her father's "Colorado Country Morning" (No. 60). Butler also produced Boone's next album, 1981's '' Savin' It Up '' (No. 49 Country), which yielded two more country singles, "Perfect Fool" (No. 23 Country, No. 37 AC) and "It'll Be Him" (No. 46). Boone has not charted on either the Billboard AC or Country charts since the release of ''Savin' It Up .
Christian music
Boone then followed her heart and turned her musical career to contemporary Christian music winning two GMA Dove Awards cite web|url= http://www.doveawards.com/history.php? x=artist |title=42nd Annual GMA Dove Awards on gmc |publisher=Doveawards.com |date= |accessdate=2012-05-04 and two more Grammys. http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search? artist=debby+boone& title=& year=All& genre=All Boone first recorded in this genre in 1980 with the Grammy winning With My Song . Subsequent Christian albums included Surrender (Debby Boone album)|Surrender (1983), Choose Life (Debby Boone album)|Choose Life (1985), Friends for Life (Debby Boone album)|Friends For Life (1987), and Be Thou My Vision (Debby Boone album)|Be Thou My Vision (1989). In 1989, Boone released her Christmas album, Home for Christmas (Debby Boone album)|Home For Christmas , which boasted a duet with her mother-in-law, Rosemary Clooney , of Clooney's signature White Christmas .
Acting career
During 1981–1982, Boone toured the United States in a production of the stage adaptation of the film Seven Brides for Seven Brothers . The play was a commercial and critical success nationwide before opening on Broadway in July 1982. The Broadway reviews were lackluster, http://news.google.com/newspapers? id=p_oNAAAAIBAJ& sjid=YHsDAAAAIBAJ& pg=4728,791717& dq=debby-boone but a scathing review by the New York Times led the show to close after just five performances. The day after the show's closing, several of the show's stars and theater-goers protested the closing outside the New York Times building hoping for a retraction of its review and the re-opening of the show. But, despite the enthusiastic reception of the show from Broadway theater-goers, the producers believed that the show could not overcome its reviews and the show remained closed.
Boone continued her theater work appearing periodically in stage productions nationwide including lead roles in Camelot , Meet Me In St. Louis , Mississippi Love ,cite web|url= http://books.google.com/books? id=Ke6B502Y9UYC& pg=PA102& dq=%22debby+boone%22& lr= |title=The Cheapskate's Guide to Branson, Missouri: Hotels, Entertainment ... - Connie Emerson - Google Boeken |publisher=Books.google.com |date= |accessdate=2012-05-04South Pacific , The Human Comedy http://broadwayworld.com/article/Boone_Cast_of_BSCs_Human_Comedy_Featured_on_Radio_616_20060615 and The King And I . Boone returned twice to the New York stage. She starred as Maria in the 1990 Lincoln Center production of The Sound Of Music which was nominated as Outstanding Musical Revival by the Drama Desk Awards.cite web|url= http://www.dramadesk.com/1989_1990dd.html |title=57th Annual Drama Desk Awards |publisher=Dramadesk.com |date= |accessdate=2012-05-04 In 1996, Boone played against her image as Rizzo in the 1990s revival of Grease (musical)|Grease . http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1996/07/14/1996-07-14_my_dad_was_not_big_boon_toda.html dead link|date=May 2012
Boone occasionally acted on television as well. Her first foray into television was a 1978 musical adaptation of O'Henry's The Gift Of The Magi co-starring John Rubinstein . Boone headlined two of her own NBC television music specials - The Same Old Brand New Me (1980) cite web|url= http://books.google.com/books? id=AKlgjBCPPnsC& pg=PA109& dq=%22debby+boone%22& lr= |title=Encyclopedia of Television: Series, Pilots, and Specials - Vincent Terrace - Google Boeken |publisher=Books.google.com |date= |accessdate=2012-05-04 and One Step Closer (1982). She stunned many in 1984 by portraying Clarissa Hope, a former call girl turned Christian singer, in the television movie, Sins Of The Past . The film, co-starring Anthony Geary , Barbara Carrera and Kim Cattrall , was a top 10 Nielsen ratings|Nielsen hit. Boone also made guest appearances on several television shows including Step By Step and Baywatch Nights and was featured in the television films Come On Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story and Treehouse Hostage .
2005–present
Once her children were grown, Boone revived her recording career in 2005 with the release of Reflections Of Rosemary . The CD was a fond tribute to her mother-in-law, Rosemary Clooney , featuring songs performed by Clooney as well as other songs not associated with Clooney which Boone felt showed Clooney as the person she and her family knew and loved. Boone toured extensively for the album including several nights at New York's famed cabaret, Feinstein's, where Clooney often performed. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/12/arts/music/12boon.html In 2011, Boone released an album—and subsequent concert tour—called Swing This! , celebrating the swing music and culture of 1960s Las Vegas.cite web|url= http://www.cypresscreekface.org/2011/debby-boone |title=Debby Boone |publisher=Cypress Creek FACE |date= |accessdate=2012-05-04
Personal life
Boone married Gabriel Ferrer on September 1, 1979. Like Boone, Ferrer is a member of another well-known Hollywood family. He is the son of Jose Ferrer and Rosemary Clooney , the brother of actors Miguel Ferrer and Rafael Ferrer and the cousin of actor George Clooney . The couple have four children: son Jordan (b. 1980), twin daughters Gabrielle and Dustin (b. 1983), and daughter Tessa (b. 1986).
Books
Boone and her husband collaborated on several children's books which were all illustrated by Ferrer.
1981: Debby Boone So Far (autobiography) http://news.google.com/newspapers? id=OhsMAAAAIBAJ& sjid=qVkDAAAAIBAJ& pg=5806,1069527& dq=debby-boone
1988: Bedtime Hugs For Little Ones
1989: Tomorrow Is A Brand New Day
1991: The Snow Angel
1996: Welcome To This World
1997: Nightlights
1998: Counting Blessings
The Snow Angel was released both in book form and in a special audio edition featuring original songs by Mari Falcone, Boone's musical director for many years. Boone also released the two-volume children's video series entitled ''Debby Boone's Hug-a-Long Songs. She and her children appeared frequently on the cover of Good Housekeeping magazine during their childhood.cite web|url= http://books.google.com/books? id=X8h4wFz8guMC& pg=PA109& dq=%22debby+boone%22& lr=#PPA110,M1 |title=The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined Women - Susan Douglas, Meredith Michaels - Google Boeken |publisher=Books.google.com |date= |accessdate=2012-05-04
Discography
main|Debby Boone discography
Awards
Academy of Country Music
1977: Top New Female Vocalist
Dove Awards
1981: Best Album By A Secular Artist, With My Song
1984: Best Album By A Secular Artist, Surrender (Debby Boone album)|Surrender
Grammys
1977: Best New Artist
1980: Best Inspirational Performance: With My Song
1983: Best Gospel Performance - Duo/Group for Keep The Flame Burning (with Phil Driscoll ) cite web|url= http://books.google.com/books? id=Vjwly0QyeU4C& pg=PA217& dq=%22debby+boone%22& lr= |title=Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism - Randall Herbert Balmer - Google Boeken |publisher=Books.google.com |date= |accessdate=2012-05-04
Nominations:
1977: Record Of The Year, You Light Up My Life (song)|You Light Up My Life
1977: Best Pop Vocal Performance – Female
1984: Best Gospel Performance – Female
1985: Best Gospel Performance – Female
1987: Best Gospel Performance – Female
1989: Best Gospel Performance – Female
Music City News
1978: Best New Female Artist
Record World
1977: Pop New Female Vocalist – Albums
1977: Pop New Female Vocalist – Singles
1977: Pop Single (Solo Artist), "You Light Up My Life"
1977: Special Achievement
1978: Pop New Female Vocalist – Albums
1978: Pop New Female Vocalist – Singles
1978: Pop Single (Solo Artist), "You Light Up My Life"
References
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External links
http://www.debbyboone.net/ Debby Boone Official Website
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Grammy Award for Best New Artist Persondata|NAME=Boone, Debby |ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Boone, Deborah Anne |SHORT DESCRIPTION=American singer |DATE OF BIRTH=September 22, 1956 |PLACE OF BIRTH= Hackensack, New Jersey |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH= DEFAULTSORT:Boone, Debby Category:1956 births Category:Living people Category:American Christians Category:American female singers Category:American musical theatre actors Category:American pop singers Category:Cabaret singers Category:Grammy Award winners Category:People from Hackensack, New Jersey Category:Traditional pop music singers Category:Actors from New Jersey Category:American performers of Christian music
