One of the most versatile classic rock bands of the 1970s and 1980s was Blondie. Blondie songs took ideas from many genres, including disco, rock, pop, new wave, doo-wop, rap, and reggae. It’s ...

The New York City-born band Blondie were a pioneer. The group worked in rock, new wave, disco and even rap music when the latter was just getting its feet under itself. Fronted by model and singer ...

Clem Burke provided the beats that underpinned the new wave, punk, and disco hits of Blondie. Though the band is most known for its iconic singer, Debbie Harry, Burke’s drumming style was crucial to ...

In 1981, the band Blondie topped the Billboard charts with the song “Rapture.” The song hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on March 28, 1981, and stayed there for two weeks. Unlike the reggae-tinged ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1981, the band Blondie topped the Billboard charts with the song “Rapture.” The song hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

Even if you don’t listen to a lot of music from the ‘70s or ‘80s, you’ve probably been exposed to Blondie in one way or another (the band’s going to find you, they're gonna get ya, get ya, get ya, get ...

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Clem Burke, the longtime drummer of seminal new-wave rock band Blondie, talks about the group’s 1970s beginnings as if he’s reminiscing about high school. Now, fifty years after making their mark, ...