'Heart of Glass.' 'Atomic.' 'One Way or Another.' Blondie's music was never off the airwaves in the 1970s, and nor should it have been. The new-wave band combined punk and pop perfectly, and a large part of their appeal came in the form of lead singer Debbie Harry, and her waifish good looks.
Harry was more than just a singer; she was a style icon. There are still young women in the world today who model their look on the unique choices Harry made a generation ago. She had a way of making anything she did look effortlessly cool and sang in a distinctive voice that meant you always recognized a Blondie song on the first bar. 'Legend' may be thrown around too often as a description, but Harry deserves it. To a lot of people, Blondie is the soundtrack to their whole youth.