Blondie releases "Call Me" 1980

Blondie released Call Me, January 29, 1980 and it became their second # 1 hit and biggest-selling single.  It stayed in the #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 for six consecutive weeks.  It was Billboard's #1 single for the year-end chart.

Giorgio Moroder composed the music and Debbie Harry wrote the lyrics for the main theme song for American Gigolo starring Richard Gere.

Grammy Hall of Fame induction 2016

The Grammys inducted twenty-six recordings into the Grammy Hall of Fame at the 58th annual ceremony held February 15, 2016.  A bunch of my favorites made it in!

The always-entertaining and lovely Andrews Sisters 1942 recording of Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (with Anyone Else but Me).

Ella Fitzgerald's and Louis Armstrong's collaboration Ella and Louis released in 1956.

The Loco-Motion's first release in 1962 by Little Eva.

Jimmy Buffett's timeless Margaritaville from 1977.

Blondie's first big hit Heart of Glass from 1978

Celebration from Kool & the Gang from 1980.

Joan Jett with the Blackhearts 1981 breakout single I Love Rock 'n' Roll.

Blondie, the comic strip, first appearance 1930

Blondie, who first appeared in newspapers September 8, 1930, is still featured in more than 2000 newspapers around the world.  Chic Young drew the strip until his death in 1973, when his son Dean took over and is still going strong.

Blondie, a flapper, married Dagwood Bumstead, who is subsequently disinherited by his parents because they disapprove of her.  They settle down as a middle-class suburban family.  They have two children, Alexander and Cookie, and a dog Daisy.  Their best friends are their next-door neighbors Herb and Tootsie Woodley. 

One of its running themes is the towering sandwiches that Dagwood fixes for himself. 

Blondie has appeared on the movie screen and on television.