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Debby Boone
Musical artist

Debby Boone (born Deborah Ann Boone, on September 22, 1956) is an American singer and theater actress. She is best known for her 1977 hit "You Light Up My Life", which spent 10 weeks at No. 1. In the 80s and 90s, she became a successful Christian music singer and theater actress.

Biography

Boone was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, the daughter of singer and 1950s icon Pat Boone and Shirley Lee Foley Boone ( daughter of country music star Red Foley ).

Marriage

She later added to her musical relations by marrying Gabriel Ferrer ( the son of Oscar winner José Ferrer and singer Rosemary Clooney; and brother of actor Miguel Ferrer ).

Boone has four children:Jordan, twin daughters Dustin and Gabrielle, and daughter Tessa.

Musical Career

Boone is best known for her 1977 cover of the movie theme "You Light Up My Life," from the film of the same name, which sold 4 million copies and spent 10 weeks at No. 1 on the charts. (Boone's version, contrary to what many believe today, was not the one used in the movie; the song was lip-synched in the film by Didi Conn, performing to vocals recorded by Kasey Cisyk.) She also sang "When You're Loved", the Oscar nominated song from the 1978 musical film release, The Magic of Lassie which was written by the Sherman Brothers.

When asked who "lit up her life," Boone said she was singing about God, but the popularity of her first hit grew to be an annoyance. "Nobody would let me do anything else," she says. "It got a little frustrating. On TV, they would let me sing another song if I sang that one. It was never even my favorite song to begin with."

Boone also reached No. 1 on the country charts a few years later with "Are You on the Road to Lovin' Me Again". She was a major presence on the Christian-music scene in the 1980s, winning two GMA Dove Awards to add to her three Grammys.

Bob Dylan was baptized in her swimming pool, allegedly.

Later Career

During the 1980s, Debby and Pat Boone made headlines when ordered to pay out refunds and a fine for their part in a television infomercial for a mail order acne treatment. The FDA found that the costly product worked no better than soap and water.

Theater kept Boone busy in the 1990s. She earned solid reviews in the touring companies of The King and I, The Sound of Music and Grease and did Seven Brides for Seven Brothers on Broadway.

Boone has recorded songs for children and written several children's books with illustrations by Gabriel Ferrer. The mother of four once told an interviewer, "I would be happy at a piano bar, singing. I just want to hone in on being the best singer I can be."

In 2005 Boone released a new album on the Concord label, Reflections of Rosemary. The CD is a tribute to her late mother-in-law.

Solo Album Discography

  • 1977 You Light Up My Life
  • 1978 Midstream
  • 1979 Debby Boone
  • 1980 Love Has No Reason
  • 1980 With My Song
  • 1981 Savin' It Up
  • 1983 Surrender
  • 1985 Choose Life
  • 1987 Friends For Life
  • 1989 Be Thou My Vision
  • 1989 Home For Christmas
  • 2005 Reflections of Rosemary

(excludes compilations, repackagings and children's albums)

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