简介：Debby Boone，是50年代资深巨星Pat Boone的其中一位女儿，于1956年出生，由于父亲的关系从小便接受音乐的熏陶，跟随父亲四处巡回登台演唱。这首《You Light Up My Life》是她在加盟Curb唱片后由公司刻意安排重新演唱的电影同名主题曲，于1977年9月由她演唱的这歌头一次进入Billard Board榜，5星期后便登上冠军宝座并蝉联10周冠军，同时荣获70年代总冠军、奥斯卡及金球奖「最佳电影歌曲」，而Debby Boone更被选为葛莱美奖1977年度「最佳新进艺人」。
Popular Christian music singer Debby Boone is known for her 70s hit You Light Up My Life, which stayed at number one for ten weeks in 1977 and won her a Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
Born in New Jersey, Debby Boones life was full of music growing up. Her father is Pat Boone, the popular singer of the 50s. At the age of 14, Debby Boone began touring with her three sisters and her father. Her first solo effort was You Light Up My Life and it rendered Debby Boone instant fame and fortune. As pop music changed in the 80s to include not only music but videos, Debby Boone found it hard to keep up the pace. 80s pop music seemed more about image than the message behind the music. She turned her interests to Christian and inspirational music. Her albums include The Best of Debby Boone, Songs of Debby Boone and Friends for Life released on Sparrow Records. She won two more Grammy awards in the Christian and inspirational categories.
Slowly, the pace of music became message-oriented again. Debby Boone eventually wants to return to the music industry, influenced by artists Joan Osborne and k.d. lang. Aside from a successful music and stage career, Debby Boone is also credited as being a childrens author. With four children of her own, she is somewhat of an authority. She wrote Hours for Little Ones and Tomorrow Is a Brand New Day. Her 1997 book, Nightlights, was illustrated by her husband, Gabriel Ferrer. She has also produced two childrens videos, Bobby Boones Hug-A-Long Songs, Vol. 1 and Bobby Boones Hug-A-Long Songs, Vol. 2. She has also written her biography which contains growing up with Pat Boone, her musical career and her married life. Bobby Boone So Far was written with Dennis Baker and published by Thomas Nelson Publishers in 1981.
Debby Boones acting career includes playing Rizzo in the Broadway production of Grease. In 1984 she portrayed Clarissa Hope in the television movie, Sins of the Past. With a vast array of talent as an author, actress and singer, Debby Boone continues to pursue a variety of interests. Pat Boone describes his daughter as a reluctant risk taker. Debby Boones single hit You Light Up My Life in 1977 brought about the confidence to make Debby Boone successful in all aspects of her life. Debby Boone resides in Sherman Oaks, California with her husband and their four children, Gabrielle, Dustin, Jordan and Tessa. Her husband, Gabriel Ferrer, is the son of popular film stars Rosemary Clooney and Jose Ferrer.
