In 1977, Debby Boone earned instant fame when “You Light Up My Life” became one of the biggest songs in history, charting number one on Billboard for 10 straight weeks and selling in excess of four million albums. That year, she received the Grammy for Best New Artist and has since received an additional seven Grammy nominations, winning two more. In 2008, the song was ranked number seven in Billboard’s 50th Anniversary All-Time Top-Charting Songs. In 2013, Debby released her 13th studio album, a take on the songs and experience of the Las Vegas of the ’60’s, entitled Swing This. In addition to her recording career, Debby has appeared a number of times on the stage in a variety of productions, including Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982), Lincoln Center’s 30th Anniversary production of The Sound of Music (1989), and in the part of Rizzo in the long-running revival of Grease (1996). She also toured nationally in Meet Me in St. Louis (1990) and performed the role of Anna in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Center in California (2001). Debby Boone continues to light up stages all over the globe.
