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Fact of the day: Inspired by the burgeoning new music scene at the Mercer Arts Center, Chris Stein sought to join a similar band. He joined the Stillettoes in 1973 as their guitarist and formed a romantic relationship with one of the bands vocalists, Debbie Harry, a former waitress and Playboy Bunny. Harry had been a member of a folk-rock band, the Wind in the Willows, in the late 1960s. In July 1974, Stein and Harry parted ways with the Stillettoes and Elda Gentile, the bands originator, forming a new band with ex-Stillettoes bandmates Billy OConnor (drums) and Fred Smith (bass). Originally billed as Angel and the Snake, for two shows in August 1974, they renamed themselves Blondie by October 1974. The name derived from comments made by truck drivers who catcalled Hey, Blondie to Harry as they drove by. https://youtube/watch?v=WGU_4-5RaxU
Posted on: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 05:00:01 +0000

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