Pictures of Debbie Harry in 1970s-80s

“Hi, it’s Deb. You know, when I woke up this morning I had a realization about myself. I was always Blondie. People always called me Blondie, ever since I was a little kid. What I realized is that at some point I became Dirty Harry. I couldn’t be Blondie anymore, so I became Dirty Harry.”

Debbie Harry, NYC, 1976 – Image © Bob Gruen

Debbie Harry of Blondie, Coney Island, NY, 1977 — Image © Bob Gruen

1978 — Debbie Harry of Blondie — Image by © Martyn Goddard/Corbis

Debbie Harry, New Jersey, 1978 – Image © Bob Gruen New Jersey’s own Debbie Harry is an icon and sex symbol (those dead eyes and daft lips…) of the 1970s Punk / New Wave / Art scene. She originally hailed from Hawthorne and went on to graduate from Centenary College in Hackettstown — all just a long stones’ throw from my own stomping grounds.

1977 — Debbie Harry of Blondie — Image by © Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis

A young Debbie Harry

1978 — Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie — Image by © Martyn Goddard/Corbis

1978 — Debbie Harry, lead singer of the Rock Group, Blondie — Image by © Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis

1978 — Debbie Harry, lead singer of the Rock Group, Blondie — Image by © Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis

1979 — Blondie — Image by © Martyn Goddard/Corbis

ca. 1980s — Debbie Harry of Blondie — Image by © Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis

os Angeles, California, 1977 — New wave band Blondie, from left– Gary Valentine, Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, Jimmy Destri, and Clem Burke. — Image by © Henry Diltz/Corbis

1978 — Debbie Harry with a Knife — Image by © Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis

Debbie Harry, Basquiat, Fab Fred, NYC 1981 – Image by © Lynn Goldsmith

Debbie Harry of Blondie models for one of Andy Warhol’s paintings — Image by © Chris Stein

ca. 1970s — Rockers Vicki Blue, Joan Jett, Debbie Harry, David Johansen, Joey Ramone, and Mickey Leigh perform a fake wedding ceremony. — Image by © Corbis

Debbie Harry of Blondie

1978 — Joan Jett and Debbie Harry of Blondie backstage at the Tower Theatre in Philadelphia, PA at a gig featuring The Runaways, The Ramones & The Jam — Image by © Scott Weiner/Retna Ltd./Corbis

Debbie Harry and Nancy Spungen

The Clash with Al Fields, David Johansen and Debbie Harry, NYC, 1979 — Image by © Bob Gruen

ca. 1970s — Debbie Harry of Blondie booty-bumpin’ a beater

1978 — Debbie Harry and Chris Stein — Image by © Martyn Goddard/Corbis

1978, Philadelphia, PA — Chris Stein and Debbie Harry — Image by © Martyn Goddard/Corbis

New York — An early publicity photo of new wave band Blondie. From left– Gary Valentine, Clem Burke, Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, and Jimmy Destri — Image by © Bettmann/Corbis

1978, London, England — Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie at the opening of Blondie in Camera exhibition at the Mirandy Gallery — Image by © Martyn Goddard/Corbis

1978, London, England — Debbie Harry of Blondie at the opening of Blondie in Camera exhibition at the Mirandy Gallery — Image by © Martyn Goddard/Corbis

Debbie Harry & Iggy Pop, Toronto, Canada, 1977 – Images © Bob Gruen

1982 — Debbie Harry of Blondie — Image by © Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis

New York, 1978 — Debbie Harry of Blondie — Image by © Martyn Goddard/Corbis

Los Angeles, California, 1977 — Clem Burke, Jimmy Destri, Chris Stein, Debbie Harry, Gary Valentine. — Image by © Michael Ochs Archives/Corbis

Los Angeles, California, 1977 — Chris Stein, Jimmy Destri, Debbie Harry, Gary Valentine, Clem Burke. — Image by © Michael Ochs Archives/Corbis