Debbie Gibson

Deborah Ann Debbie Gibson is an American singersongwriter, record producer, and actress. Gibson released her debut album Out of the Blue in 1987, which spawned several international hits, later being certified triple Platinum by the RIAA. One of those singles, Foolish Beat, made Gibson the youngest female artist to write, produce, and perform a Billboard Hot 100 numberone single. Her doubleplatinum second album Electric Youth , gave Gibson another U.S. numberone hit with Lost In Your Eyes. Gibson is the sole songwriter on all of her singles to reach the Topof the Hot 100 charts. She was recognized by ASCAP as Songwriter of the Year, along with Bruce Springsteen, in 1989. She continued to record and release music throughout the 1990s and 2000s. In 2006, Gibson reached No.on the U.S. adult contemporary chart with Say Goodbye, a duet with Jordan Knight.

Debbie Gibson was born in Brooklyn, New York, the third daughter of four of Joseph Gibson and Diane Gibson . Her father was orphaned as a boy and enjoyed singing. Originally named Joseph Schultz, his biological mother married a man with the surname Gibson before putting Joe into an orphanage. Debbie grew up in the Long Island suburb of Merrick and was raised Catholic. She is of ItalianSicilian, German and possibly Russian descent. At age 5, she began performing in community theater with her sisters Karen, Michele, and Denise, and cousin T.J. Normandin and wrote her first song, Make Sure You Know Your Classroom. At age eight, she sang in the childrens chorus at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. She began playing the ukulele and taking piano lessons soon after, including with American pianist Morton Estrin. She said that her household was probably the only one where bystanders would hear children fighting over piano playing time.

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