Debby Boone: A Song For Youw/ Emily Drinker
$49.50, $59.50, $79.50
Doors: Sep 20, 2024 7:30 PM
Debby Boone has enjoyed Top 10 successes on the Pop, Country, Adult Contemporary and Contemporary Christian charts. She became a house-hold name thanks to her record-breaking debut single “You Light Up My Life” in 1977, charting #1 on Billboard for 10 straight weeks and selling in excess four million albums. In 2008, the song was ranked #7 in Billboard 50th Anniversary All Time Hot 100 top charting songs.
“You Light Up My Life” is one of the most popular recordings in modern music history and it won both the Oscar and Grammy Awards in 1978 for Best Song and the American Music Award for Best Pop Single. In addition to earning a Best New Artist Grammy in 1978, Debby was also nominated for Best Pop Vocal – Female and Record of The Year, was named the Top New Female Artist the same year by both the Academy of Country Music’s and Music City News. She has subsequently won another pair of Grammys for her contemporary Christian recordings in addition to two Dove Awards.
In her new show, A Song for You, Debby takes you on a musical journey singing everything from Pop music, Country, Broadway, and Jazz. With her warmth and personal style, she seamlessly weaves in stories of her famous family and the show business royalty she has been privileged to work with. She continues touring at Performing Arts Centers, Symphony Halls and Casino’s throughout the USA.
Debby’s last album release was her thirteenth studio recording, Swing This, music that is evocative of the golden age of Las Vegas. In her accompanying show Debby celebrates memories and stories from her formative years, when her father, Pat Boone, was headlining on the Vegas strip. She also shares stories of eventually getting to work with members of the Rat Pack like Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr.
Emily Drinker is an independent, award-winning singer-songwriter from Philadelphia. Her soulful brand of folk, pop, and rock goes down smooth, whether she’s performing with her powerhouse band, the Funky T, or in a more intimate format, incorporating live looping. She has been featured by NPR Music, Philadelphia's WXPN, and played at many regional festivals including Firefly, Musikfest, and the Philadelphia Folk Festival.
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Sellersville Theater, 136 N Main St, Sellersville, PA 18960-2351, United States,Sellersville, Pennsylvania
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