
Blondie
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Year:
2006
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Inducted by:
Shirley Manson
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Category:
Performers
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Deborah Harry
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Clem Burke
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Jimmy Destri
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Nigel Harrison
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Frank Infante
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Chris Stein
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Gary Valentine
Introduction
The vanguard of the new wave.
Blondie have experimented with nearly every genre on record—reggae, rap, punk, disco, etc. Yet their willingness to experiment is anchored by their roots in tuneful Sixties pop.

Shirley Manson of Garbage Inducts Blondie
Shirley Manson of Garbage Inducts Blondie at the 2006 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony-
Shirley Manson of Garbage Inducts Blondie00:05:33
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Blondie Acceptance Speeches00:06:10
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"Rapture"00:05:31
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"Call Me"00:05:31
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"Heart of Glass"00:03:26
Hall of Fame Essay
2006
A Blondie classic is hard to characterize.
The group has produced both hits and experiments in multiple musical genres to dizzying and dazzling effect - raw punk gems; goofy homages to girl groups, comics, and B films; hard, fast rock; and gorgeous melanges of disco, rap and techno pop.
“Hanging on the Telephone,” “One Way or Another,” “Heart of Glass,” “Call Me,” “Rapture” — the songs that charted in the U.S. or U.K. were staggeringly different from one other.


no bling, no flash, no ego - they truly are a rare breed.
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The vanguard of the New Wave
Blondie have experimented with nearly every genre on record—reggae, rap, punk, disco, etc. Yet their willingness to experiment is anchored by their roots in tuneful Sixties pop.
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Photography: Henry Diltz