Blondie

Originally, they had two back-up singers known only as "Jackie," "Julie," "Tish," and "Snooky" which they later shed.

Before Blondie, Debbie Harry was in a folk band called Wind in the Willows, named after the children's book by Kenneth Grahame. This is the same book that was adapted into a Disney Studios animated story and on which Walt Disney theme parks based the popular (now defunct) attraction "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride."

Blondie's formation came from the fruitful New York neighborhood around CBGB in the 1970s, and so shared new-wave and punk roots with Patti Smith (briefly sharing guitarist Ivan Kral), Ramones, New York Dolls, and the Talking Heads.