Debbie (singer)

Debbie (singer)
Debbie in 1975
Born	July 20, 1954 The Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1967–
Notable work	Everybody Join Hands' It Takes Two Everybody Loves Somebody

Debbie, pseudonym of Ria Schildmeyer (Haarlem, July 20, 1954) is a Dutch singer.^[1] She was also part of a trio called Bonnie, Debbie & Rosy.^[2]

Debbie's debut as a singer was in 1967 as a singer in the group Ghizlane. Her first single, Flower Power Rock was released by the record label Carpenter by Gert Timmerman. Debbie started her solo career in 1972 and made several hits including "Everybody join hands", "Angelino" and "I Love You More And More".

The record company Ariola has major international plans for Debbie. For example, she sang Giorgio Moroder's compositions, and her album Debbie in Olympic was not recorded in the Netherlands but in a production London Olympic Sound Studios by Rodger Watson.

In 1977, she came in contact with Dries Holten of the duo Sandra & Andres. He wrote a number of tracks with Marshal Manengkei for her including Angelino. In Germany he released Geh vorbei as a single. In 1978, She had a small hit which was called Save the last dance for me. In 1981 Debbie won first price at the large international competition 'Golden Orpheus' in Bulgaria.

She worked together with Oscar Harris in the period of between 1981 and 1983. In 1984 Debbie was ranked number 33 in the Nationale Hitparade with Souvernirs del Sol. She also published a new version of Everybody join hands that year. The record resided at the lowest levels of the charts. In August 1988 she released her last single Lazy Days, produced with Dries Holten as a guest musician. The record went no higher than number 46.

Debbie released three LP's: 'Everybody Join Hands' (1972), 'It Takes Two' (1982 met Oscar Harris) and 'Everybody loves somebody' (1983)

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