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Living up to her pedigree

Peter Durward Harris | Leicester England | 02/07/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The daughter of pop singer Pat Boone and maternal granddaughter of country singer Red Foley, Debby proves on this collection that she has absorbed all those musical influences.This collection covers the period 1977 to 1980, during which time Debby had enormous success in America. You light up my life spent many weeks at number one in the American pop charts and also made the top five in the country charts, though it barely made the top fifty in Britain. Unfortunately, Debby was unable to find a follow-up pop hit, but eventually had a number one country hit with Are you on the road to loving me again.Both those songs are here, along with two Connie Francis covers (My heart has a mind of its own, Everybody's somebody's fool) and a Barbara Lewis cover (Baby I'm yours). There are two songs here by the brilliant but obscure Diane Pfeifer (Free to be lonely again, Perfect fool) who, as far as I know, recorded one album of her own around that time then disappeared back to obscurity. Two excellent movie songs - When you're loved (from Magic of Lassie) and The promise (from The promise) - and another fine song (God knows) complete an excellent set.This collection contains all the essentials from a great singer who did the family proud."

Daughter-in-law of a legend.

Ollie Mefford | Columbia, S. C. | 07/22/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Debby Boone is a great one to sing these songs of her mother-in-law, Rosemary Clooney. Here we have the talants of two professional singers on one Compact Disc. I own most of the recordings of Rosemary Clooney. She was one great lady when it came to performing by singing or in films. She will be missed by many since she passed away. I am one of these wno miss her, because I looked forward to each of her new releases. A superb performance."

Fresh voice.

Evelina | 10/15/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This CD was recorded when Debby was much younger. Her voice is young and fresh and full of life and much different from the present day. Her voice has much more life than her later performances. If you listen to the CD several times, the music will get easily stuck with you. It will continue to play in your mind."