It seems sort of mean to call Debby Boone a "one-hit wonder" since she has had a long and rather successful career in music, yet in pop music, she has indeed had one big success: You Light Up My Life, a major success of 1977. Boone is the daughter of nice-guy crooner Pat Boone and as a teen, performed with her family before striking out on her own. Like her dad, her musical interests gradually turned from popular--in her case, pop country-- to religious, and much of her work has been in recording Christian music.
In addition, she has appeared on stage in many musicals and has made TV appearances, as well. In 1979, she married Gabriel Ferrer, son of Jose Ferrer and singer Roosemary Clooney, whose singing Boone much admired.
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