Debbie Harry Goes Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls

WHEN WE LAST left Blondie's Chris Stein and Deborah Harry back in December, Autoamerican had just been released. Owlishly-wise Chris was predicting it would get played on all the black radio stations. Sure enough, with two chart-topping singles, one reggae-based ('The Tide Is High'), the other rap, born on the South Bronx streets, ('Rapture') Autoamerican proved Blondie's crossover potential on the street, where it counts.