On this day in music history: August 18, 1987 - Out Of The Blue, the debut album by Debbie Gibson is released. Produced by Fred Zarr, Debbie Gibson, John Morales, Sergio Munzibai, and Lewis A. Martineé, it is recorded at Z Studio in Brooklyn, NY, International Sound in Miami, FL, Sorcerer Sound, Right Track Studios, and Quad Recording Studios in New York City from Late 1986 - Early 1987. Originally signed to Atlantic Records dance music division for just a one off single, the label will quickly green light the recording of a full album in wake of the break out success of Only In My Dreams (#4 Pop, #12 Club Play) in dance clubs and on Urban crossover radio. Recorded in just four weeks, the then sixteen year old singer, songwriter, and musician will write all ten songs on her debut album. It will spin off five singles with four of them reaching the top five, including Shake Your Love (#4 Pop) and the title track (#3 Pop). Gibson will make history as the youngest artist to ever write and produce a number one single (Foolish Beat), being only seventeen years old (two months shy of her eighteenth birthday) when it tops the Hot 100 in June of 1988. Out Of The Blue will peak at number seven on the Billboard Top 200, and is certified 3x Platinum in the US by the RIAA.
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 00:00:10 +0000
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