Debbie Deb
Honda Center
2695 E Katella Ave
Anaheim, CA 92806-5904
Jul 27, 2019
7:30 PM PDT
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Joey Restivo is an Original Founding Member of the 90's Mega trio LINEAR who was an American freestyle pop group that emerged from the Miami dance-pop scene in the late 1980’s. The group’s song “Sending All My Love” became a Top Ten hit for Linear when it was picked up by Atlantic Records in 1990. Along with “Don't Come Crying" and others, the group has sold millions of records and has performed all over the world. The Freestyle Explosion is excited to welcome this amazing group who will now join the tour along side with other legendary Freestyle and Pop artists like Stevie B, Lisa Lisa, Expose and many others. Currently Linear feat Joey Restivo group is signed to Artist’s At Play Records
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Debbie Deb Biography
Deb was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in North Miami Beach, Florida. A music aficionado from a young age, she was "discovered" at the age of 16 by producer Pretty Tony at a Miami record store where she was working. While Debbie had no formal training in singing, she had been singing most of her life. Pretty Tony told her that he liked the way she spoke and asked if she could sing, and she answered yes. They recorded "When I Hear Music," which she co-wrote with Pretty Tony in his studio the very next day. Released on the Jam Packed record label in 1984, the song has since become a staple in clubs and on dance and urban radio stations and mixshows. Other hits followed, including "Lookout Weekend", "I Wanna Work It Out", "There's A Party Going On", "I Wanna Dance," and a remake of Connie's 1980s Latin freestyle classic "Funky Little Beat". However, Deb was overweight and suffered from low self-esteem, and found her sudden fame difficult to cope with. She was crushed when her record company decided not to put her picture on the sleeves of her records and, in a Milli Vanilli-esque move, even hired an "impostor" to perform and pose as "Debbie Deb". As a result, she made little, if any, money from her hit singles, and was so hurt by the experience that she stopped singing for years, relying on her work as a hairdresser to make ends meet.[2] Deb finally resurfaced on the recording scene in 1995 with the album She's Back. Now living near Philadelphia, she continues to work as a hair stylist and also keeps busy performing frequent concerts around the United States, especially "freestyle revival" shows with other artists like Lisa Lisa, Stevie B, Exposé, The Cover Girls, and Shannon. Gwen Stefani has cited Deb as an influence, and in the summer of 2006, Janet Jackson featured a cover version of "Lookout Weekend" on her Web site. In early 2009, Debbie debuted a new single, "Everytime You Come Around," on her Myspace page (on which she bills herself as "The Real Debbie Deb"). It's almost summer, the weather is wonderful, and the Old Skool concerts are poppin in cities all over the world! Come have a wonderful year with me!!!
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