DVR Alert: Debby Boone on OPRAH Tuesday

Debby Boone has waited 25 years to be on The Oprah Winfrey Show and the call finally came. Debby Boone went to Chicago from her home in Los Angeles last week and taped the episode and says that it was worth the wait. Tune in on Tuesday to catch the episode! 

Daughter of Pat Boone, Debby Boone earned instant fame in 1977 when "You Light Up My Life" became an overnight hit. The tune, which outranked even The Beatles by claiming the #1 spot on the Billboard charts for ten straight weeks, sold in excess of four million copies; the album went platinum with sales in excess of two million. The song went on to win an Academy Award® for Best Song in a Motion Picture, and Debby received the GRAMMY® Award for Best New Artist of the Year. Since her remarkable entrée into the music industry, she has won two additional GRAMMY Awards and has received seven GRAMMY nominations.

In addition to her recording career, Debby has starred as the lead in numerous stage productions, such as "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" on Broadway and as Maria in Lincoln Center's 30th Anniversary production of The Sound of Music, which garnered a Drama Desk nomination. She also starred as Rizzo in the Broadway production of Grease, and toured nationally in Meet Me In St. Louis. Most recently, Debby performed the role of Anna in the 50th Anniversary staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I and launched her symphony program "Debby Boone Sings Stage and Screen." Debby has also written six charming children's books in collaboration with her husband, Gabriel Ferrer, who created the illustrations for the best-selling series.