Debby Boone---You Light Up My Life (1977)

     Mike Curb was trying to convince her to try a solo recording career. The group "The Boones" containing her famous dad, mom and other three sisters had done well on the Billboard AC charts over the past several years. With the youngest sister in college, and the older two getting married, it left Debby with an opportunity to try a solo career.
     The first single given to her was a song written by Joe Brooks and originally recorded by Kasey Cisyk for the movie, "You Light Up My Life" starring Didi Conn. Boone's version was not on the soundtrack or on the movie, but it shot like a rocket to #1 and stayed there for 10 weeks. It was the only hit Boone had on the pop charts, but she has had success in the early 80's on the country chart with a #1 there, and was  a mainstay in the Contemporary Christian music scene throughout the 80's.
      Boone continues to record now and then, having released a tribute album to her mother-in-law, Rosemary Clooney in 2005, and has published several children's books.