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Nothing 'Foolish' about this feat
Where were you 20 years ago this week? Deborah Gibson was busy celebrating her first-ever No. 1 single -- and her high school graduation.
Yep, on June 26, 1988, Deborah Gibson (only "Debbie" to her non-friends she told us during our podcast interview) was walking across a graduation stage, just 24 hours after "Foolish Beat" hit the top of the charts, making her the youngest person to date to write, produce and perform a No. 1 hit.
(What were co-host Sean Daly and I doing on that same date? Probably competing head-to-head in a gordita-eating contest, thus assuring that 20 years later, neither of us has a chance on being Deborah's date to her high school reunion.)
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