Deborah (Debbie) Cameron (born September 14, 1958 in

Miami, Florida Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a coastal metropolis and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida, United States. With a population of 442,241 at th ...

) is a Danish-American singer of Bahamian descent who has had a career in music in

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. Her career started in 1976, when she was awarded the prize "Most promising student" at the Music School at the

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. In 1978, she went to

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, where her mother Etta already lived. In 1979 she was a prominent backing singer for Tommy Seebach at his participating for Denmark in the

Eurovision Song Contest 1979 The Eurovision Song Contest 1979 was the 24th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Jerusalem, Israel, following the country's victory at the with the song " A-Ba-Ni-Bi" by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta. Organised by ...

with the song " Disco Tango". She again represented

in the

Eurovision Song Contest 1981 The Eurovision Song Contest 1981 was the 26th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Dublin, Ireland, following the country's victory at the with the song "What's Another Year" by Johnny Logan. Organised by the Europea ...

, duetting with Tommy Seebach. They performed the song " Krøller eller ej" (Curls or not), finishing 11th with 41 points.Information about the song Krøller eller ej
in the

Discography

LPs

* ''Debbie Cameron'' (http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/debbie_cameron/debbie_cameron/) * ''New York Date'' * ''Be With Me'' * ''Brief Encounter'',

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, with

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* ''Debbie Cameron'' * ''Maybe We'', with the band Buki Yamaz

Singles

* "Greenback Dollar" / "I Don`t Wanna See You Cry" (http://www.45cat.com/record/1a00639443) * "Call Me Tonight" * "Game of My Life" * "You To Me Are Everything" * "Glad That's It's Over" * "So-Le-La" * "Accepted By Society" * " Krøller eller ej", (Curls or not) duet with Tommy Seebach * "Jeg en gård mig bygge vil" (I want to build a Farm) * "I See the Moon" (AUS #72) * "Stuck On You" * "Copenhagen" * "Sideshow" * "Boogie Woogie Rendez-Vous"

Valentinos

* Disco Dance Party Vocals: Debbie Cameron, Sanne Salomonsen & Michael Elo

Soundtrack

Soundtrack of the film '' Den Eneste Ene'' (''The One and Only'')

Filmography

She has participated in the Danish film ''Hodja fra Pjort'' (Hodja from Pjort) in 1985. She also played herself in the Norwegian film '' De blå ulvene'' (The blue wolves) in 1993.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cameron, Debbie 1958 births American people of Bahamian descent American emigrants to Denmark Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Denmark 20th-century Danish women singers Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1981 Living people University of Miami Frost School of Music alumni English-language singers from Denmark