Debbie Gibson blasted out of America’s boomboxes in the summer of 1987 with her Top Ten hit “Only In My Dreams.” It was a teen-crush disco anthem, straight from the shopping malls of Long Island, but it cooked like a freestyle club banger, mixed by Little Louie Vega. Everybody loved this song, but it was more than just a radio hit — it was a sign of the future. Debbie was a 16-year-old girl — still in high school! — writing her own pop mega-smash. In the Eighties, that just wasn’t done.

But she was just getting started. At 17, she became the first teenage girl ever to write, sing, and produce her own Number One hit, the weepy ballad “Foolish Beat.” She still holds the record as the youngest girl to achieve that feat. In fact, she’s also the SECOND-youngest, since she turned the same tric

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