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Debbie Hennessey was named AC40 Female Artist of the Year by New Music Weekly as well as charting a Top 20 Hit on NMW’s AC40 Charts. She is a multiple ASCAPlus Award recipient and multiple Top Finalist in the Great American Song Contest, she is included on compilation CDs including the CMT New Music Collection, GoGirls MusicFest, Songsalive!, Beautiful-Women on the Move and more, named Best Vocalist of the Month by SingerUniverse, received an Honorable Mention in the Billboard World Song Contest, and was named Artist of the Month by Songsalive! The music video for the song Good As Gone was recently featured on the broadcast TV shows Extra and The Next GAC Star. Debbie's cds, Good As Gone, Rustic Heart, Winter Wonderland, Hallelujah and It Wasn't His Child are available through many music outlets including iTunes, CDBaby, Amazon, or by calling 1-800-BUY-MY-CD.
See the music video for the song Good As Gone, as featured on the tv shows Extra! and The Next GAC Star, here now! Click the play button!
Some Reviews:
"Hennessey's bold, husky delivery puts its imprint on her material, whose catchy hooks and spot-on arrangements show she knows her stuff and is surrounded by pro-calibre talent. Hennessey is a skilled artist whose polished work commands respect." - Music Connection
"Good As Gone is rock solid country-pop...undeniably hooky...(Hennessey's) collection of Nashville-ready tunes serves as a wake-up call to radio programmers everywhere. Somebody sign this girl!" - Buddy Hollywood
"Los Angeles-based country-rocker Debbie Hennessey can sing the shingles off a barn...her voice is magnificent..." - Michael Scott Cain, Rambles
"When a listener can not only hear the passion in a song, but actually feel it, then the musician’s job is done. Debbie Hennessey certainly does her job; she is a masterful musician and talent that everyone must experience.” - Robert Benson, Collecting Vinyl Records
A Few Career Highlights:
ASCAPLUS Award: September 2011, Debbie received her 5th ASCAPlus Award, for songwriting from the American Society of Composers and Publishers.
Great American Song Contest: March 2011, Debbie had 2 songs in the top 100 finalists of the Great American Song Contest! The songs are I'm Leaving the Fairytale Behind a co-write with Athena Marie; and Believe a co-write with Rye Randa and Jeff Foxworth. Both songs were in the Pop category.
Studio 51 Music/Pacifica Music: November 2010, Debbie signed a deal with music library Studio 51 to provide songs to Pacifica Music for film and tv. The first 3 songs to be delivered were Chasing Ghosts, Sounds Like Rain and Man Free Weekend. Debbie will be writing songs specifically for the library.
ASCAPLUS Award: September 2010, Debbie received her 4th ASCAPlus Award, for songwriting from the American Society of Composers and Publishers.
Good As Gone Music Video Featured on GAC: June 2008, the Good As Gone video airs nationwide on GAC TV as part of the show The Next GAC Star.
NARAS/Grammy: May 2008, Debbie became a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. The voting members of the NARAS choose the Grammy nominees and winners each year.
Great American Song Contest: April 2008, The song Dare Me, written by Debbie, Richard Wold, Stan Webb and Renee Carly, receives an Honor Award in the 9th Annual Great American Song Contest.
Good As Gone Music Video Featured on TV Show Extra! As part of the Star 98.7 FM/Ironworks Records contest Debbie's video for the song Good As Gone was featured on the TV show Extra. Debbie and the song were introduced by host Dana Devon and the video played as the show's credits rolled on the side. This was a great boost for an indie artist! Thank you Extra & Star 98.7 FM Los Angeles.
Good As Gone Music Video Released! Debbie's first music video for the song Good As Gone is released Spring 2007. Produced and Directed by Zach Jordan of Macatawa Pictures, the video was shot on location in High Def. Watch the video right here on Debbie's site and click the Photo Link for photos and notes on the filming. The song Good As Gone was written by Mark Luna and Richard Wold.
Great American Song Contest: March 2007, The song Love Might Change Your Mind, written by Debbie, Sunny Hilden and John DePatie, receives an Honor Award in the 8th Annual Great American Song Contest.
MS Music Fest & The Montel Williams MS Foundation: The song Love Might Change Your Mind from Debbie's new cd was chosen to be included on the MS Music Fest 2006 Compilation CD to benefit MS charities. www.myspace.com/msmusicfest
Billboard World Song Contest: In May 2006 Debbie along with co-writers Sunny Hilden and John DePatie, received a Billboard World Song Contest Honorable Mention for their song Love Might Change Your Mind.
Women’s Image Network: The song Sounds Like Rain, co-written by Debbie, Sunny Hilden and John DePatie was chosen out of over 1200 songs to be featured in the upcoming film Feed Me.
CMT 2005 New Music Collection: The song Midnight to Cinderella from Debbie’s debut cd Rustic Heart is included on Country Music Today (CMT) New Music Collection 2005. Other artists featured on this cd included: Miranda Lambert, Sugarland, Deana Carter, Billy Dean, and Shooter Jennings. Midnight to Cinderella was written by Paulette Miechle.
GoGirls MusicFest 05: The song This Ain’t About You, is included on the GoGirls MusicFest 05 cd to benefit the Lynne Cohen Foundation for Ovarian Cancer Research. Debbie was also a featured performer at the GoGirls MusicFest 05 Los Angeles show. This Ain’t About You was written by Mark Luna.
New Music Weekly Awards: Debbie was named AC40 Female Artist of the Year by radio and industry personnel in June 2004. The other nominees for this award included Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow and Ellen V.