Blondie achieved massive success in the late ’70s and early ’80s, doing as much to take New Wave into the mainstream as anybody, while enabling hip-hop and reggae to reach the top of the US charts. But they started out as an underground phenomenon, forming in New York City in 1974 and quickly becoming a fixture of the burgeoning punk scene centered at CBGB. Though they scored big in England with 1978’s “Denis,” Blondie made little Stateside impact with their first two albums. Their big American breakthrough came later that year with the more streamlined Parallel Lines and the disco-styled smash “Heart of Glass,” followed by the more New Wave-tinged hit “One Way or Another.” They soared to the top of the charts with the Giorgio Moroder-produced Eurodisco of “Call Me,” a cover of The Paragons’ ’60s reggae tune “The Tide Is High,” and “Rapture,” the first song with rapping to reach No. 1 in the US. By the time they released their wildly eclectic album The Hunter in 1982, the band’s interpersonal dynamics were close to implosion, and they split soon after. They reformed in 1997 and released No Exit two years later, scoring an international hit with “Maria.” The revived Blondie, with co-founders Debbie Harry, guitarist Chris Stein, and drummer Clem Burke all remaining on board, continued touring and recording for decades.