When Debbie Gibson was tapped ... band and equestrian unit, in order Gibson was a pop music trailblazer at age 16. She co-wrote, co-produced and performed all the songs on her 1987 debut album ...

Half the songs are Gibson originals, along with covers of Christmas classics, the Sammy Davis Jr.-popularized “The Candy Man” (“it feels festive, like the holidays to me and harkens back to our youth” ...