Miz McDuffie Music

Deborah J. McDuffie

Native New Yorker Deborah J. McDuffie is credited with being the first female composer/producer in the advertising industry. She has composed for and produced Patti Labelle, Luther Vandross, Roberta Flack, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Al Green, Janet Jackson, Tito Puente, Jose Feliciano, Temptations, Ashford & Simpson, Four Tops, Will Smith, B.B. King and more!

Music and So Much More!

Deb McDuffie composes, produces and arranges CD projects as well as commercials.

Her record compositions(or)productions include:

• Love, Luther(compilation) 
• All About Love                         Steven Amburgey(in production) 
• A New Dawn, A New Day Cassandra (in production)
• Anthology - Paxon SAS Choirs
• Something Old... Something New     Full Circle
• From The Heart- Tania Shana Yegelwel
• Six Pointed Star -Tania Shana Yegelwel 
• Hello Baby
• Damaris - Damaris Carbaugh 
• I Am An Illusion -Agneta Baumann (Sweden)
• Brother to Brother               Isley Jasper Isley
• Charme
• You've Got A Friend - Al Green

Her commercials include:

• Coca-Cola
• Pepsi-Cola
• Disney
• Kentucky Fried Chicken
• McDonald's New York                        
• Miller Brewing Company
• American Honda
• Goodyear
• Anheuser-Busch
• Quaker Oats
• Mogen David Wine
• General Motors 
• Don't Trash Jax - City of Jacksonville         
• McDonald's - Get Moving with Ronald

Her studio/live vocal performances include:

• Fame (movie soundtrack)
• The Wiz (movie soundtrack)
• Muppets Take Manhattan(soundtrack)
• Saturday Night Live
• James Brown
• Nina Simone
• Hank Crawford
• Idris Muhammad
• Jimmy Cliff
• Martha Reeves
• Melba Moore
• Charme
• Samba Soul
• Tiny Tim
• New York City Community Choir
• Reflections
• Ashford & Simpson
• Chuck Mangione

JACKSONVILLE MASS CHOIR

      
      

    CONTEMPORARY CHOIR

 

            FULL CIRCLE

         SOUL, POP, GOSPEL 

  

   TANIA SHANA YEGELWEL

          COUNTRY, POP        

       

       STEVE AMBURGEY

 COUNTRY, POP, QUIET STORM

             CASSANDRA

       SULTRY SPOKEN WORD

   

    PAXON SAS CHOIRS

CLASSICAL,CONTEMPORARY &         GOSPEL

      

        MARRIA ADAMS

         NEO SPIRITUAL
 

 

   APOLLO AMATEUR NIGHT

Deb McDuffie was hired by the Apollo Theatre to re-energize the legendary Apollo Amateur Night in the early 90's. She totally revamped the weekly Wednesday night show and functioned as producer and performer.

    RITZ AMATEUR NIGHT 

She brought this wealth of experience to Ritz Theatre & LaVilla Museum in 1999, creating and producing Jacksonville's hit "Amateur Night at the Ritz".

RITZ VOICES YOUTH CHOIR 

In 2000 McDUffie founded the popular all-city youth choir, Ritz Voices, serving as Artistic Director for seven year. McDuffie is succeeded by former Assistant Director Damien Daley.

        GIMME THE MIKE!

Deb McDuffie was a judge on the wildly popular "Gimme the Mike", a local American Idol type talent show.