She founded another band called the Gargoyles in 1985, and released a couple of singles. She also formed the band the B-Sides in 1980 but they disbanded in 1985. The rock band the Power Station began in 1984 when her then-boyfriend John Taylor (of Duran Duran fame) pulled some famous friends together to provide backing for another of Buell's musical efforts. In 1981, Buell recorded a four song EP on Rhino Records, produced by Rick Derringer and Ric Ocasek, with the Cars serving as her band on two tracks. In describing her early years and modeling career, Buell stated: " to be a professional singer I came to New York- yes, I was a pretty young girl, so I fell into the modeling thing, and I did Playboy, so then the rock stars came-a-hunting, as I like to say." Music She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the November 1974 issue her centerfold was photographed by Richard Fegley.
Career Modelingīuell was discovered by modeling agency executive Eileen Ford after high school graduation at age 17, and relocated to New York City at age 18. The nurses in the hospital took to calling her "Baby Buell," which is where her nickname of "Bebe" originated. As her father was not at home at the time of Buell's birth, her mother waited until he got back before naming her daughter. Buell was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, the daughter of Dorothea (Brown) Johnson, who founded the Protocol School of Washington, and Harold Lloyd Buell.
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