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Belinda Carlisle (born August 17, 1958 in Hollywood, California) is the lead vocalist and a founding member of the all-female New Wave band Go-Go’s. She is also a successful solo artist.

A former high school cheerleader, Carlisle is the eldest of seven children.

Early Career and The Go-Go’s

Carlisle’s first venture into music was a brief stint as drummer for the punk band The Germs under the name Dottie Danger, although illness prevented her from ever performing with them live. Soon after leaving this band she founded the Go-Go’s (originally named The Misfits) with friend and fellow music novice Jane Wiedlin. With bassist-turned-guitarist Charlotte Caffey, guitarist-turned-bassist Kathy Valentine, and drummer Gina Schock, the Go-Go’s became one of the most successful American bands of the early 80’s, helping to usher “new wave music” into popular American radio and becoming the first all-female band in rock history to achieve a #1 album, who also wrote their own music and played their own instruments. The Go-Go’s recorded two more studio albums (including VACATION, which went gold thanks to the title track). “Head over Heels,” from the album Talk Show, made it to #11, but they never repeated the success of their multi-platinum debut, Beauty and the Beat, which featured the hits “We Got the Beat” and “Our Lips Are Sealed”.

The antics of the Go-Go’s in the early- to mid-1980s contrasted with their public image. Since then, the group’s notoriety from that time period had become something of a legend, involving drugs and sex. Years later, in a 2007 interview with PlanetOut, Carlisle said that the band had female groupies and said, “Well, without going into too much detail .
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  • EricValeev

    Heaven Is A Place On Earth

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  • Bennii201

    Please release "Sun" :).

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  • Kyle_James

    For all you fans of early 90's Pop Music, MARTIKA is back with her new single Flow With The Go! Check out the video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0rrK015VWc and join the Toy Soldier Army to try to get her back in the limelight!

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  • flickothewrist

    Along with Debbie Harry my favourite "power pop girlie" and she is ridiculously good looking, women around her must be totally green, oh always fancied the idea that she might be the love child of Elvis Pressley and Anne Margaret, striking resemblance to both

    February 2012
  • maybe_im_crazy

    Belinda's currently recording a new pop album (in English) and will be debuting some new songs at her upcoming shows this week... WOOHOO!

    February 2012
  • Pusteblumme

    :-))))))))))))))))))

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  • ferchr7447

    Half the world is waiting for someone they can hold ♪ ♪

    January 2012
  • JDonn

    I want pop music bo be as good as this AGAIN. [5] Belinda is amazing!

    January 2012
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Meine “Zurück in die 80er”Party

19 Mar 2012 | from www.belinda-carlisle.com

Mike Calnan der Vicksburg Theatre Guild nutzten die Gelegenheit, den Kopf über die Freitagnacht Leistung des jährlichen St. Aloysius High School Musical. In diesem Jahr wurde die Produktion mit dem Titel “Back to the 80s … Das Musical Totally …

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