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Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, USA (1973 – present)
I Need A Lover”, “Heartbreaker”, “Fire And Ice”, “Treat Me Right”, “Hit Me With Your Best Shot”, “Hell Is For Children”, “Shadows Of The Night”, and “Love Is a Battlefield”. Benatar is acknowledged as one of the leading female rock vocalists in the industry.She was born in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, USA, on January 10th 1953, as Patricia Andrzejewski and graduated Lindenhurst High on Long Island in 1971. She married her lead guitarist, Neil “Spider” Geraldo, in 1982, and has two children, Haley and Hana.
In 1973, Benatar quit her job as a bank teller to pursue a singing career after being inspired by a Liza Minnelli concert she saw in Richmond. She got a job as a singing waitress at a flapper-esque nightclub named “The Roaring Twenties”, and got a gig singing in lounge band Coxon’s Army. They garnered enough attention to be the subject of a never-aired PBS special, and the band’s bassist, Roger Capps, would go on to be the original bass player for the Pat Benatar band.
This period also yielded Benatar’s first solo single – 1974’s “Day Gig” – until her eventual major label debut on Chrysalis Records in 1979. The song was released via Trace Records, and was both written and produced by Coxon’s Army band leader Phil Coxon.
Benatar’s big break came in 1975 at an amateur night at the comedy club “Catch a Rising Star” in New York City. Her rousing rendition of Judy Garland’s “Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody” earned her a call back by club owner Rick Newman, who would later become her manager.
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St8of_Emergency
she seems like she was one of those artists that both men and women could rock out to because she was so great she appealed to everyone
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St8of_Emergency
one of the best things to happen to rock, male or female. She fucking rocks.
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Oniren
Amazing voice.
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BMWPRETTY
Spank! I love you Pat! You Rock! Love is a battle field! :-) If it does not feel right ; let it go! If it is right you will have it again. :-)
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daulkim
пиздата
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jasononthw
Rain or Shine Fire or Ice You got a lot of Heart Pat Cheers and Thank you
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TheDarkSide73
I Love all her songs but Hell Is For Children is my favorite..Not only because of the great guitar work but also i can relate to it..
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English_Guy
Part Polish, huh...
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coanta
All the songs are very good, but in these days i love ''All Fired Up'', the video is great too!
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Runoflife
Legend. Nuff said. p.s. And yes - Avril Lavigne sucks[10]. I saw this video, it was really hillarous - Pat was so much better then this pop-muppet.
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MazdaK-Bzr
hey happy birthday pat, damn your songs are full of memories
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MusiQ3985
HBD!
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cbecrad
Happy Birthday to Pat!
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licoricepizza
happy birthday! listening to your tunes today.
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CitizenOfPanem
Love Is A Battlefield is perfect! [2]
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tonticcone
I'm in love with her
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franciscotonial
Only on last.fm can you come onto a Pat Benatar shoutbox and see people bitching about Avril Lavigne for absolutely no reason... [3]
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AndressaBS
<3
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igorgeneration
unbelievable awesome. Only amazing musics and she still dont got the attention that she deserves...so sad!
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