Pat Benatar

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Patricia Mae Giraldo (born Jan. 10, 1953), also known as Pat Benatar, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and four-time Grammy Award winner.

She has two RIAA-certified multi-platinum albums, five platinum albums, three gold albums, and 15 Billboard Top 40 singles, including the Top 10 hits "Is It a Battlefield," "We Belong," and "Invincible."

Benatar has been nominated for membership in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2020.

Early life

Pat Benatar was born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski on January 10, 1953, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City. Mildred (née Knapp), a beautician, and her father, Andrew (Andrzej) Andrzejewski (1926-2009), was a sheet metal worker. Her father was of Polish descent, and her mother was of German, English, and Irish descent. Her family migrated to Lindenhurst, New York, a village in the Long Island town of Babylon.

She became interested in theater and began voice lessons, performing her first solo at the age of eight at Daniel Street Elementary School, a song entitled "It Must Be Spring." In her senior year, Lindenhurst Senior High School Choir performed Queen Guinevere in Camelot's school performance, marched in the annual Christmas Tree Lighting Festival, and performed solo of "The Christmas Song" on a holiday recording of the Lindenhurst High School Choir.

She trained as a coloratura with aspirations to attend the Juilliard School but instead decided to focus on health education at Stony Brook University. She married her first husband, high school sweetheart Dennis Benatar, who attended Fort Jackson, South Carolina, then spent with the Army Security Agency at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, before being stationed at Fort Lee, Virginia, beginning in 1973. She worked as a bankteller near Richmond, Virginia.

Personal life

Dennis Benatar, Pat Benatar's high school sweetheart, married her at the age of 19 in 1972. In 1979, the couple divorced. Since 1982, she has been married to her second husband, guitarist Neil Giraldo. They have two children and live in Malibu, California. Both her children, Haley and Hana Giraldo, were on the radio! Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive and Relatively Famous: Ranch Rules, a reality television series that premiered in late 2005 and early 2022, respectively.

Benatar is a Roman Catholic who died young.

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Career

After being inspired by a Liza Minnelli concert she attended in Richmond, Benatar left her job to pursue a singing career. She worked as a singer at a Holiday Inn and gained a job as a singer waitress at a Roaring Twenties nightclub. She met and formed a pair with pianist Phil Coxon in the Roaring Twenties, which later became Coxon's Army, a ten-person lounge band that also performed at Sam Miller's basement dance. The band's bassist Roger Capps was later identified as the first bassist for the Pat Benatar Band, and was the subject of a never-aired PBS special; its drummer Roger Capps was later identified as the band's first bass player. "Day Gig" (1974), Trace Records, written and produced by Coxon and locally released in Richmond, yielded Benatar's first and only single until her eventual 1979 debut (taken from the album In the Heat of the Night on Chrysalis Records). Thomas Jefferson High School's last major gig in Richmond was a two-hour appearance.

Dennis Benatar was discharged from the Army and the couple moved to New York in May 1975 to continue to pursue a singing career. Catch a Rising Star in New York hosted her at an amateur night. Her interpretation of Judy Garland's "Rock-a-Bodye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody" earned her a call back from club owner Rick Newman, who later became her boss; she became a regular performer at Catch a Rising Star for the next three years. In late 1975, she became part of Zephyr's nascent rock opera The Zinger, which ran for a month at the Performing Arts Foundation's (PAF) Playhouse in Huntington Station, Long Island, and was performed in the Performing Arts Foundation.

In her early, spandexed stage persona, Halloween 1977 was a pivotal night. She participated in a Halloween costume at the Cafe Figaro in Greenwich Village disguised as a character from the film Cat-Women of the Moon. Later that evening, she appeared onstage at Catch a Rising Star in costume. She produced commercial jingles for Pepsi-Cola and a number of regional shops between appearances at Catch a Rising Star. In spring 1978, she headlined Tramps nightclub in New York City, where her appearance was seen by representatives from many record companies. Terry Ellis, a co-founder Terry Ellis' wife, was signed to Chrysalis Records the following week. She and Dennis divorced within minutes, although she retained his surname.

In the Heat of the Night, Benatar's debut album, was released in August 1979, but it only debuted on the US Billboard 200 album chart in October, peaking at number 12 in the United States in March 1980. On the album, Mike Chapman produced three songs, while engineer Peter Coleman oversaw the rest. In addition, Chapman and his songwriting partner, Nicky Chinn, produced three songs on the album: "In the Heat of the Night" and "If You Think You Know How to Love Me" which were previously released by Smokie, as well as a rearranged version of a song called "No You Don't" for Sweet. Roger Capps and her son "I Need a Lover," written by John Mellencamp; and "Don't Let It Show" by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson were among the album's other songs.

The album was named Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in December 1980. With a chart peak of number 3 on the RPM albums chart, Canada became the country's most profitable market, with a platinum certification that is ranked number 4 on the RPM charts. Although it was a modest success in Australia, reaching number 25 and being highly successful in New Zealand, with no. 8 in the UK, it barely made it to the Top 100. Although it was unexpected for an English-language album, France's most profitable European market was where it debuted at number 20.

"If You Think You Know How to Love Me" was the first single to be released on September 14, 1979. However, it was unsuccessful. "Heartbreaker" was her second single on October 26, 1979, and she became a sleeper hit, gaining to number 23 in the United States, number 16 in Canada, and number 14 in New Zealand. It was later listed at No. 1 on the charts and was later ranked at No. 13. 72 on VH1's list of the Best Hard Rock Songs of All Time. "We Live for Love," her future husband Neil Giraldo's third album, was released in February 1980 and became her first Top ten hit anywhere in the United States, number 26 in New Zealand, and number 28 in Australia, her first appearance.

She released Crimes of Passion, her second album, alongside the controversial song "Hell Is for Children," which was inspired by a series of articles in The New York Times about child violence in America in August 1980. "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" (US number 9) was her first single to break the US Top ten and sold more than 100,000 copies (Gold status) in the United States. It was also a Top ten hit in Canada and a moderately hit in Australia, where it reached number 33. In January 1981, the album reached No. 2 in the United States for five weeks (behind John Lennon's and Yoko Ono's Double Fantasy), and a month later, she received her first Grammy Award for "Best Female Vocal Performance" of 1980 for the album.

Other singles from Crimes of Passion included "Respect Me Right" (US number 18 and Canada number 12) and "You Better Run," the Rascals' cover, which did not chart in Canada), and "You Better Run" (second music video ever released on MTV), after the Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star." Also included on the album was a tempo change to Kate Bush's "Wuthering Heights." Crimes of Passion, produced by Keith Olsen, remained on the US charts for 93 weeks and six months, leading to her first Platinum award by the RIAA, and her first Platinum certification in the United States, being 4th Platinum. She (along with future husband Neil Giraldo) appeared on the front page of Rolling Stone magazine in October 1980. The album was certified Platinum in Canada, her highest-selling album in the region, where it debuted at number 2 on the album charts. It was also profitable in New Zealand (number 6), France (number 2), and Australia (number 16), but not so successful in the United Kingdom.

Benatar's third studio album, Precious Time, debuted in July 1981, her first album to debut on the Billboard 200. It was awarded double platinum in Canada and debuted at number 2 on the album chart, and it reached its high point. It was also her first appearance in the United Kingdom, debuting at number 30 and becoming her first success in Australia and New Zealand, peaking at number 3. "Fire and Ice" (co-written by band member Scott Sheets) was another hit on the new Rock Tracks chart, Canada number 17 and number two, Top 30 Australia and New Zealand), and Benatar's second Grammy Award for "Best Female Vocal Performance" and her third consecutive Platinum album, with the album's lead single being rated double Platinum and later being awarded platinum. "Promises in the Dark" (US number 38 and Canada number 31) was also published as a single.

Get Nervous was released in 1982, owing to a hit single and MTV video, "Shadows of the Night," which went well: The US Hot 100 hit number 13 and Rock Tracks chart number 3, Canada number 12, and AUS number 19, respectively. The album was another hit in the United States, peaking at number 4 in the United States, but it didn't do well in most other countries, with only 20 people in the top 20 (Canada number 16) and only 73 in the United Kingdom. It was her fourth straight RIAA and CRIA Platinum award, and Benatar's "Shadows of the Night" earned her third Grammy Award, this time for "Best Female Rock Vocal Performance." "Little Too Late" and "Looking for a Stranger" were both very popular in the United States, peaking at number 20 and number 39, although not widely available outside of the United States, even in Canada. Judge Reinhold, an American fighter copilot, and Bill Paxton as a German radio operator appeared in "Shadows of the Night"'s WWII-themed music video.

By 1983, she had a reputation for singing "tough" subject matters, best demonstrated by her debut, "Love Is a Battlefield," written by noted hit songwriter Holly Knight and Mike Chapman. By then, her sound had mellowed from hard rock to more esthetic pop, and "Love Is a Battlefield" was aimed squarely at MTV, with Benatar appearing in a Michael Jackson-inspired group dance number starring Jackson's Beat It director Bob Giraldi and choreographer Michael Peters, as well as Michael Peters' "Love Is a Battlefield" was targeted squarely at MTV, with Michael Jackson's Beat It director Bob Giral This new pop/rock movement was a huge commercial success, with the single remaining today being the single country's most popular trend. This included peaking at number 5 on the US Hot 100, number 1 in Canada, number 1 in the Netherlands, and number 1 in the United Kingdom, her first Top 30 hit there, first Top 30 in Switzerland, number 5 in New Zealand, and number 17 in the UK, her first Top 50 singles. It was her first song to debut in Switzerland, reaching number 11 on the charts. "Best Female Rock Vocal Performance" also won BAFTA's fourth Grammy Award for "Best Female Rock Vocal Performance" on the radio.

"Love Is a Battlefield" was one of two studio tracks on the live album "Live From Earth," which was released during her sold-out 'Get Nervous' world tour of America and Europe in 1982 and 1983, with the other being "Lipstick Lies." The album had mixed success in various countries: it reached number two in Australia, number 12 in New Zealand, number 13, and the Netherlands, number 13 in the United States, but only reached the top 25 in Canada and France, and number 60 in the United Kingdom, despite being ranked in the top 10 in Australia and France. It was her fifth straight RIAA and CRIA Platinum album.

Benatar's fifth studio album, Tropico, was released in August 1984, a step forward in most other countries (Canada number 21, AUS number 21, Germany number 16, Netherlands number 23). The single "We Belong," a slow-tempo pop song that was released in October 1984, became another top ten hit in the United States, including number 7 in Australia, number 9 in West Germany, and number 5 in Switzerland, her most popular but last hit single there. It also ranked at number 22 in the United Kingdom. "Ooh Ooh Song," the United States' second single release, debuted at number 36, but other countries fared poorly. Giraldo and Sherwood said that this album was the first time they moved away from her famed "hard rock" sound and into experimental with new, often "gentler" styles and sounds. Despite not making it to the Top ten, the album immediately earned her her sixth consecutive RIAA and CRIA Platinum award.

"Love is a Battlefield" was re-released in the United Kingdom early 1985 and became the top chart hit there, peaking at number 17. In 1986, "We Belong" was also nominated for Best Female Vocal Performance, her first nomination in that category.

Seven the Hard Way, her sixth studio album, was released in 1985. She debuted in the top ten (and number 4 on the US Rock Tracks chart), with the Grammy-nominated rock song "Invincible" (the theme from Billie Jean's "Love Is a Battlefield) and Simon Climie, three months before the album was released, and she and her husband, Holly Knight (Love Is a Battlefield) and Simon Climie). In Canada, the track has also ranked at number six. The album's other Grammy nominee, "Sex As a Weapon," soared to number 28 on the US Hot 100 in January 1986, number 5 on the US Rock Tracks chart, and hit the top 30 in Canada. Both the Seven and the Hard Way singles were less popular outside of North America than the previous two "gentler" singles, with some of Australia, West Germany, the Netherlands, and New Zealand ranked in the Top 30 (although Invincible went Top 15 in the United Kingdom) but not in the Top 50 in the United Kingdom. The Mellow "Le Bel Age," the mellow's third single, debuted at number 54 on the US Hot 100 for its third week.

The Hard Way reached its high point in the United States, receiving an RIAA Gold award (import CD). Even though it only peaked at number 36 on the albums sales chart, it was her seventh consecutive Platinum certified album in Canada. It also reached number 19 in Australia, where it was a big success in New Zealand, but it didn't reach the top 50 in West Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, or the United Kingdom, and for the first time, an album of hers failed to chart in France. "Out of all the albums, Seven the Hard Way cost the most to produce and sold the least," she wrote in Between a Heart and a Rock Place. The album has sold nearly 600,000 copies in the United States.

Benatar's seventh studio album, Wide Awake in Dreamland, debuted in July 1988, and she moved to number 11 in the United Kingdom and Canada, with her eighth consecutive Platinum Certified album in Australia, and number 13 in Australia. It reached its high point in the United States at number 26 in the United States, but in New Zealand, it stalled at number 15, arguably one of the country's most profitable markets. "All Fired Up" (written by Kerryn Tolhurst, ex-The Dingoes) ranked number 19 in both the United States and the United Kingdom, number 8 in Canada, number 20 in New Zealand, and one of the country's biggest hits of 1988, and it was one of the country's biggest hits of 1988. "Don't Walk Away" (UK number 42), the Grammy nominated "Let's Stay Together," and "One Love" are two other singles from the album (UK number 59).

True Love, a jump blues album that came out in late April 1991, featured the blues band Roomful of Blues, which also supported Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo, and Myron Grombacher. The album was sold over 339,000 copies with no significant radio airplay and limited exposure on VH-1. "Payin's Cost to Be the Boss" and the title cut were released as singles on the US Rock Tracks chart, but not anywhere else. The album debuted at number 40 in the United Kingdom and at number 37 in the United States, while in the United States, it ranked at number 40. It was certified Gold in Canada for sales of 50,000 units, her first to not achieve Platinum status and her last certified album for the country, where it reached its peak at 22 on the albums sales chart. In several other countries, it has ranked in the top 40.

Gravity's Rainbow was released in 1993 as a return to the AOR genre. "Everybody Lay Down" was selected by Album Rock radio and soared to number three on the Rock Tracks chart, ranking at number three. The single was never released on Top 40/Contemporary Hit Radio, and no music video was ever created. The only other country in which it charted was Canada, where it debuted at number 50. "Somebody's Baby" was instead released as the single to Top 40 radio and a music video, but it did not chart in the United States and was only a marginal success in other nations, with a peaking at number 41 in Canada.

A third track, "Everytime I Fall Back," was supposed to be released and a video was shot, but Chrysalis's album was never released and the music video was lost when Chrysalis was sold to EMI Records. She had become pregnant again, and it may have had a bearing on her label's support of the band. This album was limited to seven dates due to the pregnancy. It was her last album for Chrysalis. Gravity's Rainbow's first attempt at achieving the same commercial success as her previous endeavors despite very little support from Chrysalis. The album has sold nearly 160,000 copies in the United States, and it has risen to number 85 on the album chart, according to SoundScan. True Love is now available in a two-in-one version (import). The album only charted in one other country, namely Canada, where it reached number 44.

Innamorata (US number 171) was released on the CMC International record label in 1997. "Strawberry Wine (Life is Sweet)" was a single video produced. The album has been selling close to 65,000 copies, according to SoundScan.

Since 1997's Innamorata, which is 2003's Go (US number 187), she has only released one album of new music. As a bonus track on the album, the 9/11 charity single "Christmas in America" was included as a bonus track. A video for "Have It All" was made but was never released until it was leaked on YouTube in 2012; the only video from this album is for the bonus track. The pair reunited with Holly Knight, with Neil and Holly co-writing the song "Girl."

The hard rock title track "Go!"

Benatar's future concerts became a hit performance song. According to SoundScan, the album has now sold almost 34,000 copies.

Benatar recorded and released "One December Night" in November 2015.

On January 21, 2017, she released the song "Shine" in January 2017 to promote the Women's March, her first original non-holiday record in over ten years. She worked with singer and producer Linda Perry on "Dancing Through the Wreckage," the lead single from the documentary Served Like a Girl's soundtrack in September. The song debuted on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart in October 2017, peaking at number 22 in November. The album has also been nominated for Best Song from a Documentary at the Critics' Choice Awards.

She was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame alongside fifteen other artists in 2020, but the fan vote was not among the inductees. In 2022, she was nominated for the second time. Benatar will be inducted into the 2022 class of inductees in the Hall of Fame on May 4, 2022.

"In honor to the victims of these [recent] mass shootings, she announced on July 22, 2022, that she would no longer be performing "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" on her new tour "in deference to the victims of these [recent] mass shootings.

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