Patricia Mae Giraldo (née Andrzejewski, formerly Benatar; born January 10, 1953), known professionally as Pat Benatar, is an American rock singer and songwriter.
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In the United States, she has had two multi-platinum albums, five platinum albums, and 15 Billboard top 40 singles, while in Canada she had eight straight platinum albums, and she has sold over 35 million albums worldwide.
She is also a four-time Grammy Award winner. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in November 2022.
What is Pat Benatar’s most famous song?
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(“Heartbreaker,” “Hit Me With Your Best Shot,” “Treat Me Right,” “Love Is A Battlefield”) “Heartbreaker” was the song that launched Pat Benatar out of the club scene and into the national spotlight: In the Heat of the Night’s second single brought on Benatar’s chart debut when it rose to No.
The native New Yorker grew up performing in school plays. She developed a powerful voice, one with the elegant control and stamina of a seasoned opera singer – just like her mother, Millie – through rigorous classical training.
She had dreams of attending Juilliard, but those were put on hold when Benatar followed her high school sweetheart and first husband, Dennis Benatar, to Richmond, Virginia, where she cut her teeth singing with a local bar band, Coxon’s Army.
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