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- NAME: Pat Benatar
- OCCUPATION: Singer
- BIRTH DATE: January 10, 1953 (Age: 60)
- EDUCATION: Lindenhurst High School, The Juilliard School
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Brooklyn, New York
- Full Name: Patricia Mae Andrzejewski
- AKA: Patricia Andrzejewski
- AKA: Pat Andrzejewski
- AKA: Pat Benatar
- ZODIAC SIGN: Capricorn
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Pat Benatar's strong vocals and rock sound, as well as hits like "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" and "Love Is A Battlefield," made her an early MTV star in the 1980s.
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As the decade continued, Benatar's career only grew. There were more albums and further popular singles, like "Love is a Battlefield" and "We Belong," whose videos got heavy play on MTV.
Her status as a 1980s icon, however, didn't translate entirely well in the 1990s. While Benatar continued to produce music, including albums like Gravity's Rainbow (1993) and Innamorata (1997),
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the singer struggled to match her earlier success.
She was also sidetracked by her family life. In 1982, Benatar and her guitarist, Neil Geraldo, married. The couple maintains a strong partnership on and off stage and they have two daughters, Haley and Hana.
In recent years Benatar, whose last album, Go, was released in 2003, has tapped into the nostalgia surrounding the 1980s. She continues to perform live, and in 2009 hit the road with another pioneering female rock musician, Blondie, for a series of concerts.
In all, Pat Benatar's career includes 10 platinum albums, eight No. 1 singles, and four Grammy awards.
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