 | Pat BenatarTop 40 Songs |
Rock singer Pat Benatar was born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski on 1/10/1953 in Greenpoint, NY. In elementary school, she became interested in theater and started taking voice lessons. She later trained in opera and planned to go to Juilliard, but opted for health education at Stony Brook University instead. She dropped out after a year to marry Dennis Benatar, her high school sweetheart, in 1972. She began pursuing a singing career in 1975. She divorced Benatar in 1979 and married guitarist Neil Giraldo in 1982. She released her debut album, In the Heat of the Night, in 1979. Her next album, 1980’s Crimes of Passion, sold four million copies. In 1981, her Precious Time album reached #1. She has released eleven albums to date, eight of which have reached gold or platinum status. She has released fifteen singles which reached the Billboard top 40, including top-10 hits “Hit Me with Your Best Shot,” “Love Is a Battlefield,” “We Belong,” and “Invincible.” Links:
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Top 40 SongsDave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists, appearances on compilations and live albums by the featured act, and songs’ chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards.
DMDB Top 2%:
1. Hit Me with Your Best Shot (1980) DMDB Top 5%:
2. Love Is a Battlefield (1983) DMDB Top 10%:
5. Shadows of the Night (1982)
11. Sex As a Weapon (1985) DMDB Top 20%:
13. All Fired Up (1988) Beyond the DMDB Top 20%:
20. I Need a Lover (1979)
31. Lipstick Lies (1993) Resources and Related Links:
First posted 1/6/2024. |
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