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Pat Benetar |
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Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Birthday:January 10, 1953
Height:0' 0"
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- Has two daughters: Haley Egeana (16 February 1985) and Hana Juliana (12 March 1994).
- Graduated Lindenhurst High School, Long Island, New York in 1971.
- Appeared with husband Neil Giraldo on the April 24, 2002, episode of "That '80s Show" (2002).
- Her video for "You Better Run" was the second music video to be aired by MTV on August 1, 1981.
- 11 August 2002 was declared "Pat Benatar Day" in Babylon, New York. She was also presented with the key to Babylon by town supervisor Steve Bellone at the Babylon Town Hall.
- Her ground-breaking music-video "Love is a Battlefield" (directed by Bob Giraldi and choreographed by Michael Peters) was the first ever music video to integrate spoken dialogue into recorded music.
- The character "Pat Bernardo" in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) was inspired by Benatar. During an early lunch-room scene, Jennifer Jason Leigh's character "Stacy" and Phoebe Cates' character, "Linda", have a discussion about Bernardo and the "Pat Benatar-look".
- Album: "In the Heat of the Night" (1979)(Chrysalis) Album: "Crimes of Passion" (1980)(Chrysalis) Album: "Precious Time" (1981)(Chrysalis) #1 on Billboard album-chart Album: "Get Nervous" (1982)(Chrysalis) Album: "Live From Earth" (1983)(Chrysalis) Album: "Tropico" (1984)(Chrysalis) Album: "Seven the Hard Way" (1985)(Chrysalis) Album: "Wide Awake in Dreamland" (1988)(Chrysalis) Album: "Best Shots" (1989)(Chrysalis) Album: "True Love" (1991)(Chrysalis) Album: "Gravity's Rainbow" (1993)(Chrysalis) Album: "Innamorata" (1997) (CMC International) Album: "Go" (2003) (Bel Chiasso/Welk)
- Winner of 4-consecutive Grammy Awards for "Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female" (1980-1983) and nominated 4-more times in 85, 86, 88, & 89
- Married Neil Giraldo in Maui, February 1982. Daughter Hana is named for one of the nearby cities on the Island of Maui.
- Has 6 platinum and 4 gold solo-albums
- Was discovered during an amateur-night contest at the famed NYC comedy-club Catch-A-Rising-Star, and signed shortly-after to Chrysalis Records (1977) by founder 'Terry Ellis(II)'
- Daughter, Haley Giraldo, was a Miss Golden Globe presenter at The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2002) (TV) ceremony.
- Measurements: 33A/B-23-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
- Ranked #39 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll
- Sang opera before going into Rock music.
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