Word: benatar
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Fire and ice from Pat Benatar, heartbreaker...
...black tights and a form-hugging tunic top, she dashes up the back stairs of a stage and into a burst of light. Hit Me with Your Best Shot, she sings to thousands of screaming fans. That precious time has arrived: Patty Andrzejewski, former cheerleader, has become Pat Benatar, the heartbreaker queen of rock 'n'roll...
...long time, Brooklyn-born Pat Benatar thought she was going to be an opera singer. Her mother had been in the chorus at the New York City Opera, and their home resounded with classical music. In Lindenhurst, N.Y., little Patty started singing in the fourth grade, and by the age of twelve, it was obvious that she not only liked to sing, she really could sing. There was only one problem: she wanted to sing rock 'n' roll...
...hated opera because it was my mom's music, you know?" explains Benatar, 28. "I was into pop and rock. But I never thought I was going to sing anything but classical...
...opera house, Benatar would have been typecast as a pert soubrette because of her size (5 ft., 90 Ibs.) and high vocal range. Instead, she cracked the male-dominated rock world in a hurry. In just two years since the release of her first LP, In the Heat of the Night, she has sold 3 million singles and 7 million albums, riding her sultry, powerful voice and sexy stage demeanor to a 1981 Grammy Award...