Pat Benatar

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Pat Benatar Is A Four-Time Grammy Winning Musician With Six Platinum And Four Gold Albums To Her Credit. Singing Such Hit Singles As "I Need A Lover" "Heartbreaker" "Fire And Ice" "Treat Me Right" "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" "Hell Is For Children" "Shadows Of The Night" And "Love Is A Battlefield" Benatar Is Acknowledged As One Of The Leading Female Rock Vocalists In The Industry. She Was Born In The Neighborhood Of Greenpoint In Brooklyn New York City New York On January 10 1953 As Patricia Andrzejewski. She Graduated From Lindenhurst High On Long Island In 1971. She Married Her Lead Guitarist Neil "Spyder" Geraldo In 1982 And She Has Two Children Named Haley And Hana. In 1973 Benatar Quit Her Job As A Bank Teller To Pursue A Singing Career After Being Inspired By A Liza Minnelli Concert She Saw In Richmond. She Got A Job As A Singing Waitress At A Flapper-Esque Nightclub Named "The Roaring Twenties" And Got A Gig Singing In Lounge Band Coxon's Army. They Garnered Enough Attention To Be The Subject Of A Never-Aired PBS Special And The Band's Bassist Roger Capps Would Go On To Be The Original Bass Player For The Pat Benatar Band. This Period Also Yielded Benatar's First Solo Single – 1974's "Day Gig" – Until Her Eventual Major Label Debut On Chrysalis Records In 1979. The Song Was Released Via Trace Records And Was Both Written And Produced By Coxon's Army Band Leader Phil Coxon. Benatar's Big Break Came In 1975 At An Amateur Night At The Comedy Club "Catch A Rising Star" In New York City. Her Rousing Rendition Of Judy Garland's "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody" Earned Her A Call Back By Club Owner Rick Newman Who Would Later Become Her Manager. After Many Years Of Producing Big Budget Albums Neil And Pat Have Continued To Produce Albums Together Even Though They Have Decided To End Their Association With Major Labels. They Have Chosen Instead To Place The Care Of Their Children Above Industry Demands And Make Records At Home In Their Own Professional Quality Studio. Each Summer When Their Girls Get Out Of School For Vacation They All Pack Up Board A Tour Bus And Set Out To Play As Many Shows As They Can Fit Into The Summer Months. Pat And Neil Maintain A Close And Much More Personal Relationship With Their Fans Than They Were Able To Do In 80's During The Heights Of Their Commercial Success. Http //www.Benatargiraldo.Com

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"Heartbreaker" Is A Song Recorded By Pat Benatar On Her 1979 Album In The Heat Of The Night. It Was Written And Composed By Geoff Gill And Clint Wade. According To The Heartbreaker Songfacts Since The Song's Writers Were British The Lyrics Of The Song Were Originally Full Of UK English Expressions And Colloquialisms That Would Be Foreign To The American Ear. So The Publisher Gave It To Benatar To Clear Up And Benatar Rewrote It. The Song Reached #23 On The U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Pat Benatar And "Heartbreaker" Appeared In A Television Ad Along With Cheyenne Kimball For Candie's Clothing Company. This Song Was Also Performed By Benatar And Her Band In The Charmed Episode "Lucky Charmed". While Not Confirmed As An Influence The Lyrics Of "Heartbreaker" Are Similar To The Song Of The Same Title By The Crystals With "Heartbreaker Dream-Maker Love-Taker" Being Strikingly Alike To The Crystal's Lyric "Heartbreaker Hip Shaker Troublemaker". * American Singer Nikki McKibbin Performed This Song For The Top Seven Week Of The 1970s In Season 1 Of American Idol * American Singer Jordin Sparks Performed This Song In The Third Week Of The Semifinals In Season 6 Of American Idol * Canadian Singer Suzi Rawn Performed This Song On Canadian Idol For The "'80s Week". * On The Search For The Next Doll Four Finalists Performed This Song. Melissa Reyes Chelsea Korka Jaime Benjamin And Sisely Treasure * The Spirit Of Troy University Of Southern California Marching Band Performs A Cover Of Heartbreaker After Every Home Game. * In The Seinfeld Episode The Nap Steinbrenner Is Trying To Remember The Name Of This Song. * No Doubt Performed A Cover Of This Song In A Live Concert. * The Song Appears In The Music Game Karaoke Revolution Presents American Idol * The Song Is Also Featured In The Video Game Guitar Hero World Tour. It Is Considered A Difficult Song On Vocals. In Fact Potential Guitar Hero Vocals Testers Must Be Able To Pass The Song On Expert Difficulty. 1 * The Song Has Been Recently Featured In A Holiday Wal-Mart Commercial.

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Pat Benatar Is A Four-Time Grammy Winning Musician With Six Platinum And Four Gold Albums To Her Credit. Singing Such Hit Singles As "I Need A Lover" "Heartbreaker" "Fire And Ice" "Treat Me Right" "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" "Hell Is For Children" "Shadows Of The Night" And "Love Is A Battlefield" Benatar Is Acknowledged As One Of The Leading Female Rock Vocalists In The Industry. She Was Born In The Neighborhood Of Greenpoint In Brooklyn New York City New York On January 10 1953 As Patricia Andrzejewski. She Graduated From Lindenhurst High On Long Island In 1971. She Married Her Lead Guitarist Neil "Spyder" Geraldo In 1982 And She Has Two Children Named Haley And Hana. In 1973 Benatar Quit Her Job As A Bank Teller To Pursue A Singing Career After Being Inspired By A Liza Minnelli Concert She Saw In Richmond. She Got A Job As A Singing Waitress At A Flapper-Esque Nightclub Named "The Roaring Twenties" And Got A Gig Singing In Lounge Band Coxon's Army. They Garnered Enough Attention To Be The Subject Of A Never-Aired PBS Special And The Band's Bassist Roger Capps Would Go On To Be The Original Bass Player For The Pat Benatar Band. This Period Also Yielded Benatar's First Solo Single – 1974's "Day Gig" – Until Her Eventual Major Label Debut On Chrysalis Records In 1979. The Song Was Released Via Trace Records And Was Both Written And Produced By Coxon's Army Band Leader Phil Coxon. Benatar's Big Break Came In 1975 At An Amateur Night At The Comedy Club "Catch A Rising Star" In New York City. Her Rousing Rendition Of Judy Garland's "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody" Earned Her A Call Back By Club Owner Rick Newman Who Would Later Become Her Manager. After Many Years Of Producing Big Budget Albums Neil And Pat Have Continued To Produce Albums Together Even Though They Have Decided To End Their Association With Major Labels. They Have Chosen Instead To Place The Care Of Their Children Above Industry Demands And Make Records At Home In Their Own Professional Quality Studio. Each Summer When Their Girls Get Out Of School For Vacation They All Pack Up Board A Tour Bus And Set Out To Play As Many Shows As They Can Fit Into The Summer Months. Pat And Neil Maintain A Close And Much More Personal Relationship With Their Fans Than They Were Able To Do In 80's During The Heights Of Their Commercial Success. Http //www.Benatargiraldo.Com read less

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"Heartbreaker" is a song recorded by Pat Benatar on her 1979 album In the Heat of the Night. It was written and composed by Geoff Gill and Clint Wade. According to the Heartbreaker Songfacts, since the song's writers were British, the lyrics of the song were originally full of UK English expressions and colloquialisms that would be foreign to the American ear. So the publisher gave it to Benatar to clear up and Benatar rewrote it. The song reached #23 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Pat Benatar and "Heartbreaker" appeared in a television ad (along with Cheyenne Kimball) for Candie's Clothing Company. This song was also performed by Benatar and her band in the Charmed episode "Lucky Charmed". While not confirmed as an influence, the lyrics of "Heartbreaker" are similar to the song of the same title by the Crystals with "Heartbreaker, dream-maker, love-taker" being strikingly alike to the Crystal's lyric "Heartbreaker, hip shaker, troublemaker". * American singer Nikki McKibbin performed this song for the top seven week of the 1970s in season 1 of American Idol * American singer Jordin Sparks performed this song in the third week of the semifinals in season 6 of American Idol * Canadian singer Suzi Rawn performed this song on Canadian Idol for the "'80s Week". * On The Search For The Next Doll, four finalists performed this song. (Melissa Reyes, Chelsea Korka, Jaime Benjamin and Sisely Treasure) * The Spirit of Troy University of Southern California Marching Band performs a cover of Heartbreaker after every home game. * In the Seinfeld episode The Nap, Steinbrenner is trying to remember the name of this song. * No Doubt performed a cover of this song in a live concert. * The song appears in the music game Karaoke Revolution Presents:American Idol * The song is also featured in the video game Guitar Hero World Tour. It is considered a difficult song on vocals. In fact, potential Guitar Hero vocals testers must be able to pass the song on Expert difficulty.[1] * The song has been recently featured in a holiday Wal-Mart commercial. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.