Pat Benatar
Patricia Mae Andrzejewski , known professionally by her stage name Pat Benatar, is an American singer, songwriter, and four time Grammy Award winner. She is a mezzosoprano. She has had commercial success, particularly in the United States and Canada. During the 1980s, Benatar had two RIAAcertified multiplatinum albums, five RIAAcertified platinum albums, three RIAAcertified gold albums,Billboard chartings,of them being Topsingles, including the Tophits Hit Me with Your Best Shot, Love Is a Battlefield, We Belong, and Invincible. Other popular singles include Heartbreaker, Treat Me Right, Fire and Ice, Promises in the Dark, Shadows of the Night, and All Fired Up. Benatar was one of the most heavily played artists in the early days of MTV. She was the first female artist to play on MTV, performing You Better Run.
Patricia Mae Andrzejewski was born in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City. Her mother, Mildred , was a beautician, and her father, Andrew Andrzejewski, was a sheetmetal worker. Her father was of Polish descent and her mother was of German, English, and Irish ancestry. Her family moved to North Hamilton Avenue in Lindenhurst, New York, a village in the Long Island town of Babylon.
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