Patricia Mae Giraldo (née Andrzejewski; born January 10, 1953), known
professionally as Pat Benatar, is an American singer-songwriter and
four-time Grammy Award winner. She has two RIAA-certified
multi-platinum albums, five platinum albums, three gold albums, and 15
Billboard Top 40 singles, including the Top 10 hits "Hit Me with Your
Best Shot", "Love Is a Battlefield", "We Belong", and "Invincible".
She was nominated for a 2020 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame.Pat Benatar was born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski on January 10,
1953, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City. Her mother, Mildred
(née Knapp) (1928â€"2016), was a beautician, and her father, Andrew
(Andrzej) Andrzejewski (1926â€"2009), was a sheet-metal 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.Benatar became interested in theater and began voice lessons,
singing her first solo at the age of eight, at Daniel Street
Elementary School, a song called "It Must Be Spring". At Lindenhurst
Senior High School (1967â€"1971), she participated in musical theatre,
playing Queen Guinevere in the school production of Camelot, marching
in the homecoming parade, singing at the annual Christmas Tree
Lighting ceremony, and performing a solo of "The Christmas Song" on a
holiday recording of the Lindenhurst High School Choir in her senior
year.
professionally as Pat Benatar, is an American singer-songwriter and
four-time Grammy Award winner. She has two RIAA-certified
multi-platinum albums, five platinum albums, three gold albums, and 15
Billboard Top 40 singles, including the Top 10 hits "Hit Me with Your
Best Shot", "Love Is a Battlefield", "We Belong", and "Invincible".
She was nominated for a 2020 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame.Pat Benatar was born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski on January 10,
1953, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City. Her mother, Mildred
(née Knapp) (1928â€"2016), was a beautician, and her father, Andrew
(Andrzej) Andrzejewski (1926â€"2009), was a sheet-metal 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.Benatar became interested in theater and began voice lessons,
singing her first solo at the age of eight, at Daniel Street
Elementary School, a song called "It Must Be Spring". At Lindenhurst
Senior High School (1967â€"1971), she participated in musical theatre,
playing Queen Guinevere in the school production of Camelot, marching
in the homecoming parade, singing at the annual Christmas Tree
Lighting ceremony, and performing a solo of "The Christmas Song" on a
holiday recording of the Lindenhurst High School Choir in her senior
year.
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