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BENATAR Pat
(voc)

Personal Data:

Born:

10.01.1953

(New York, USA, as Patricia Mae Andrzejewski)

Line-Up:

Pat Benatar - voc
Neil Giraldo - g
Frank Linx - bg
Kevin Savigar - kb
Myron Grombacher - ds

Former Members:

Scott St. Clair Sheets (g, cca 1979-11/82)
Roger Capps (bg, cca 1979-1985); Donnie Nossov (bg, 1985-cca 1986); Fernando Saunders (bg, cca 1988)
Glen Alexander Hamilton (ds, cca 1979-1980)
Charlie Giordano (kb, 11/82-?)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	In The Heat Of The Night	10/1979	Chrysalis		98	12
2.	Crimes Of Passion	8/1980	Chrysalis			2
3.	Precious Time	7/1981	Chrysalis		30	1
4.	Get Nervous	11/1982	Chrysalis		73	3
5.	Live From Earth	10/1983	Chrysalis		60	7
6.	Tropico produced by: Pat Benatar/Neil Giraldo/Peter Coleman	09.11.1984	Chrysalis		31	14
7.	Seven The Hard Way	12/1985	Chrysalis		69	26
8.	Best Shots (in the USA 11/89)	10/1987	Chrysalis		6	67
9.	Wide Awake In Dreamland	7/1988	Chrysalis		11	28
10.	True Love	4/1991	Chrysalis		40	37
11.	Gravity's Rainbow	6/1993	Chrysalis			85
12.	The Very Best Of Pat Benatar	4/1994	Chrysalis
13.	Innamorata	6/1997				171
14.	Innamorata / 08-15-80 (2CD, 1CD live)	21.09.1998	SPV
15.	Synchronistic Wanderings (Recorded Anthology 1979-1999) (3CD box set)	05.10.1999	EMD
16.	King Biscuit Presents	25.01.2000	King Biscuit
17.	Live & Neil Giraldo	12.03.2002	Gold Circle
18.	Live at Electric Ladyland	20.08.2002	Trad Line
19.	Classic Masters	08.10.2002	Capitol
20.	Collection	29.10.2002	Simply The Best
21.	Go	8/2003	Welk			187
22.	Summer Vacation Tour Live & Neil Giraldo	11.01.2005	Lemon
23.	Greatest Hits	07.06.2005	Capitol			47
24.	Back to Back Hits & Blondie	30.08.2005	EMI
25.	Holiday Gift Pack	20.11.2007	Capitol
26.	Best of Pat Benatar, Vol. 1	15.04.2008	Capitol
27.	Ultimate Collection	24.06.2008	Capitol
28.	Pat Benatar	13.01.2009	Madacy
29.	10 Great Songs	12.01.2010	Capitol			123
30.	Greatest Hits	06.04.2010	Capitol
31.	Icon: Pat Benatar	19.03.2013	Capitol
32.	Millennium Collection: 20th Century Masters	01.04.2014	Capitol
33.	35th Anniversary Tour	28.04.2015	Mailboat
34.	Five Classic Albums	02.12.2016	Spectrum Music

Neil Giraldo:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Live & Pat Benatar	12.03.2002	Gold Circle
2.	Summer Vacation Tour Live & Pat Benatar	11.01.2005	Lemon

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Day Gig / Last Saturday	1976	Trace
2.	If You Think You Know How To Love Me / So Sincere produced by: Mike Chapman	19.10.1979	Chrysalis
3.	Heartbreaker / My Clone Sleeps Alone	12/1979	Chrysalis		19
4.	We Live For Love / I Need A Lover 12" + If You Think You Know How To Love Me (v GB)	08.02.1980	Chrysalis
5.	We Live For Love / So Sincere	3/1980	Chrysalis		27
6.	You Better Run / Out-A-Touch	7/1980	Chrysalis		42
7.	Hit Me With Your Best Shot / You Better Run 7" + Heartbreaker / We Live For Love	19.09.1980	Chrysalis		7
8.	Treat Me Right / Never Wanna Leave You	1/1981	Chrysalis		10
9.	Treat Me Right / Hell Is For Children (v GB)	1/1981	Chrysalis
10.	Fire And Ice / Hard To Believe	7/1981	Chrysalis		15
11.	Promises In The Dark / Evil Genius	9/1981	Chrysalis		38
12.	Shadows Of The Night / The Victim 7" + Treat Me Right / Heartbreaker / Anxiety (Get Nervous)	10/1982	Chrysalis	83	13
13.	Little Too Late / Fight It Out	2/1983	Chrysalis		20
14.	Looking For A Stranger	4/1983	Chrysalis		39
15.	Love Is A Battlefield / Hell Is For Children (live) (v GB 6.1.84)	9/1983	Chrysalis	45	4
16.	We Belong / Suburban King (v GB 21.12.84)	10/1984	Chrysalis	20	5
17.	Ooh Ooh Song / La Cancion Ooh Ooh	1/1985	Chrysalis		36
18.	Love Is A Battlefield / Here's My Heart	3/1985	Chrysalis	15
19.	Shadows Of The Night / Hit Me With Your Best Shot 12" + Fire And Ice	6/1985	Chrysalis	50
20.	Invincible / Invincible (instrumental) 12" + Promises In The Dark / Heartbreaker	7/1985	Chrysalis	53	10
21.	Sex As A Weapon / Red Vision	11/1985	Chrysalis	67	28
22.	Le Bel Age	2/1986	Chrysalis		54
23.	All Fired Up / Cool Zero 12" + Hit Me With Your Best Shot / Fire And Ice / Just Like Me / Promises In The Dark / Precious Time	6/1988	Chrysalis	18	19
24.	Don't Walk Away / Lift 'Em On Up 12",CD + Hell Is For Children (live) / We Live For Love	9/1988	Chrysalis	42
25.	One Love / Wide Awake In Dreamland 12" + Sex As A Weapon CD + Love Is A Battlefield	12/1988	Chrysalis	59
26.	Payin' The Cost To Be A Boss / True Love 12",CD + Evening	6/1991	Chrysalis
27.	Somebody's Baby CD + Temptation / Promises In The Dark (live)	11.10.1993	Chrysalis	48
28.	Hit Me With Your Best Shot / Heartbreaker (reissue)	07.06.2011	Collectables

Videos:

1. Benatar - 4/1984, RCA
2. Best Shots (Hit Videos)
3. Live - 12.03.2002, Gold Circle, live, & Neil Giraldo

Awards:

1980 Grammy Awards - Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female (LP "Crimes Of Passion")
1981 Grammy Awards - Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female (SP "Fire And Ice")
1982 Grammy Awards - Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female (SP "Shadows Of The Night")
1983 Grammy Awards - Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female (SP "Love Is A Battlefield")
2022 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame

Various:

20.2.1982 married Neil Giraldo

appeared on the LP:

Jeffrey Osborne: Don't Stop (10/84, A&M)
Dolly Parton: Rockstar (17.11.23, Butterfly)

appeared on the SP:

Artists United Against Apartheid: Sun City (12/85, EMI)

Neil Giraldo:

20.2.1982 married Pat Benatar

appeared on the LP:

Dolly Parton: Rockstar (17.11.23, Butterfly)

Press References:

Big Beng!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1998	34	01.10.1998	26	Forum kritikum	album review
Melodie
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1981	8		234
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1979	40	20.10.1979	22	Singles	single review
1979	44	24.11.1979	5	US News	gig review
1980	8	23.02.1980	20		interview
1980	10	08.03.1980	23	Singles	single review
1980	10	08.03.1980	27	Caught In The Act	gig review
1980	32	20.09.1980	16	Singles	single review
1980	32	20.09.1980	32	Albums	album review
1981	30	25.07.1981	22	Albums	album review
1981	34	22.08.1981	12	Singles	single review
1982	50	11.12.1982	23	Singles	single review
1983	5	29.01.1983	9		interview
1983	5	29.01.1983	22	Caught In The Act	gig review
1984	1	07.01.1984	4	Fast Forward - Record News
1984	14	07.04.1984	4	Fast Forward
1984	38	03.11.1984	4	Fast Forward - Record News
1984	44	15.12.1984	4	Fast Forward - Record News
1993	42	16.10.1993	39	Singles	single review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1993	18	20.09.1993	15
1994	3	14.02.1994	7	Galerie
1998	12		100	Recenze - Novinky	album review