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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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"We Belong" Is A Song Recorded By American Rock Singer Pat Benatar Released Through Legacy Music Group On October 16 1984 As The Lead Single From Her Sixth Studio Album Tropico. The Song Was Written By Songwriting Duo Eric Lowen And Dan Navarro. It Matched The Success Of "Love Is A Battlefield" On The Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart In The United States Peaking At #5. It Reached #3 On Billboard's Top Rock Tracks Chart And #34 On The Adult Contemporary. It Was Also Successful In The United Kingdom Where It Peaked At No. 22 In The Charts Nearly Matching The Popularity Of "Love Is A Battlefield" Which Is Her Most Recognized Song There. The Song Earned Benatar A Grammy Nomination For Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Alongside Linda Ronstadt Tina Turner Madonna And Whitney Houston. It Was Awarded A Gold Certification In Canada For Sales In Excess Of 50 000 Units. The Music Video Uses The 7-Inch Version Of The Song Which Contains Some Additional Vocals In The 4-Bar Introduction That Are Not Present In The Album Version. Benatar Discovered That She Was Pregnant During The Filming Of The Video And Gave Birth To Her First Child Haley Giraldo On February 16 1985. Cash Box Magazine Said "This First Single Taken From The Tropico Album Is A Collage Of Eclectic-Electric Effects And A Sensitive And Mature Vocal Offering From Benatar. Definitely Not The Standard Benatar/Geraldo Sic Hard Rock Jam 'We Belong' Is An Ode To Love Which Shows A Whole World Of Vocal And Instrumental Nuances That Have Not Been Explored Before By The Powerful Vocalist And Her Husband-Producer-Guitarist Neil Geraldo Sic . An Excellent Move Forward Which Should Open Up New Commercial Doors For This Already Well-Established Team."
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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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"We Belong" is a song recorded by American rock singer Pat Benatar, released through Legacy Music Group on October 16, 1984, as the lead single from her sixth studio album, Tropico. The song was written by songwriting duo Eric Lowen and Dan Navarro. It matched the success of "Love Is a Battlefield" on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the United States, peaking at #5. It reached #3 on Billboard's Top Rock Tracks chart and #34 on the Adult Contemporary.
It was also successful in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at No. 22 in the charts, nearly matching the popularity of "Love Is a Battlefield" which is her most recognized song there. The song earned Benatar a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance alongside Linda Ronstadt, Tina Turner, Madonna, and Whitney Houston. It was awarded a Gold certification in Canada for sales in excess of 50,000 units.
The music video uses the 7-inch version of the song, which contains some additional vocals in the 4-bar introduction that are not present in the album version. Benatar discovered that she was pregnant during the filming of the video, and gave birth to her first child, Haley Giraldo on February 16, 1985.
Cash Box magazine said "This first single taken from the Tropico album is a collage of eclectic-electric effects and a sensitive and mature vocal offering from Benatar. Definitely not the standard Benatar/Geraldo [sic] hard rock jam, 'We Belong' is an ode to love which shows a whole world of vocal and instrumental nuances that have not been explored before by the powerful vocalist and her husband-producer-guitarist Neil Geraldo [sic]. An excellent move forward which should open up new commercial doors for this already well-established team." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Tropico Is American Rock Singer Pat Benatar's Fifth Studio Album And Sixth Album Overall Released In Late 1984 By Chrysalis Records. This Is The First Album To Feature One-Time John Waite Bassist Donnie Nossov Who Replaced Roger Capps In Benatar's Band. It Peaked At No. 14 On The U.S. Billboard 200 Album Chart And Produced The Grammy-Nominated Top Five Pop Hit "We Belong". Other Well-Known Songs From The Album Include "Painted Desert" "Outlaw Blues" And "Ooh Ooh Song" Also A Top 40 Hit . A Spanish Version Of "Ooh Ooh Song" Was On The B-Side Of The US Single And Appeared Also On Her 1999 Compilation Synchronistic Wanderings. Tropico Was Benatar's Sixth Consecutive Platinum-Certified Album In The United States. During The Filming Of The Video For The Single "Painted Desert" Benatar And Her Husband Neil Giraldo Discovered They Were Expecting Their First Child. This Album Is Benatar And Giraldo's First Attempt To Move Away From Benatar's Famed "hard Rock" Sound And Start Experimenting With New "gentler" Styles And New Wave Sounds. BGO Records Reissued Tropico On CD With Seven The Hard Way.