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Pat Benatar (born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski on 10 January 1953) is an influential, four-time Grammy Award-winning United States|American rock music|rock singer with six platinum and four gold albums to her credit, as well as 19 Top 40 singles. Pat Benatar was eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.

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Pat Benatar was born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski (AND-zhe-YEV-skee) in the Greenpoint, Brooklyn|Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn, to an Irish-Polish family.{{Fact|date=March 2008 Andrzejewski initially studied voice and opera, following in the footsteps of her mother while growing up in Lindenhurst, New York, on Long Island.<ref>[http://lemuseumdebenatar.com/vintage2.html Lemuseumdebenatar.com] </ref> After graduating in 1971 from Lindenhurst High School, Andrzejewski married her high school sweetheart Dennis Benatar that same year and took his name.

Once in New York, Benatar began to pursue her singing career in earnest. She was discovered at an amateur-night contest in 1977 at the New York City comedy club Catch a Rising Star. After performing successfully several times at the club, Benatar finally found her on-stage persona in the form of a wild Halloween costume, Catwoman, which she had worn as a joke. In several interviews, Benatar recounted her realization for the new audience reaction: "The crowd was always polite, but this time th... read all

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1. Pat Benatar + Lindsay Rush + Neil Giraldo at Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater on 7 Jul 2008
Location: 1111 N Mcmullen Booth Road, Clearwater 33759, United States
2. Pat Benatar + Neil Giraldo at Hard Rock Live, Orlando on 8 Jul 2008
Location: 6050 Universal Blvd, Orlando 32819, United States
3. Pat Benatar at Community Auditorium, Thunder Bay on 22 Aug 2008
Location: Thunder Bay Canada
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