age: 57
Pat Benatar
#14,879 Most Popular
About
Four-time Grammy Award-winning rock star who recorded "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" in 1980, and "Love Is a Battlefield" in 1983.
Before Fame
Her mother was a well-known opera singer; before getting her start as a rock 'n' roll performer, Benatar sang opera.
Trivia
She was the most popular artist to be played on MTV when the channel first aired, playing "You Better Run."
Family Life
She married Dennis T. Benatar in July 1972; after their divorce in 1979, she remarried Neil Giraldo on February 20, 1982. Together they welcomed two children, Haley and Hana.
Associated With
She quit her bank teller job in 1973 and pursued a singing career after she saw Liza Minnelli in concert.
