Album: Precious Time by Pat Benatar (1981)
Genre: Hard Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Record Label: Chrysalis
Format: Album

Description: Precious Time is the third album from Pat Benatar, released in 1981. It peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200 and produced the top 20 hit "Fire and Ice", the single would win Benatar her second Grammy Award, this time for "Best Female Rock Vocal Performance" of 1981 which reached #17 on the U.S. Pop chart and #2 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart, and "Promises in the Dark", which reached #38 on the U.S. Pop chart and #16 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart.

Artist Background: Patricia Mae Andrzejewski was born in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City. Her Polish father, Andrew, was a sheet-metal worker, and her Irish mother, Mildred, a beautician. Her family later moved to North Hamilton Avenue in Lindenhurst, New York, a village within the Long Island town of Babylon. Patti (as she was known) became interested in theater and began voice lessons, singing her first solo at age eight, at Daniel Street Elementary School, a song called "It Must Be Spring". At Lindenhurs... Part of the Brooklyn, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Hard Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Brooklyn, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Hard Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Hard Rock, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 1980s, Album, Chrysalis

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Precious Time is the third album from Pat Benatar, released in 1981. It peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200 and produced the top 20 hit "Fire and Ice", the single would win Benatar her second Grammy Award, this time for "Best Female Rock Vocal Performance" of 1981 which reached #17 on the U.S. Pop chart and #2 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart, and "Promises in the Dark", which reached #38 on the U.S. Pop chart and #16 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart.

Precious Time

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