Pat Benatar

The siren-voiced Pat Benatar leapt onto the music scene in the late '70s, when hard rock was still pretty much a boys' club. She made a strong impression. On in-your-face hits like "Heartbreaker" and "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," Benatar issued challenges to bad-boy lovers, and her tough-gal image was bolstered through dramatic videos on MTV for a string of hits including "We Belong" and the powerful "Love is a Battlefield." But Benatar was always much more than an image, as the many strong compositions in her songbook attest.

• Blondie
• Bonnie Tyler
• Boston
• Foreigner
• Heart
• Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
• John Cougar
• Journey
• Kim Carnes
• Lita Ford
• Meat Loaf
• Quarterflash
• The Motels

• Big Maybelle
• Elvis Presley
• Led Zeppelin
• Melissa Manchester
• Rod Stewart
• Sonny Boy Williamson
• Suzi Quatro
• The Crystals
• The Rascals
• The Rolling Stones
• The Ronettes

• Alanis Morissette
• Alannah Myles
• Beth Hart Band
• Joan Osborne
• Leah Andreone
• Melissa Etheridge
• Sheryl Crow
• The Donnas
• Tracy Bonham

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