Belinda Carlisle
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Carlisle performing in 2011
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| Birth name | Belinda Jo Carlisle |
| Also known as | Belinda, Dottie Danger, Belinda Jo Kurczeski |
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August 17, 1958 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1977–present |
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| Website | www |
Belinda Jo Carlisle (born August 17, 1958) is an American singer who gained worldwide fame as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's, one of the most successful all-female bands of all time. Originally beginning her career in 1977 as a member of the Los Angeles punk band the Germs, Carlisle went on to join the Go-Go's as lead singer after the band's formation in 1978. The Go-Go's would go on to sell 8 million albums in just three years.
After the Go-Go's dissolution in 1985, Carlisle went on to have a successful solo career with hits such as "Mad About You", "I Get Weak", "Circle in the Sand", "Leave a Light On" and "Heaven Is a Place on Earth", among others, which were major successes in the United States, United Kingdom and internationally as well. Her autobiography, Lips Unsealed, published in June 2010, was a New York Times Best Seller and received favorable reviews. On August 11, 2011, as a member of the Go-Go's, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Carlisle was born in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, to Harold Carlisle, a travelling vacuum cleaner salesman, and his wife, Joanne (née Thompson), who raised the children at home. She was named after her mother's favorite film, Johnny Belinda (1948). The first of seven siblings with three brothers and three sisters, Carlisle was five years old when her father abandoned their family. Her mother would later remarry to Walt Kurczeski, with whom Carlisle had a tumultuous relationship. The family moved frequently during her childhood, from Simi Valley to Reseda, before settling in Burbank when Carlisle was seven years old.
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