She was born Patricia Andrzejewski, renamed Benatar after a brief marriage with a GI named Dennis Benatar.
As a teenager, she was training for the Juilliard School of Music. That is, until she rebelled. She never attended.
Jobs before rock stardom for Benatar include bank clerk and singing waitress.
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