The band garnered enough attention to be the subject of a never-aired PBS special, and the band's bassist Roger Capps also would go on to be the original bass player for the Pat Benatar Band.

She would eventually divorce Dennis Benatar in 1979.

The album's lead single, " Fire and Ice ", was another big hit ( US # 17, AUS # 30 ) and would win Benatar her second Grammy Award, this time for " Best Female Rock Vocal Performance " of 1981 and her third consecutive RIAA certified platinum album.

The album was another smash, reaching US # 4, her fourth consecutive RIAA and CRIA platinum certification, and the single would garner Benatar yet another Grammy, again for " Best Female Rock Vocal Performance " of 1982.

The song would also net Benatar her fourth consecutive Grammy Award for " Best Female Rock Vocal Performance " of 1983.

The punk rock and New Wave eras would see a wave of interest in the Raiders ' music ; " I'm Not Your Stepping Stone " was covered by The Sex Pistols, Minor Threat, and Liverpool band The Farm ( although The Monkees ' cover version was better known than the Raiders ' original ), and later " Just Like Me " would be covered by The Circle Jerks, Joan Jett and Pat Benatar.

Eventually, Van Zandt, Baker and Schechter would gather a wide array of artists, including Kool DJ Herc, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Ruben Blades, Bob Dylan, Pat Benatar, Herbie Hancock, Ringo Starr and his son Zak Starkey, Lou Reed, Run – D. M. C., Peter Gabriel, Bob Geldof, Clarence Clemons, David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks, Darlene Love, Bobby Womack, Afrika Bambaataa, Kurtis Blow, The Fat Boys, Jackson Browne and then-girlfriend Darryl Hannah, Peter Wolf, U2, George Clinton, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Bonnie Raitt, Hall & Oates, Jimmy Cliff, Big Youth, Michael Monroe, Stiv Bators, Peter Garrett, Ron Carter, Ray Barretto, Gil-Scott Heron, Nona Hendryx, Lotti Golden, Lakshminarayana Shankar and Joey Ramone.

A reworked version of his song " All Fired Up " became a major hit for Pat Benatar in 1988, making the Top 20 in the USA and reaching # 2 in Australia, where it was # 16 on the End of Year Singles Chart.

The ' 80s proved to be the most successful time for the label, whose roster then included arena-fillers Billy Idol and Pat Benatar, seminal new-wavers Blondie and top 40 " hit machines " like Huey Lewis and the News.

By 1983, Benatar had established a reputation for singing about " tough " subject matters, best exemplified by one of the biggest hits of her career, " Love Is a Battlefield " ( penned by noted hit songwriter Holly Knight with Mike Chapman ), released in December 1983.

In 1981 he wrote his first hit song, " Fire and Ice ", with Pat Benatar for her album Precious Time.

She also wrote the hit, " Invincible " for Pat Benatar.

The album peaked for five consecutive weeks at US # 2 in January 1981 ( behind Yoko Ono's and John Lennon's Double Fantasy ) and eventually sold over five million copies, and a month later, Benatar won her first Grammy Award for " Best Female Rock Vocal Performance " of 1980.

In November 1984, Benatar released her sixth album, Tropico ( US # 14, AUS # 9, UK # 31 ).

In July 1988, Benatar released her eighth album, Wide Awake in Dreamland ( US # 28, UK # 11 ).

Benatar has released only one album of new material since 1997's Innamorata, which is 2003's Go ( US # 187 ).

The US version was remixed by Keith Olsen ( Fleetwood Mac, Journey, Sammy Hagar, Pat Benatar ) to give it a more radio friendly sound.

King ; Boz Skaggs ; Huey Lewis and the News ; Steely Dan ; ZZ Top ; Chris Isaak ; Bonnie Raitt ; The Moody Blues ; Willie Nelson ; Alan Jackson ; Crosby, Stills & Nash ; Faith Hill ; Chicago ; Crosby, Stills & Nash ; The Fray ; Chicago ; Sugarland ; Faith Hill ; ZZ Top ; Sheryl Crow ; REO Speedwagon ; Heart ; Kansas ; Pat Benatar ; Joan Jett & the Blackhearts ; Al Green ; Coldplay ; Bob Weir ; and many others.

During the 1980s, Benatar had two RIAA-certified Multi-Platinum albums, five RIAA-certified Platinum albums, three RIAA-certified Gold albums and 19 Top 40 singles, including the Top 10 hits, " Hit Me With Your Best Shot ", " Love Is a Battlefield ", " We Belong " and " Invincible ".

King, James Brown, Men At Work, The Go-Go's, Styx, ZZ Top, Marvin Gaye, Tina Turner, Heart and Pat Benatar.

Pat Benatar ( born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski ; January 10, 1953 ) is an American singer and four-time Grammy winner.

* Styx-March 19 – 21, 1981, September 10, 1983 and June 6, 1997, with Pat Benatar

The movie's theme song " Invincible " by Pat Benatar peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1985, while Billy Idol's reissue of his single " Rebel Yell " climbed up to number six on the UK Singles Chart in October 1985 after its first unsuccessful release in 1984.

Mix ) by Pat Benatar – 10: 39

In summer 2010, the band – then touring with Pat Benatar – announced that it will release a 30th anniversary deluxe edition reissue of Hi Infidelity.

While most of the venues were small listening clubs, the real highlight of ’ 95 was being the opening act on the Can ’ t Stop Rockin tour with Fleetwood Mac, REO Speedwagon and Pat Benatar.

Pat Benatar, Sheryl Crow, and Tina Turner hold the record for the most wins in this category, with four wins each.

Training as a coloratura with plans to attend the Juilliard School, Benatar surprised family, friends and teachers by deciding a classical career was not for her and pursued health education at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

At 19, after one year at Stony Brook, she dropped out to marry her high school sweetheart Dennis Benatar, an army draftee who trained at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and then served with the Army Security Agency at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, before being stationed at Fort Lee, Virginia.

Benatar also earned Grammy Award nominations in 1984 for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female with " We Belong " and in 1986 for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Duo or Group as a member of Artists United Against Apartheid for their single, " Sun City ".

In August 1980, Benatar released her LP, Crimes of Passion, featuring her signature song " Hit Me with Your Best Shot " along with the controversial song " Hell is for Children ", which was inspired by reading a series of articles in the New York Times about child abuse in America.

In October 1980, Benatar ( along with future husband Neil Giraldo ) graced the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

It is also said by Benatar and Giraldo that this album is the first where they moved away from Benatar's famed " hard rock " sound and start experimenting with new, sometimes " gentler ," styles and sounds.

Although billed as a solo artist, Benatar recorded and toured with a consistent set of band members over most of her career, who contributed greatly to the writing and producing of songs and are recognizable characters on album photos and in many of her music videos.

Giraldo performed in Rick Derringer's touring band before working with Benatar, appearing in a possible bootleg entitled Derringer Live At The Paradise Theater Boston, Massachusetts, July 7, 1978 ( UPC 672627400428 ).

* Mick Mahan is the band's bassist and has performed with Benatar since 1995.

Pat Benatar performing with her husband and lead guitarist, Neil Giraldo.

The first, " I Love Rock ' n Roll ( Medley )" was released in 1982, and included big-band arrangements of the title song by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, " Cold as Ice " by Foreigner, " Under My Thumb " by The Rolling Stones, " Hit Me with Your Best Shot " by Pat Benatar, " Born to Run " by Bruce Springsteen, " I Know What Boys Like " by The Waitresses, " Smoke on the Water " by Deep Purple, and " Life During Wartime " by The Talking Heads.

For the re-release, the album included new songs, including the new track " William McGovern ", and a cover of the Pat Benatar classic " Hit Me with Your Best Shot ".

* As Marge attacks the bar patrons with a jukebox, three songs play, each changing as Marge hits a patron: they are, in succeeding order, " Love Is a Battlefield " by Pat Benatar, " At Last " by Etta James and " Relax " by Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

**" Hit Me with Your Best Shot " by Pat Benatar ( ECW / JAPW ; 1998 )

Also that year, Steinberg began writing with Tom Kelly, who had written another song (" Fire and Ice ") on the album for Benatar.

He managed or co-managed such groups as Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Poco, America, Van Morrison, Pat Benatar, Jerry Cantrell, Robert Palmer ( singer ), John Klemmer, and, in more recent times, was a co-founder of Core Entertainment, a professional management firm representing Alice in Chains, another band which dealt with the death of its frontman, and others.

The re-released version includes two new tracks, including the original composition " William McGovern ", and the Pat Benatar cover " Hit Me with Your Best Shot ".