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Belinda Carlisle (born Belinda Jo Carlisle in August 17, 1958 in Hollywood, California) is the lead vocalist for the rock & roll band The Go-Go's and also a solo artist.

Carlisle's number one venture into music wwhen as a drummer for the punk band The Germs, under the title Dottie Danger. Before long fallowing allowing this band she joined A Last-Last's. Fallowing a initial breakup of The Last-Last's inside 1985 (allegedly due to hedonism and drug abuse by Carlisle & the bit of of the more band members), Carlisle filtered herself higher and embarked upon a solo career. Her 1st solo album, Belinda, was freed in I personally.R.S. Records inside 1986. Since Carlisle was somewhat stoutness when you took her stint using a Last-Last's, fans were surprised to watch the freshly svelte singer in the streaming video for her hit individual of music video "Mad About You", showing fresh curves featured in her album handle that were non due to airbrush work.

It was besides around 1986 after Carlisle married Morgan Mason, son of the British actor James Mason. Morgan mass produced appearances within Carlisle's video "Mad About You" & "Heaven is a Place on Earth".

Carlisle flaunted her glamourous image on the handle of 1987's Heaven on Earth, her 2nd solo album (freed in the United States through MCA but in the United Kingdom through Virgin). Critics & fans found that non simply was Carlisle's image further glamourous than when you took her period by owning a Last Last's, however when well her solo music was supplementary polished & dismissed by occasionally critics as existence confection. A freshly healthy was for certainside due in a portion to producer Rick Nowels, who got antecedently worked using Stevie Nicks and would later function by owning Madonna.

A number 1 release from either Heaven olympian games was "Heaven is a Place on Earth", an international hit, topping a stock and index charts non sole in the U.S. however as well in the U.K. & many more countries. These are probably her best known song. A profits of the song was furthered by its videos, which, under counsel of U.s. actress Diane Keaton, showcased Carlisle's glamour that involved her freshly red hair, section of an image apparently inspired by Ann-Margret.

A next song freed from either Heaven olympic games was "I Get Weak", which as well got the streaming directed by Keaton. A next releases from either a album were "Circle in the Sand" and "I Feel Free", the handle of the Cream classic.

Carlisle's album fallowing Heaven olympian games was 1989's Runaway Horses. This album did non part a commercial profits of her 1987 album. A 1st release, "Leave a Light On", did non produce a Top Ten in the U.S., & a 2nd individual, "Summer Rain", did non produce a Top Twenty inside Spring 1990, although it has maintained the certaaround level of popularity within Australia, & saw a cover in 2004 by the Australian group Slinkee Minx. Carlisle experienced better profits in the U.K. that fall after she freed the remix of "(We Want) The Same Thing", a second track from either Runaway Horses. This underscored that Carlisle's popularity around Europe far surpassed her success inside Usa.

In a late fall of 1990, the Last-Last's reunited for the greatest hits tour. This turned dead set exist as one of many shortterm reunions of the band that never quite repreated their sooner successes. a feature of a tour wwhen an anti-fur campaign, as the bandmembers, & Carlisle particularly, supported the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), an animal rights organization.

Within 1991, Carlisle released her quaternary solo album, Survive Your systems Life Become Yours free!, an album that got little commercial notice within United states of americthe & a singer did non promote it sustaining a tour due to gestation. Her boy, James Duke Mason, (known as for James Mason (Morgan's father) & Duke Kurczeski (Belinda's stepfather)), was natural April 27, immediately prior to a 1992 Los Angeles riots. Two or three months subsequently, she freed greatest hit albums in the U.S., Australia, and a U.K.; a British compilation topped a U.K. album stock and index charts.

Carlisle's fifth solo album, Really, was freed 1993 on the Virgin label in the U.S. also when Europe. Produced forgoing Nowels, a album departed from either Carlisle's former polished pop music formula. A few critics welcomed a vary & noted that it was similar to her healthy by using A Last-Last's. Regrettably, a album's foremost only, "It's Too Real (Big Scary Animal)", failed to produce any notice in the U.S. & did super little overseas.

When a Northridge Earthquake in 1994, Carlisle & Maboy and their son moved south of France. There was an additional brief reunion of the Last-Last's late that season, however a band broke higher when a promotional tour.

Carlisle returned to the recording studio & began working over again by having Rick Nowels. Inside 1996, she freed in the U.K. & AustraliThe her sixth solo album, The WoHuman & A Man, on the Chrysalis Records label. This album revitalized her solo career within Europe & involved many hit singles, like "In Too Deep", "Always Breaking My Heart", "Love in the Key of C" & "California", a latter existence a bittersweet reflectiin on how come the singer left her homestate. Given a profits of The WoHuman & The Man, a album was freed in the U.S. when you took a summertime of 1997 on the Ark21 label. Despite a promotional appearances Carlisle manufactured in U.s. television & radio, a album did non enjoy a equivalent profits in the states when it did in the U.K.

Around 1997, Carlisle as well freed the handle of "I Won't Say (I'm in Love)" from either Disney's Hercules when a share of that film's distrubition inside Europe. A lone was single freed within France & Germany. Around 1999, Carlisle freed an additional greatest hits album in the U.K., this period on the Virgin label. A album involved ternary newly tracks, including "All God's Children," which was freed as a only. A song did non keep around lot chart profits possibly in the U.K., however a album was considered by critics to become a better compilation of her solo operate.

Inside her career, Carlisle experienced a chance to operate using musicians from either a Sixties. Michelle Phillips of The Mamas and The Papas did backup singing for Heaven on Earth; George Harrison did guitar work in deuce tracks in Runaway Horses; Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys helped with a recording of the "California" track in The WoHuman & The Man.

Inside August 2001, Carlisle posed nude for the men's magazine Playboy. A 42-month-old told ABC: "You don't have to be age 20 and size zero to be sexually viable or viable as a woman." A bit of speculate she will keep around have it off to promote a freshly reformed Last-Last's 2001 album ''God Bless the Last-Last's''. A pictorial shocked numerous by using its explicitness.

Presently a Last-Last's project to prove my point swimming & touring together.

Around 2004 Belinda appeared on the ITV1 reality show ''Hell's Kitchen'' as one of ten celebrity chefs and was the first to be voted out by British viewers.

Go-Go World: Belinda Carlisle
Discography, photo gallery, and some career information.

Home of the Goddess
Fan site with biography, interviews, photos gallery, and lyrics.

Half the World
Comprehensive Belinda Carlisle fan site with discography, galleries, tour information, and gig reviews.

Belinda Carlisle Discography
An overview of Belinda's records with cover pictures and track listings.

Ultimate Belinda Carlisle Site
Fan site with biography, discography, reviews, FAQ, MP3s, videography, and rare items.

Belinda Carlisle: My Heart Goes Out to You
Fan site with biography, discography, picture galleries, articles, and audio clips.

Argentina Belinda Carlisle Web Site
Includes biography, discography, videography, B-sides, and pictures.

Belinda Carlisle
Ark21's Official site for the A Woman and a Man album with album information and photos.[Requires Flash.]

Record and CD Collector's Site: Belinda Carlisle
A very detailed and comprehensive overview of everything Belinda ever recorded.

Belinda Carlisle: Stuff and Nonsense
Fan site with biography, picture galleries, discography, lyrics, and video clips.


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