Belinda Carlisle 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. Belinda Jo Carlisle was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California on August 17, 1958 to Harold Carlisle, a gas station employee, and his wife, Joanne (née Thompson), a homemaker. Her mother met her father, who was twenty years her senior, at age eighteen, and Carlisle was born nine months later. She was named after her mother's favorite film, "Johnny Belinda" (1948). Carlisle was the
Elsie Carlisle Elsie Carlisle Elsie Carlisle (28 January 1896 – 5 September 1977) was a popular English female singer both before and during the British dance band era of the 1920s and 1930s, showcased in her nickname of Britain's "Radio Sweetheart Number One." Originally from Manchester, Carlisle recorded hundreds of solo records, and also recorded with many of the big dance bands of the time, including the famous Ambrose Orchestra. She sang solo with Ambrose's Orchestra and also performed duets with Sam Browne, being hailed as one of its best singers Her performance of "Home, James, and Don't Spare the Horses" with