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
Heaven on Earth (Belinda Carlisle album) Heaven on Earth (Belinda Carlisle album) Heaven on Earth is the second solo album by American singer Belinda Carlisle, released in 1987. The album features three singles that made the Top 10 charts in the United States, including the #1 hit and Carlisle's signature song "Heaven Is a Place on Earth". It is her most successful album to date. AllMusic's Alex Henderson gave the album four stars out of five retrospectively, saying "while nothing here packs quite the punch that "How Much More," "We Got the Beat," and "Turn to You" did, such memorable songs as "Heaven Is a Place