Belinda Carlisle of what we do will be educational. We're partnering with a hospital in Calcutta to teach about adoption and to get access to emergency rooms." She voiced her endorsement of Bernie Sanders as the Democratic Party's presidential nominee for the 2016 U.S. presidential election. In 1999, Carlisle was ranked #76 with the Go-Go's in VH1's "100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll". In 2018 a series of Progressive commercials paid homage to her song Heaven Is a Place on Earth. ! Year !! Awards !! Work !! Category !! Result Belinda Carlisle Belinda Jo Carlisle (born August 17, 1958) is
Belinda Carlisle met in an art class while a student at Thousand Oaks High School. However, her time in the band was short due to her contracting mononucleosis, and she never recorded or performed live with the Germs. According to Pat Smear, upon quitting, she introduced her friend, Donna Rhia, who became her replacement. Carlisle does appear on one recording introducing the band at a 1977 performance at the Whisky a Go Go, heard on the live album "Germicide" (1977). Around this time, Carlisle did some back-up singing for Black Randy and the Metrosquad. Soon after leaving the Germs, she co-founded the