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
Belinda Carlisle discography Belinda Carlisle discography The solo discography of Belinda Carlisle, an American pop singer-songwriter, contains eight studio albums, nine compilations, eight retrospective box sets and four video albums. Her singles discography features thirty-two physical releases – three of which she has recorded as a guest artist –, four digital-only and five promotional releases. She has also made nine other appearances and thirty-one music videos. Carlisle's first solo album "Belinda" was released in 1986 on I.R.S. Records and was certified gold in the United States and platinum in Canada. First single, "Mad About You", peaked at number three in the US, topped