“Music for me back then was an escape from my typically dysfunctional family,” Carlisle says. “In fact, my escape was going to my best friend's house, Christina. Her mom worked and she was a latchkey ...

For Belinda Carlisle, music wasn’t just something she was passionate about, it served as her “escape from her dysfunctional family.” “My escape was going to my best friend’s house, Christina. Her mom ...

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"It was sort of bittersweet recording some of these songs. It brought back a lot of memories, singing these songs that I used to listen to as a young girl," muses Belinda Carlisle. The eldest of seven ...