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For the lead singer of the band Scandal, see Patty Smyth. For other persons of the same name, see Patricia Smith (disambiguation).

Patti Smith
Smith in 1978
Smith in 1978
Background information
Birth namePatricia Lee Smith
Born (1946-12-30) December 30, 1946 (age 77)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
OriginDeptford Township, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • poet
  • painter
  • author
  • photographer
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • clarinet
DiscographyPatti Smith discography
Years active1967–present
Labels
Websitepattismith.net

Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author and photographer. Her 1975 debut album Horses made her an influential member of the New York City-based punk rock movement.[1] Smith has fused rock and poetry in her work. In 1978, her most widely known song, "Because the Night", co-written with Bruce Springsteen, reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart[1] and number five on the UK Singles Chart.

In 2005, Smith was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture.[2] In 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[3] In November 2010, Smith won the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids,[4] written to fulfill a promise she made to Robert Mapplethorpe, her longtime partner. She is ranked 47th on Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, published in 2010,[5] and was awarded the Polar Music Prize in 2011.

Early life and education

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Smith was born on December 30, 1946, at Grant Hospital in the Lincoln Park section of Chicago,[6][7] to Beverly Smith, a jazz singer turned waitress, and Grant Smith, a Honeywell machinist.[8] Her family is of partially Irish ancestry,[9] and Patti is the eldest of four children, with siblings Linda, Kimberly, and Todd.[10]

When Smith was four, the family moved from Chicago to the Germantown section of Philadelphia,[11] then to Pitman, New Jersey,[12] and finally settled in the Woodbury Gardens section of Deptford Township, New Jersey.[13][14]

At an early age, Smith was exposed to music, including the albums Shrimp Boats by Harry Belafonte, The Money Tree by Patience and Prudence, and Another Side of Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan's fourth album, released in 1964, which her mother gave her.

In 1964, Smith graduated from Deptford Township High School, and began working in a factory.[1][15] She briefly attended Glassboro State College, now Rowan University, in Glassboro, New Jersey.

  1. ^ a b c Huey, Steve. "Patti Smith > Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved April 18, 2009.
  2. '^ "Remise des insignes de Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres à Patti Smith 'Solidays" (in French). Paris: French Ministry of Culture. July 10, 2005. Retrieved April 18, 2009.
  3. ^ "Patti Smith profile". Cleveland, Ohio: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 2007. Retrieved April 18, 2009.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference nba2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Patti Smith | 100 Greatest Artists". Rolling Stone. December 2, 2010. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
  6. ^ Bockris, Victor; Bayley, Roberta (1999). Patti Smith: an unauthorized biography. Simon & Schuster. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-684-82363-8.
  7. ^ Wendell, Eric (2014). Patti Smith: America's Punk Rock Rhapsodist. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-8691-9.
  8. ^ Margolis, Lynn (September 20, 2002). "Patti Smith Plays 'Messenger'". Rolling Stone. New York City: Wenner Media. Archived from the original on September 24, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  9. ^ Smith, Patti (2010). Just Kids (EPub ed.). New York City: HarperCollins. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-06-200844-2.
  10. ^ "Arista Recordings – Official Website". aristarecordings.com. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  11. ^ "1957: a childhood on fire", The Independent, April 28, 2012, in Radar section, with extract from Woolgathering by Patti Smith.
  12. ^ "patti smith: interview w/ _newsweek_ 12/19/75". Oceanstar.com. December 29, 1975. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
  13. ^ "Patti Smith – Biography. 'Three chord rock merged with the power of the word'". Arista Records. June 1996. Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
  14. ^ LaGorce, Tammy (December 11, 2005). "Patti Smith, New Jersey's Truest Rock-Poet". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved July 20, 2010. But of all the ways to know Patti Smith, few people, including Ms. Smith, would think to embrace her as Deptford Township's proudest export.
  15. ^ Smith, Patti (2010). Just Kids, p. 20. HarperCollins, New York. ISBN 978-0-06-621131-2.
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