Patti Smith

Patti Smith is often confused with Patty Smyth - the former lead singer of the band Scandal.

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Patti Smith (born December 30, 1946) is a United States musician, singer, and poet. She came to prominence during the punk movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Called "punk rock's poet laureate", she brought a feminist and intellectual take to punk music and became one of rock and roll's most influential female musicians.

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She was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in New Jersey. Her father was an atheist and her mother was a devout Jehovah's Witness (the intertwining of religious and sexual fervor that has suffused much of her work can probably be attributed to her upbringing). The family was not wealthy and, her formal education over at 16, Smith went to work in a factory ? an experience she found excruciating. She also bore a child which she gave up for adoption. In 1969 she left New Jersey for good.

Patty Smyth: Patty Smyth (born June 26, 1957, New York City, New York, USA) first enjoyed mainstream success in 1982 as vocalist and leader of the band Scandal. That band's self-titled debut release became Columbia Records' biggest selling EP ever, and was followed by a further hit in 1984, "The Warrior"....

Scandal: ::For other uses of this word, see Scandal (disambiguation)....

December 30: December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining....

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