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Chicago, United States (1946 – present)
Patricia Lee “Patti” Smith (born December 30, 1946 in Chicago) is an American singer–songwriter, poet and visual artist who was a highly influential component of the New York punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Called the “Godmother of Punk”, she integrated the beat poetry performance style with three-chord rock. Smith’s most widely known song is 
Because the Night, which was co-written with Bruce Springsteen and reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1978. In 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Smith was born in Chicago. Her mother, Beverly, was a jazz singer, and father, Grant, worked at the Honeywell plant. She spent her entire childhood in Deptford, New Jersey. Raised the daughter of a Jehovah’s Witness mother, she claims she had a strong religious education and a very good Bible education, but left organized religion as a teenager because she felt it was too confining and much later wrote the opening line of her cover version of Them’s “Gloria” in response to this experience. Smith graduated from Deptford Township High School in 1964. The family was not wealthy and Smith went to work in a factory.
In 1967 she left Glassboro State Teachers College (now Rowan University) and moved to New York City. She met photographer Robert Mapplethorpe there while working at a book store with friend, poet Janet Hamill. Mapplethorpe’s photographs of her became the covers for the Patti Smith Group LPs, and they remained friends until Mapplethorpe’s death in 1989. In 1969 she went to Paris with her sister and started busking and doing performance art.
Because the Night, which was co-written with Bruce Springsteen and reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1978. In 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.Smith was born in Chicago. Her mother, Beverly, was a jazz singer, and father, Grant, worked at the Honeywell plant. She spent her entire childhood in Deptford, New Jersey. Raised the daughter of a Jehovah’s Witness mother, she claims she had a strong religious education and a very good Bible education, but left organized religion as a teenager because she felt it was too confining and much later wrote the opening line of her cover version of Them’s “Gloria” in response to this experience. Smith graduated from Deptford Township High School in 1964. The family was not wealthy and Smith went to work in a factory.
In 1967 she left Glassboro State Teachers College (now Rowan University) and moved to New York City. She met photographer Robert Mapplethorpe there while working at a book store with friend, poet Janet Hamill. Mapplethorpe’s photographs of her became the covers for the Patti Smith Group LPs, and they remained friends until Mapplethorpe’s death in 1989. In 1969 she went to Paris with her sister and started busking and doing performance art.
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Horses
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Easter
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Twelve
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Free Money
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Redondo Beach
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Dancing Barefoot
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Kimberly
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Birdland
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Break It Up
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Elegie
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Rock n Roll Nigger
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Smells Like Teen Spirit
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Ghost Dance
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Babelogue
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Land
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Shoutbox
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gregcobra wrote:
Patti Smith Group is the correct name for Wave and Easter Albums.
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zhall wrote:
http://www.lastfm.ru/music/%25D0%2597%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BC%25D1%2584%25D0%25B8%25D1%2580%25D0%25B0%2B%2526%2BPatti%2BSmith Земфира & Patti Smith :)
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placental_fluid wrote:
"Nigga".
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cheacher wrote:
NIGA NIGA NIGA NIGA NIGA NIGA
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ilovevincenoir wrote:
so awesome
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Beat_C wrote:
i want that "fuck the clock"-t-shirt.
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monseuldesir wrote:
GOD
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placental_fluid wrote:
Pingas.
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Rub- wrote:
penis
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jjaavviieerr wrote:
Patt is a goddes
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soulmates74 wrote:
Patti is poetry... <3
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passenger63 wrote:
yeah!
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The_Guide wrote:
patti <3
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roots-roy wrote:
God Bless You, Patti.
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Lemon-Twist wrote:
I wasnt ready for how good she is. It was practically overwhelming on first listen, in a freaking fantastic way. Her songs are timeless.
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chachachoke wrote:
Oh my God. Just heard Land for the first time. I need to sit down. I began to write along with the song with an inspiration that invariably makes me smarter than everyone in the room, but this time every time I thought to say something Patti would have said it. At this moment, on this high, she is just the perfect lyricist for me.
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LongLiveTheD wrote:
Such a genius and so poor tags... @Murdergram: Punks could be smart and literate just as well as other mortals.
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PetersburgZoo wrote:
Богиня!!
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PsychicEcho wrote:
Hi! We love your music! I'm Eva Valentine of 'The Psychic Echo'. Please come and have a listen to our music - we have a similar sound - We hope you enjoy! Here's the link - http://www.last.fm/music/The+Psychic+Echo Much love, Eva :-)
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Lowbacca wrote:
goddess
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News
new coffee break posted on pattismith.net: Year Of The Ox
24 Dec 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/pattismith
Visit pattismith.net to read Patti Smith's new coffee break, "Year Of The Ox."
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