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Patricia Lee “Patti” Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, 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, Illinois. 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, Bible-based education but left organized religion as a teenager because she felt it was too confining. (She later wrote the opening line of her cover version of Them’s Gloria in response to this experience.) After graduating from Deptford Township High School in 1964, 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.
Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois. 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, Bible-based education but left organized religion as a teenager because she felt it was too confining. (She later wrote the opening line of her cover version of Them’s Gloria in response to this experience.) After graduating from Deptford Township High School in 1964, 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.
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pwgleason wrote:
My new article on Patti Smith, the power of connecting to a favorite artist, and the lessons that we can learn from art. Fans of Smith's biggest fans - R.E.M., U2, My Bloody Valentine, etc. - and her poetic influences - Allen Ginsberg, William Blake, and Arthur Rimbaud - might find this piece interesting. http://www.ctzine.com/ten-my-teacher-patti-smith/
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Amosccc12 wrote:
@cuiki999 : You mean 'best vocals ever.'
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ILovePopNRock wrote:
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mavarco86 wrote:
Horses!
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cuiki999 wrote:
Best female vocals ever
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RussellChap wrote:
Poet, performer, artist & creator of Horses, one of the best Rock albums ever.
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Nakkinak wrote:
Horses has an amazing sound
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hape60 wrote:
happy birthday mrs smith! (1 day too late.. but as sweet i can tell it)
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bubblegumonster wrote:
Happy 65th Birthday Patti! <3
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cokgizli wrote:
happy birthday the best woman in the world :)
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AmandaCarvalho_ wrote:
Happy Birthday Patti!
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Angeloant wrote:
"We are here to prove that we have not improved" Thanks Patti!
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dramatist wrote:
Easter <3
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CynicalMind wrote:
Rock on Patti!
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davesantos wrote:
for portuguese readers: http://hungryfreakdaddy.blogspot.com/2011/12/10-mulheres-rockn-roll.html
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dautzenberg wrote:
Goddess ♥
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pinzinet wrote:
I LOVE YOU
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jackgunby wrote:
PATTI SMITH GROUP not Patti Smith
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DIVA
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meu amorico
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"Just Kids" a National Book Award finalist!
17 Oct 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/pattismith
"JUST KIDS" NOMINATED FOR NATIONAL BOOK AWARDCongratulations
to Patti, whose book Just Kids has been nominated as a finalist for
a National Book Award for non-fiction!Order from Amazon.com:
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