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Birth Name: Patricia Lee Smith

Age: 78, born 30 December 1946

Country of origin: United States

Currently Residing In: United States

Height: 5' 8"

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Celebrity Portraits Made Out Of Cassette Tapes (29 items)
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That 70's Girl (100 items)
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Androgyny (92 items)
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Published 13 years, 9 months ago

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Patti Smith Videos

Patti Smith & Sarah McLachlan - Because The Night

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Patti Smith's "Because the Night"

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Patti Smith - People Have The Power

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Description: Patti Smith is an American singer-songwriter, poet and artist who was a highly influential component of the 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. Her allusions introduced American teens to 19th century French poetry while her "unladylike" language defied the disco era. Smith is most widely known for the song "Because the Night" which was co-written with Bruce Springsteen and reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1978. In 2005, Patti Smith was named a Commander of the O ... (more)

Tags: Punk (3), Poet (3), Born 1946 (3), Brilliant (2), Rock (2), Female (2), American (2), Capricorn (2), Patti Smith Group (1), Poetess (1), Androgyne (1), Hairy (1), Alluring (1), Shamanistic (1), Female Vocalists (1), Seen Live (1), United States (1), Beautiful (1), Singer (1)

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1. Saturday Night Live (1975)

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7.6

1166 Watched

2. The Colbert Report (2005)

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7.6

727 Watched

3. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)

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7.5

672 Watched

4. Law & Order: Criminal Intent

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585 Watched

5. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)

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6.1

394 Watched

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Music

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1. Horses

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8.1

76 own

2. Easter

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7.8

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3. Radio Ethiopia

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4. Trampin'

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7.8

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5. Land (1975-2002) (2002)

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9.1

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1. The Rugrats Movie (1998)

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607 Watched

2. Song to Song (2017)

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3. Film Socialisme

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5.7

50 Watched

4. The Big Empty (2009)

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5.4

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5. West of Memphis (2012)

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7.4

44 Watched

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1. Just Kids (2010)

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2. Woolgathering

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3. M Train (2015)

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4. Patti Smith Complete

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5. Patti Smith Complete 1975-2006 (2006)

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1. 3.11 Sense of Home (2011)

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Motherhood 2.0 ♥ (3001 person items)

"Patricia Lee Smith30 December 1946Smith has 2 children:• Jackson Smith (1982);• Jesse Smith (1987);"

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Greatest Female Singers (100 person items)

"► ► ► 42 ◄ ◄ ◄POINTSPATTI SMITHGODMOTHER OF PUNK Gloria (In Excelsis Deo) (1975) Redondo Beach (1975) Because the Night (1978) Dancing Barefoot (1979) Dream of Life (1988)"

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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (420 music items)

"CLASS OF 2007PERFORMERSPATTI SMITH● PUNK ROCK ● ART PUNK ● PROTO-PUNK ● ART ROCK ●PATRICIA LEE SMITH Born: 30 December 1946KEY SONGSGloria (In Excelsis Deo) (1975) - selected for 'The 660 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll'- ranked #97 on Rolling Stone's '500 Greatest Songs'Because the Night (1978) - with the 'Patti Smith Group'- ranked #358 on Rolling Stone's '500 Greatest Songs'Dancing Barefoot (1979) - with the 'Patti Smith Group' - selected for 'The 660 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll"

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Female Music Artists (439 person items)

"Patricia Lee Smith30 December 1946• 11 Albuns Released;• 19 Singles Released;• 1 Colaboration;• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations;Genres: Punk Rock, Art Punk, Proto-Punk & Art Rock;Instruments: Vocals, Guitar & Clarinet;"