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Jun 1, 2012 · This Omnibus Enhanced edition of Patti Smith: A Biography features an interactive timeline of her life, filled with audio, video and imagery of gigs, interviews, songs and memorabilia. Additionally, curated Spotify playlists allow you to listen to her greatest songs, her contemporaries in the punk scene, and more.
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Jan 1, 1997 · Nick Johnstone. This biography traces the career of Patti Smith from home town poems to street performances in Paris, the highlife in New York, and life with her husband in Detroit. It covers the release of her debut album in 1975 and collaborations with people such as Bruce Springsteen. 200 pages, Paperback. First published January 1, 1997.
Nov 7, 1997 · Paperback. $40.00 9 Used from $3.89 1 New from $40.00. Save 15% at checkout Shop items. This biography traces the career of Patti Smith from home town poems to street performances in Paris, the highlife in New York, and life with her husband in Detroit. It covers the release of her debut album in 1975 and collaborations with people such as ...
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Years active. 1974–present. Labels. Arista, Columbia. Website. PattiSmith.net. Patti Smith (born Patricia Lee Smith on December 30, 1946) is an American singer and poet. [1] She was an important member of the punk rock music trend in the 1970s. [2] Her first album Horses was produced by John Cale .
Patti Smith was born in Chicago, raised in South Jersey, and moved to New York City in 1967. Her extensive achievements as a performer, an author, and a recording and visual artist are acknowledged worldwide.Smith won the prestigious 2010 National Book Award for her bestselling memoir Just Kids, which chronicles her deep friendship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and the evolution of ...
Jun 1, 2012 · Patti Smith is one of pop culture’s true troubadours. Emerging from the New York punk scene of the mid-seventies whilst mixing poetry, underground theatre, jazz and rock, she has left a rebellious and individual legacy like no other.Arthur Rimbaud, Robert Mapplethorpe, Sam Shepard and Bruce Springsteen are just a few who have become associated with the Patti Smith legend.
Childhood & Early Life. Patti Smith was the eldest of the four children born to Beverly Smith and Grant Smith. While her mother was a waitress, her father was employed as a machinist at Honeywell plant. In 1950, the family moved to Philadelphia and six years later to Woodbury, New Jersey. As a child, she was shy and introvert.
