Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author and photographer. Her 1975 debut album Horses made her a key figure in the New York City punk rock movement. Smith is known for fusing rock music with poetry. In 1978, her best‑known song, “Because the Night,” co‑written with Bruce Springsteen, reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number five on the UK Singles Chart. In 2005, Smith was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. In 2010, she won the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids, written to honor a promise to her longtime friend and partner Robert Mapplethorpe. She was ranked 47th on Rolling Stone’s 2010 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and received the Polar Music Prize in 2011. Smith was born on December 30, 1946, at Grant Hospital in the Lincoln Park area of Chicago, to Beverly Smith, a former jazz singer turned waitress, and Grant Smith, a machinist for Honeywell. Her family has partial Irish ancestry. In her 2025 memoir Bread of Angels, Smith revealed that she learned at age 70 that Grant Smith was not her biological father and that her paternal lineage is Ashkenazi Jewish. She is the eldest of four children, with siblings Linda, Todd and Kimberly.
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Dancing barefoot
Frederick
Because the night
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Rock n’ Roll nigger
Horses
Dead City
Boy Cried Wolf
Gloria
Ain’t it Strange
Hey Joe
Looking For You (I Was)
Pastime Paradise
People Have The Power
Beds Are Burning, Live in Dublin 06/06/2018
Horses 1975 Full Album
Easter 1978 Full Album
Gone Again 1996 Full Album
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Wave 1979 Full Album
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