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Also known as Patricia Smyth

American singer

Person · Open Library

Works
1

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  • The correlation of recreational activities with physical education grades at Boston University

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1957-06-26

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
71,035
Total plays
419,477

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Patty Smyth (not to be confused with punk rock pioneer Patti Smith) is an American musician, born in New York City, who first gained success in 1982 with the band Scandal. In the 90's Smyth wrote music for several movie soundtracks and was nominated for a Grammy and an Academy award for her song "Look What Love Has Done" from the 1994 Arnold Schwarzenegger movie "Junior". She dated fellow New York musician Richard Hell (lead singer of Television and Richard Hell and the Voidoids) for two years

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
New York City
Occupation
composer
Instrument
voice
Record label
Columbia Records
Image
Patty Smyth 2011 Shankbone.JPG
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date of birth
1957-06-26
start of work period
1981-00-00
Commons category
Patty Smyth
member of
Scandal
Sources (4)

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Works in European collections

4 objects attributed to Patty Smyth, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana