Patty Smyth

Patty Smyth fascinates me as a product of a vanished era. Fronting Scandal and later going solo, she built her name on a voice and an image beamed through MTV at a time when an artist had nothing but talent and nerve to win an audience. There were no algorithms to chase, no follower counts to game, just that husky, commanding delivery cutting through cable static. I respect singers who made it on raw sound alone, and she clearly did. A 1957 New Yorker with grit, she represents the kind of authentic new wave craft I keep rooting for.

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Name (English)

Patty Smyth

Name (Japanese)

パティ・スマイス

Reading

ぱてぃ・すまいす

Born

June 26, 1957 (age 69)

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Occupation

singer / composer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rooster

• Official sitehttp://www.pattysmythandscandal.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty%20Smyth
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q444096

Tags

• New York
• singer
• composer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.