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Released: 1978. Easter is the third studio album by American musician Patti Smith, and the second release where her backing band Patti Smith Group is billed. It was released in March 1978 by Arista Records. Produced by Jimmy Iovine, the album is regarded as the group's commercial breakthrough, owing to the success of the rock single "Because ...
Frederick (song) " Frederick " is a song written by Patti Smith, and released as lead single from Patti Smith Group 1979 album Wave. The song is dedicated to Fred "Sonic" Smith, guitar player of the Detroit band MC5 and Smith's future husband. The melody of "Frederick" is a homage to Bruce Springsteen 's live arrangement of "Prove It All Night ...
"Because the Night" is a rock song from 1977 written by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith [2] that appears on the Patti Smith Group album Easter, which was released in 1978. On March 2, 1978, the song was released as a single, and was commercially successful, reaching No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, [ 3 ] and No. 5 in the United Kingdom ...
Website. pattismith.net. Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author and photographer. Her 1975 debut album Horses made her an influential member of the New York City -based punk rock movement. [ 1 ] Smith has fused rock and poetry in her work.
Wave is the fourth studio album by Patti Smith, and the third and final album where the Patti Smith Group is billed. It was released on May 17, 1979, by Arista Records. Produced by Todd Rundgren, the album continued the band's move towards more radio-friendly mainstream pop rock sound. Wave garnered a mixed reception from music critics and was ...
Dancing Barefoot. " Dancing Barefoot " is a rock song written by Patti Smith and Ivan Král, and released as a second single from the Patti Smith Group's 1979 album Wave. [1] According to the album sleeve, the song was dedicated to women such as Amedeo Modigliani 's mistress Jeanne Hébuterne. In 1998, the song featured on the soundtrack of ...
Privilege (Set Me Free) " Privilege (Set Me Free) " is a song by the Patti Smith Group and released as the second single from their 1978 album Easter. The original version of the song was titled "Free Me" and was written by Mel London and Mike Leander for the 1967 film Privilege. Patti spoke sections of Psalm 23 over the instrumental bridge ...
Jimmy Iovine. " Rock N Roll Nigger " is a rock song written by Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye, and released on the Patti Smith Group's 1978 album Easter. While the song has always been controversial for its repeated use of the racial epithet "nigger", a remix was included on the soundtrack of the 1994 film Natural Born Killers and it has since been ...