Patti Smith

Patti Smith is an acclaimed singer, songwriter, and poet born in Chicago. Rising in New York's 1970s punk scene at CBGB, she fused rock and poetry. She released her landmark debut album Horses in 1975 and scored a hit with the Bruce Springsteen collaboration Because the Night. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, she also won the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids.