Patti Smith was born on 30th December 1946 in Chicago, Illinois. A well-admired American singer, song writer, visual artist and poet, Smith released her debut album “Horses” in 1975 and is considered as the ‘Godmother of Punk’.
At Rokpool we specialise in saving rock music history, we rescue previously lost, forgotten or neglected music, video, photos and memorabilia from the last sixty years of rock history and make them available to fans and the media industry on the website. This blog recounts some of the amazing finds and stories associated with our quest.