Patti is a diminutive of Patricia. **Patti Smith (born 1946)** is the **American singer-poet known as the godmother of punk rock**. **Her 1975 debut album *Horses* — opening with "Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine" — is widely considered one of the most influential debut albums in rock history**. **Her memoir *Just Kids* (2010) — about her friendship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe — won the National Book Award for Nonfiction.**
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2007).
Patti reduces to four — the number of godmother of punk.