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Patti Smith Group

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ARTIST BACKGROUND

About Patti Smith Group

The Patti Smith Group grew from Smith's poetry performances with guitarist Lenny Kaye into a band associated with New York's CBGB scene. Ivan Kral and Jay Dee Daugherty helped shape the early group. Its Arista period moved through Horses, Radio Ethiopia, Easter and Wave, with different producers on each album. Easter included Because the Night, co-written by Smith and Bruce Springsteen. This group credit is retained separately from the details of Smith's later solo and literary work.

Artist background sources

Patti Smith: Dream of Life - artist press-book biography via PBS
Artist press-book biography identifies poetry with Lenny Kaye, the CBGB band, Ivan Kral and Jay Dee Daugherty, and the four initial Arista albums and producers. Used for group career context and the Smith/Springsteen writing credit, not private motivation. | Retrieved 2026-10-19

Easter - licensed Patti Smith Group album
Original 1978 album, explicitly including Because the Night; 1996 reissue copyright and later covers are distinct. Only the original year is applied. | Retrieved 2026-10-19

Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.