Patty Smyth
I really got into Patty Smyth in the early 1980's. I think that she's around my age (more or less) and liked her sound in the group Scandal. I had that EP when it came out. I went and got Warrior when it came out.
I was surprised and not surprised when she had her solo album out in 1987. I heard that she was disappointed in how it came out later on and I noticed that it was not turned into a CD like some of the earlier Scandal material. I did get the self-titled album when it came out in 1992. I played it over and over.
She kind of fell out of performing a little bit after that. That was about the time that she hooked up with John McEnroe.
I've gotten hooked on several female singers whose musical careers seemed to eventually flounder. I have been disapointed that Susanna Hoffs didn't go more solo albums after leaving The Bangles. I think that I heard that they eventually got back together, but I never found out if they ever recorded any new material.
Patty Smyth has a website at http://www.plan.org/psfc/.
Update: Scandal appeared on XM Radio channel 8 on 8/30 around 6pm CT and "took over the channel". Some Scandal material, but they played a lot of music that they found interesting either before or during their short career.
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