A grilled patty

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A patty, in American and New Zealand English, is a flattened, usually disc-shaped, serving of ground meat or meat alternatives. The meat is compacted and shaped, cooked if applicable, and served. Patties can be eaten with a knife and a fork, in dishes like Salisbury steak, but are typically served in a sandwich called a hamburger, if made from ground beef. The patty itself is also called a burger, whether or not it served in a sandwich, especially in the United Kingdom and Ireland, where the term "patty" is rarely used.

Similar-shaped savoury cakes not made from ground meat may also be called "burger": "turkey burgers" or "fishburgers" may be made from reshaped mechanically separated meat. Sometimes burgers are breaded. Veggie burgers are made without animal products. In Ireland, traditional chippers often serve batter burger (a beef-based patty dipped in batter and deep fried) or spice burger (a patty made to a proprietary recipe of meats and spices).^[1] These are served in a greaseproof paper bag and eaten with the hands.

Shape[link]

With mass-produced burgers, it is not uncommon to find burgers with seemingly abnormal shapes or a bumpy perimeter. These groove-like bumps are caused by the machine that forms the patties. They are used in production to keep the burgers in line, so they will not fall off the assembly line, and can be manipulated by the various machines. In other boxed burgers small punctures can be seen in the top and bottom flat sides of the burger. These punctures are there for similar reasons.

See also[link]

• Chicken patty
• Jamaican patty
• Patty melt
• Pljeskavica

References[link]

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Patty Griffin
Griffin appearing at the 2010 SXSW festival
Background information
Birth name	Patricia Jean Griffin
Born	(1964-03-16) March 16, 1964 (age 48)
Origin	Old Town, Maine, United States
Genres	Folk-rock, Americana, folk, alt-country
Occupations	MusicianSinger-songwriter
Instruments	Guitar, piano
Years active	1992–present
Labels	A&M ATO Records Credential Recordings
Associated acts	Dixie Chicks, Emmylou Harris, Sweet Harmony Traveling Revue, Joshua Radin, Band of Joy
Website	Official Website

Patty Griffin, born Patricia Jean Griffin, March 16, 1964,^[1] is an American Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter and musician. She is especially known for her down-home crafting of songs and her connection to musicians including Emmylou Harris, Ellis Paul, Rory Block and the Dixie Chicks, who have played with her onstage as well as performing cover songs of Griffin's work, exposing many of her compositions to mainstream pop and country music audiences outside Griffin's folk music circle of fans. She was also recipient of the Americana Music Association's highest honor as "Artist of the Year" in 2007, as well as taking home the award for best album for Children Running Through. In 2011, Griffin won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Gospel Album for Downtown Church.

Biography[link]

Early years[link]

Patty Griffin is from Old Town, Maine, United States, next to the Penobscot Native American reservation. She is primarily a guitarist, pianist, and vocalist, with a distinctive voice. The youngest child in her family with six older siblings, she bought a guitar for $50 at age 16, and sang and played, but had no inclination at the time to become a professional musician. After a short marriage which ended in 1992, Griffin began playing in Boston coffee houses, and was scouted by A&M Records, who signed Griffin on the strength of her demo tape; however A&M thought it to be overproduced, so Nile Rodgers and A&M instead released a stripped-down reworking of her demo tape, as an album called Living with Ghosts.^[2]

Griffin's second album, 1998's Flaming Red was a departure from the acoustic sound of Living with Ghosts, with a mix of mellow songs along with other, very high tempo rock and roll songs. The title track, "Flaming Red" is an example of this, beginning with an even beat until it increases to a fevered pitch of emotion. "Tony" from this album is also featured on the charity benefit album Live in the X Lounge.

Her third record, Silver Bell had a similar sound to its predecessor, though it was also unreleased by A&M. A&M dropped Griffin's contract after Silver Bell, but she was picked up by Dave Matthews' ATO Records. Griffin re-recorded songs from that album for later releases such as "Making Pies", "Mother of God," "Standing," and "Top of the World" and others have been most famously covered by the Dixie Chicks. Copies of the unreleased Silver Bell were leaked and bootlegged, and can now be easily acquired via the "B&P" (Blanks and Postage) method on message boards.^[3] Four albums have followed so far on ATO, including 2002's 1000 Kisses, A Kiss in Time (2003), Impossible Dream (2004), and Children Running Through(2007),

In 2004, Griffin toured with Emmylou Harris, Buddy Miller, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings as the Sweet Harmony Traveling Revue. On February 6, 2007, she released Children Running Through. The album debuted at #34 on the Billboard 200 with 27,000 copies sold.^[4] Of the album, Griffin told Gibson Lifestyle, “I just kind of felt like singing what I wanted to sing, and playing how I wanted to play. It’s not all dark and tragic. It’s a different way for me to look at things. Getting old—older, I should say, I’m not so serious all the time.”^[5] It was also said that the album was inspired by her childhood days.^[6]

Griffin's songs have been recorded by artists such as Irish-born singer Maura O'Connell ("Long Ride Home"), Linda Ronstadt ("Falling Down"), the Dixie Chicks ("Truth No. 2," "Top of the World," "Let Him Fly"), Bette Midler ("Moses"), Beth Nielsen Chapman, Christine Collister, and Dixie Chicks ("Mary"), Mary Chapin Carpenter ("Dear Old Friend"), Jessica Simpson ("Let Him Fly"), Martina McBride ("Goodbye"), Melissa Ferrick and Missy Higgins ("Moses"), Emmylou Harris ("One Big Love", "Moon Song"), Bethany Joy Galeotti ("Blue Sky"), The Wreckers ("One More Girl"), Keri Noble ("When It Don't Come Easy"), Joan Osborne ("What You Are"), Solomon Burke ("Up to the Mountain (MLK Song)"), and Miranda Lambert ("Getting Ready"). Kelly Clarkson performed "Up to the Mountain (MLK Song)" with Jeff Beck on guitar, accompanied by some orchestration on the Idol Gives Back episode of American Idol, and the live recording was released as a single immediately afterwards, reaching #56 on the Billboard Hot 100 in its first week and giving Griffin her highest charting position as a songwriter. (The audience gave Clarkson a standing ovation following her performance.) Griffin herself had said that when she heard Burke's version of the song, she almost did not feel worthy of singing it herself anymore. Griffin's version of the song was featured on the fourth season, episode 11 of the popular ABC television show, Grey's Anatomy.

Instruments[link]

1965 Gibson J-50 Guitar
1993 Gibson J-200 Junior Guitar^[7]

Recent work[link]

Griffin performing at the North Carolina Museum of Art in 2006

In September 2008, Griffin was featured on the album Simple Times by indie artist Joshua Radin, duetting on the song "You Got Growing Up to Do." In October 2008, she appeared in background vocals on Todd Snider's cover of John Fogerty's "Fortunate Son" for Snider's Peace Queer album. In February 2009, Griffin was featured on the album Feel That Fire by Dierks Bentley, duetting on the song "Beautiful World".

In 2009, Patty Griffin, along with Mavis Staples and The Tri-City Singers released a version of the song "Waiting For My Child to Come Home" on the compilation album Oh Happy Day: An All-Star Music Celebration.^[8]

The collaboration with Staples led EMI's Peter York to suggest Griffin make an album of gospel songs. Griffin agreed on the condition that friend and bandmate Buddy Miller produced the record.^[9] Griffin's sixth studio album, Downtown Church, was recorded at the Downtown Presbyterian Church in Nashville and was released on January 26, 2010.^[10] The album features long-time friends Buddy and Julie Miller, as well as Shawn Colvin and Emmylou Harris. It features songs by Hank Williams, Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton, and "All Creatures of Our God and King," a song accredited to St. Francis of Assisi.^[11]

In July 2010, Robert Plant toured the United States with Band of Joy (reprising the name of his very first band in the 1960s). Patty Griffin toured with them as a backing vocalist to Plant, along with singer-guitarist Buddy Miller, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Darrell Scott, bassist-vocalist Byron House, and drummer-percussionist-vocalist Marco Giovino. She is also featured on Plant's solo album, Band of Joy, which was released in September 2010 by Rounder Records.^[12]

Film, television, and theater[link]

Griffin has appeared in several movies including Cremaster 2 and in Cameron Crowe's Elizabethtown the soundtrack of which also included her song "Long Ride Home" and a cover of "Moon River" by Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini.

In 2007, the Atlantic Theater Company produced 10 Million Miles, an Off Broadway musical with Griffin's music as the soundtrack, and a book by Keith Bunin, directed by Michael Mayer.

Griffin's first DVD, "Patty Griffin: Live From The Artists Den" was filmed on February 6, 2007 at the Angel Orensanz Foundation For the Arts on New York’s Lower East Side and released later that year. Selections from the DVD were featured on the program Live from the Artists Den on Ovation TV beginning January 24, 2008.

In 2007, Griffin was singled out by the Americana Music Association and awarded their top honor: Artist of the Year, and her album Children Running Through also received an honor from the Association. She performed "Trapeze" with Emmylou Harris harmonizing.^[13]

On June 13, 2008 Griffin performed an acoustic in the round set in Nashville, Tennessee with Kris Kristofferson and Randy Owen (Alabama) for a special taping of a PBS songwriters series to be aired in December 2008. Each performer played five songs. In Griffin's case, it features "Making Pies," "No Bad News," "Up to the Mountain," and "Mary."

Griffin's song "Not Alone" (sometimes attributed as "You Are Not Alone"), from her first album, Living with Ghosts, was featured in the soundtrack for the hit television series, Without a Trace, in 2009. It also plays over the final scenes and end credits of the film Niagara, Niagara (1997).

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

Live albums[link]

Other contributions[link]

• Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music (1998) - "Cain" (recorded live during the 1997 tour)
• Live at the World Café: Vol. 15 - Handcrafted (2002, World Café) - "Rain"
• 107.1 KGSR Radio Austin - Broadcasts Vol.10 (2002) - "Rain"
• Elizabethtown Soundtrack (2005, RCA Records) - "Long Ride Home", "Moon River"
• Oh Happy Day (2009, EMI Gospel/Vector Recordings) - "Waiting For My Child To Come Home" (with Mavis Staples and The Tri-City Singers)
• Live at the World Cafe: Vol. 5 (1997, World Cafe Records) - "Every Little Bit"
• Live at the World Cafe: Vol. 16 - Sweet Sixteen (World Cafe Records) - "Makin' Pies"

Guest singles[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Official website
• Patty Griffin at Allmusic
• Patty Griffin at the Internet Off Broadway Database

Patty Pravo
Background information
Birth name	Nicoletta Strambelli
Born	(1948-04-09) 9 April 1948 (age 64) Venice, Italy
Genres	Pop
Occupations	Singer
Instruments	piano
Years active	1966–present
Labels	Sony Music Entertainment
Website	www.coltempo.it

Patty Pravo (born Nicoletta Strambelli, 9 April 1948 Venice, Italy) is an Italian pop singer whose career has spanned more than four decades. Her first single "Ragazzo triste", released in 1966, was the first pop song aired on Vatican Radio. In 2011 she participated - for the eighth time - in the Italian song contest, the Sanremo Music Festival.

Biography[link]

Strambelli studied at the conservatory institute of Benedetto Marcello and was acquainted with American poet Ezra Pound and with Angelo Roncalli (Pope John XXIII). At the age of fifteen, she left home to live in London and then Rome where she began her career singing in the Piper Club. In 1966 she made her first single, "Ragazzo triste" ("Sad Boy"), the Italian version of the song "But You're Mine" by Sonny & Cher. It was the first pop song broadcast on Vatican Radio.

Pravo followed that by recording numerous songs, the most popular being "Qui e là" ("Here and There"), "Se perdo te" ("If I Lose You", 1967, written by English songwriter Paul Korda), "La bambola" ("The Doll", 1968, "Sentimento" ("Feeling", 1968), "Il paradiso" ("Heaven", 1969, written by Lucio Battisti), "La solitudine" ("The Loneliness", with Robert Charlebois) "Pazza idea" ("Crazy Idea", 1973) and "Pensiero stupendo" ("Stupendous Thought", 1978). "La bambola" sold over one million copies by the end of 1968 and was awarded a gold disc.^[1]

She has been featured on many Italian television shows. In 1970 Pravo hosted her own show called Bravo Pravo, broadcast on French television, and in 1978 appeared in a highly controversial Italian TV show, Stryx, where she wore provocative clothing which attracted much attention. She became a symbol for women of the 1960s, exemplifying their evolution from more established conservative roles.

In 1994 she traveled to China to record her album Ideogrammi. In 1995 returned to Italy and re-emerged in 1997 with the number 1 hit "E dimmi che non vuoi morire" ("And Tell Me That You Don't Want to Die"), written by Vasco Rossi.

Her last Italian top 10 album was in 2002 Radio Station. In 2004 Pravo released four albums, including Nic-Unic. In 2007 she released a tribute album to Dalida entitled Spero che ti piaccia... Pour toi ("I Hope You Like It... For You"). Pravo has participated in the Sanremo Music Festival seven times. In 2009 she was at Sanremo with the song Ed io verrò un giorno là, accompanied by Dave Weckl, Todd Rundgren and Nathan East. In 2011 she releases the album "Nella terra dei pinguini" ("In the Land of the Penguins") recorded with young producer Diego Calvetti.

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

Live albums[link]

Compilation albums[link]

Singles[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• The official website
• Patty Pravo at MySpace
• Review of 'Nella terra dei Pinguini' (English)

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Patty Smyth
Smyth at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival Vanity Fair party
Background information
Born	(1957-06-26) June 26, 1957 (age 55) New York City, New York, United States
Genres	Rock
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1981–present
Labels	Columbia, MCA
Associated acts	Scandal, Don Henley

Patty Smyth (born June 26, 1957) is an American rock and roll musician. She first enjoyed mainstream success in 1982 as lead singer of the band Scandal and later scored a solo #2 hit with her song "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough". She is currently married to tennis star John McEnroe.

Musical career[link]

With Scandal[link]

After growing up in the Brooklyn neighborhood Gerritsen Beach, Smyth joined Scandal as vocalist in 1981. The band released a self-titled debut album the next year. Featuring the song "Goodbye to You", it went on to become Columbia Records' biggest selling EP. In 1984, they put out their follow-up, The Warrior. Buoyed by MTV airplay, the album peaked at #17 on the charts, and the first song off the release, also titled "The Warrior", was a top-ten smash. However, despite their success, internal strife within the group led to their breakup shortly afterwards.

Solo career[link]

Following the end of Scandal, Smyth was asked by friend Eddie Van Halen to join the band Van Halen to replace David Lee Roth as lead singer. However, she declined the offer.^[1] She guest-appeared on The Hooters 1985 album Nervous Night on the song "Where Do the Children Go" as an accompanying vocalist.

Smyth released her first solo album, Never Enough, in 1987. It contained her version of the Tom Waits song "Downtown Train," which Rod Stewart would make a hit several years later, and the title track "Never Enough," which was co-written with members of the Hooters and based on a song of the same title that Hooters members Eric Bazilian and Rob Hyman had written for their earlier band, Baby Grand. She put out another solo effort in 1992, the self-titled Patty Smyth. Off of that effort, she secured a hit record via a duet with Don Henley of The Eagles; "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" peaked at number 2 in the Billboard Hot 100, and was certified gold for sales of 500,000. The album, also certified gold, featured an additional US Top 40 hit with "No Mistakes" and also spawned the minor hit "I Should Be Laughing". Smyth had previously recorded with Henley as a backing singer on several songs on his albums Building The Perfect Beast and The End of the Innocence.

Smyth subsequently co-wrote the 1994 song "Look What Love Has Done", nominated for a Grammy and an Academy Award after its inclusion in the soundtrack to the feature film Junior. Further soundtrack commissions resulted in her penning the theme tune, "Wish I Were You", to the 1998 feature film Armageddon. (Her husband, John McEnroe, claimed in his autobiography^[2] that she was inspired to write the song by his own attempt at a musical career: she was struck by his excitement at playing music, when her feelings about the music industry were far more ambivalent.)

Reunited with Scandal[link]

In 2004, VH1 recruited Smyth and the surviving members of Scandal for a Bands Reunited episode, resulting in a small reunion tour of concerts on the United States East Coast in 2005. The next year, Columbia/Legacy released a new Scandal compilation CD as part of the We Are The 80's series. The compilation contained three unreleased tracks from the 1982 recording sessions ("Grow So Wise", "If You Love Me", "I'm Here Tonight") as well as "All My Life", previously available on the flip side of "Goodbye To You". In July 2008, Billboard reported the upcoming release of new music by the band^[3] (featuring original members Keith Mack and Benjy King). They debuted their first single as a band ("Hard For You To Love Me", also referred to as "Make It Hard") in over 24 years on January 17, 2009 in Ridgefield, Connecticut.

Personal life[link]

Smyth dated punk musician Richard Hell for two years; their daughter, Ruby, was born in 1985. In April 1997, Smyth married former tennis star John McEnroe. They currently live in New York City and have six children between them. Sean, Kevin, and Emily are children from McEnroe's previous marriage to Tatum O'Neal. Ruby is from her relationship with Hell, and Smyth and McEnroe's daughters in common are Anna and Ava.

She is a fan of the TV series Aqua Teen Hunger Force,^{[citation needed]} and has been featured as a DVD commentator for the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• Never Enough (1987) #66 U.S.
• Patty Smyth (1992) #47 U.S.
• Greatest Hits – Featuring Scandal (1998)

Singles[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• PattySmythandScandal.com (official website)
• Patty Smyth at the Internet Movie Database
• Scandal at Allmusic
• Patty Smyth & Scandal on Myspace

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Sandi Patty
Background information
Birth name	Sandra Faye Patty
Also known as	Sandi Patti, Sandi Patty Peslis
Born	(1956-07-12) July 12, 1956 (age 55)
Origin	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Genres	Contemporary Christian, inspirational
Instruments	Voice
Years active	1978–present
Labels	Milk & Honey, Impact, Word, INO, Stylos
Associated acts	Bill Gaither, Larnelle Harris
Website	www.sandipatty.com

Sandra Faye "Sandi" Patty (born July 12, 1956) is an American Christian music singer. For many years she was known as Sandi Patti. She has been dubbed "The Voice" by critics because of her wide range and flexibility.^[1]

Biography[link]

Early life[link]

Patty was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, into a family of musicians; her father was a minister of music and her mother served as the church pianist. She first performed at the age of two when she sang "Jesus Loves Me" for her church, Phoenix First Church of God (Anderson, Indiana). First growing up in Phoenix, then San Diego, she and her brothers joined her parents in a performing group, known as "The Ron Patty Family," and sang at churches across the nation during summer holidays. After high school graduation from Crawford High in San Diego, CA, she attended San Diego State University and Anderson University in Anderson, Indiana, where she studied voice and conducting. While studying at Anderson University, she worked as a studio musician for area recording studios, singing background vocals and recording commercial jingles, including one for Juicy Fruit gum. Her reputation as a performer and studio singer grew during the late 1970s, and it was during this time that she initiated contact with legendary Christian musician, Bill Gaither.

Singing career[link]

Patty recorded her first album, For My Friends, an independent effort, that landed in the hands of executives at Singspiration! records. In 1979, she was signed to Singspiration! and released her first professional record, Sandi's Song. According to the FAQ section on her website, the name on her birth certificate is Sandra Patty.^[2] A printer's error on the labeling listed her name as Sandi Patti, and she used this moniker as her stage name for the next fifteen years, before correcting it to Sandi Patty.

Her career expanded after she won her first two GMA Dove Awards in 1982, and began singing backup for Bill Gaither and the Bill Gaither Trio. She headlined her first national tour in 1984, and reached national acclaim after her rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" was included during the ABC Statue of Liberty re-dedication broadcast on July 4, 1986. This exposure led to multiple mainstream television appearances including The Tonight Show, Christmas in Washington, and Walt Disney's Fourth of July Extravaganza. She was invited to sing the national anthem at the Indianapolis 500 from 1987–1988 and 1990–1992.

At the peak of her career, her concerts were so heavily attended that she performed in often sold-out mainstream arenas and concert halls. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, she averaged over 200 concerts a year, and supported a staff of over 30 that managed her career. In 1995, she was also featured in the Warren Chaney docudrama, America: A Call to Greatness.^[3] During this period of time she was noted, often critically, as the highest-paid singer in the Christian music industry, largely due to massive touring and high-profile public appearances.

Divorce[link]

In 1992, the news of her divorce from manager John Helvering shocked the gospel music industry. The reason for the split was later revealed to be infidelity which subsequently stalled her career in the mid-1990s. During her marriage, it was later reported that Patty had an extramarital affair with her back up singer Don Pesli, who was also married at the time. Patty divorced Helvering in 1993 and married Pesli on August, 1995. ^[4]

Comeback[link]

Patty slowly rebuilt her career by expanding her musical appeal which included pop concert performances with symphony orchestras including the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Cincinnati Pops, and the Dallas Symphony as well as serving for many years as the master of ceremonies for the Yuletide Celebration with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.

In both interviews and in her autobiography, Broken on the Back Row, Patty expressed remorse and took full responsibility for her past actions and revealed the steps she took in seeking the forgiveness from those that her actions most affected.^[5][6]

In 2000, she had a guest singing appearance at the end of a 7th heaven episode (season four, episode 20). She appeared in the 2006 annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. A televised performance of Sandi Patty's Yuletide Special was filmed for syndication in 2006, with other performers—including the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the U.S. Air Force Reserve Band.

In 2004, Patty was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and in 2007 was awarded the GMA Music in the Rockies Summit Award.

In May 2008, Patty released her 30th studio recording, Songs For The Journey, in which she covers classic hymns of the church and other modern gospel classics. 2008 also saw the release of five separate compilation recordings of past songs taken from previous albums.

In 2009, Patty received two GMA Dove Award nominations: Female Vocalist Of The Year, and Inspirational Album Of The Year (Songs For The Journey).

Simply Sandi, an acoustic album, is the first solo project to be released on her own record label, Stylos Records (a label with three artists—Sandi, Ben Utecht, and Heather Payne). It was released on May 5, 2009. This album includes new renditions of some of Sandi's most beloved songs including "In Heaven's Eyes", "Via Dolorosa" and "The Stage is Bare". WEA Distribution is the distributor for Stylos Records, although this album is not being released commercially.

In Fall 2009, Sandi released her first live Christmas album entitled Christmas: LIVE. The album includes live performances of her past Christmas favorites including "O Holy Night", "Someday", and a duet with her husband Don Peslis in "The Prayer".

In Fall 2010, The Edge of the Divine was released. The album featured a new version of her popular song "We Shall Behold Him", plus eight new songs with a fresh contemporary sound—one of which she performs with Heather Payne. A book of the same name was also released—with the sub-title "Where Possibility Meets God's Faithfulness."

In October, 2011, at the age of 55, Sandi released "Broadway Stories," her first non-religious album. From iTunes Review: Before Sandi Patty was a Christian music star, she developed her craft by performing stage standards and pop tunes from the Great American Songbook. Broadway Stories reaffirms her mastery of such material against gorgeous backdrops provided by the 64-piece Prague Symphony Orchestra. From the first track to the last, Patty shows an easy command of the Broadway idiom, applying her formidable pipes to material worthy of her talents.

In January, 2012, Sandi starred as Dolly Levi in the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra's world premiere concert stage version of the Broadway musical, "Hello, Dolly!" to rave reviews.

Style and voice[link]

Sandi Patty is known for her wide vocal range, flexibility, and emotional expression. In her early recordings, she created a trademark for herself by exploiting her range to its fullest advantage, through the "power ballad" vehicle, sweeping orchestral gestures, and a series of key modulations building to a crescendo and signature high vocal ending. This style, often defined as being in the "inspirational" genre of Christian music, flourished throughout the 1980s. In later years, Patty's versatility has allowed her to expand into other styles, such as black gospel, southern gospel, classic and modern pop, and American musical theater. On her official website, she discusses her range saying "To be honest, my range has changed a bit over the years but my mom says it’s about four octaves (F below middle C to high F above double high C). Really singing high is just like screaming on pitch."

Personal Life[link]

In 2009, she and her family relocated from Anderson, IN, to Oklahoma City, OK. She and her husband, Don Peslis, have a blended family consisting of eight children.^[7]

Awards[link]

Grammys[link]

• 1984: Best Gospel Performance By A Duo Or Group for “More Than Wonderful” with Larnelle Harris
• 1986: Best Gospel Performance By A Duo Or Group, Choir Or Chorus for “I've Just Seen Jesus” with Larnelle Harris
• 1987: Best Gospel Performance By A Duo Or Group, Choir Or Chorus for “They Say” with Deniece Williams
• 1987: Best Gospel Performance, Female for “Morning Like This”
• 1991: Best Pop Gospel Album for Another Time... Another Place

GMA Dove Awards[link]

• 1982–1992: Female Vocalist of the Year
• 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988: Artist of the Year
• 1983: Inspirational Album of the Year for Lift Up the Lord
• 1984: Inspirational Album of the Year for More Than Wonderful
• 1985: Inspirational Album of the Year for Songs from the Heart
• 1987: Inspirational Album of the Year for Morning Like This
• 1988: Song of the Year for “In the Name of the Lord”
• 1989: Inspirational Album of the Year for Make His Praise Glorious
• 1989: Inspirational Song of the Year for “In Heaven’s Eyes”
• 1990: Children’s Album of the Year for The Friendship Company
• 1991: Inspirational Album of the Year for Another Time, Another Place
• 1992: Inspirational Song of the Year for “For All the World”
• 1992: Children’s Album of the Year for Open for Business; the Friendship Company
• 1992: Short Form Music Video of the Year for “Another Time, Another Place”
• 1994: Short Form Music Video of the Year for “Hand on My Shoulder”
• 1995: Inspirational Album of the Year for Find It on the Wings
• 1996: Special Event Album of the Year for My Utmost for His Highest (various artists)
• 1998: Inspirational Album of the Year for Artist of My Soul
• 1998: Special Event Album of the Year for God with Us - A Celebration of Christmas Carols & Classics (various artists)
• 1999: Long Form Music Video of the Year for My Utmost for His Highest (various artists)
• 1999: Spanish Language Album of the Year for Libertad de Mas
• 2011: Inspirational Album of the Year for The Edge of the Divine

Inducted into the Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame in 2004

Discography[link]

• 1978: Sandi Patty – For My Friends – Burlap Sound Inc (Anderson, Indiana) – catalog # BSI-0183LP
• 1979: Sandi's Song
• 1981: Love Overflowing
• 1982: Lift Up the Lord
• 1983: Live: More Than Wonderful
• 1983: The Gift Goes On (Christmas)
• 1984: Songs from the Heart
• 1985: Hymns Just for You
• 1986: Morning Like This
• 1988: Make His Praise Glorious
• 1989: The Finest Moments
• 1989: Sandi Patti and The Friendship Company
• 1990: Another Time...Another Place
• 1991: The Friendship Company: Open for Business
• 1992: Hallmark Christmas: Celebrate Christmas!
• 1993: Le Voyage
• 1994: Find It On the Wings
• 1996: O Holy Night! (Christmas)
• 1996: An American Songbook
• 1997: Artist of My Soul
• 1998: Libertad Me Das (Spanish album)
• 1999: Together: Sandi Patty & Kathy Troccoli
• 2000: These Days
• 2001: All the Best...Live!
• 2003: Take Hold of Christ
• 2004: Hymns of Faith...Songs of Inspiration
• 2005: Yuletide Joy (Christmas)
• 2007: Falling Forward
• 2008: Songs for The Journey
• 2009: Simply Sandi
• 2009: Christmas Live (Christmas)
• 2010: The Edge of the Divine
• 2011: Broadway Stories

Compilations[link]

• 1985: Inspirational Favorites
• 1992: Hallmark Christmas: Celebrate Christmas!
• 1994: Quiet Reflections
• 1996: Hallmark Christmas: It's Christmas! Sandi Patty & Peabo Bryson
• 2005: Duets
• 2006: The Voice of Christmas
• 2007: The Definitive Collection
• 2008: Gospel Greats
• 2008: Via Dolorosa: Songs of Redemption
• 2008: A Mother's Prayer: Songs that Inspire a Mother's Heart
• 2008: Quiet Hearts: Songs of Restful Peace for Women
• 2008: Let There Be Praise
• 2009: Duets 2
• 2011: The Best of Sandi Patty from the Gaither Homecoming Series

Literature[link]

• 1993: Le Voyage
• 1994: Merry Christmas, With Love
• 1999: Sam's Rainbow
• 2000: I've Just Seen Jesus
• 2006: Broken on the Back Row
• 2006: Life in the Blender: Blending Families, Lives and Relationships with Grace (Women of Faith)
• 2006: A New Day: A Guided Journal
• 2007: Falling Forward... into His Arms of Grace
• 2008: Layers^[8]
• 2010: The Edge of the Divine

External links[link]

• Official website
• Profile by the University of Mobile
• William Morris Agency profile; includes touring schedule
• Biography at mp3.com
• Sandi Patty Music Albums
• Sandi Patty Music Interviews & Album Info

References[link]

1. ^ "Review of Yuletide Joy". ChristmasReviews.com. http://www.christmasreviews.com/wsandipatty.shtml. 
2. ^ "Sandi Patty - Frequently Asked Questions". http://www.sandipatty.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=47. 
3. ^ America Movie (Musicians) [1]
4. ^ Morgan, Timothy C.. "Sandi Patty Stages Comeback". Christianity Today. http://www.ctlibrary.com/ct/1998/january12/8t156a.html. Retrieved 31 May 2012. 
5. ^ Eric Reed. "The Long Road Home". Christianity Today. http://www.christianitytoday.com/tc/2003/sepoct/5.60.html. 
6. ^ Dan Wooding. "Second Chances". CBN.com. http://www.cbn.com/entertainment/music/ANS_SandiPatty.aspx. 
7. ^ Hunsberger, Maryann B.. "The Road Home". Christianity Today International. http://www.thefish.com/music/interviews/11617883/The-Road-Home/. Retrieved 20 September 2011. 
8. ^ "Sandi Patty - Written Works". http://www.sandipatty.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=52.