Boasting one of the most lauded debut albums in rock, Patti Smith's opening cut 'Gloria: In Excelsis Deo' is sung with an authority few could match.

Patti Smith, (born on December 30, 1946), is an influential American singer, songwriter, poet, and visual artist, widely regarded as one of the pioneers of the punk rock movement in the 1970s.

the biggest theory for the name-check is simply because of the tale that both Dylan Thomas and Patti Smith stayed at the Chelsea Hotel, according to John Brinnin's 1955 biography, “Dylan Thomas ...

Patti Smith is a famous poet ... According to John Brinnin's 1955 biography, “Dylan Thomas in America,” Thomas was reputed to be a "roistering, drunken and doomed poet." ...