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Patty Smyth is one of the most popular and richest Rock Singer who was born on June 26, 1957 in New York, United States. She sang a duet along with She sang a duet with Don Henley for the hit single “Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough.” for the smash single “Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough.”

After growing up in the Brooklyn neighborhood Gerritsen Beach, Smyth joined Scandal as lead vocalist in 1981. The band released a self-titled debut EP 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, Warrior. Buoyed by MTV airplay, the album peaked at No. 17 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, and the first song off the release, also titled “The Warrior,” was a Top 10 hit. However, despite their success, internal strife within the band led to their break-up soon afterwards.

Following the end of Scandal, Smyth was invited by her friend Eddie Van Halen to join the band Van Halen to replace David Lee Roth as lead singer. However, she declined the offer, because she was eight months pregnant and “It was just not the right time for me,” she says now. “I was a New Yorker, I didn’t want to live in L.A. … and those guys were drunk and fighting all the time.” She guest-appeared on the Hooters 1985 album Nervous Night on the song “Where Do the Children Go” as an accompanying vocalist.

She was married to former tennis star John McEnroe in 1997.

She was with punk rocker Richard Hell for two years.

Patricia Smyth (born June 26, 1957) is an American singer and songwriter. She first came into national attention with the rock band Scandal. She went on to record and perform as a solo artist. Her distinctive voice and new wave image gained broad exposure through video recordings aired on cable music video channels such as MTV. Her debut album Never Enough was well received, and generated a pair of Top 40 hits. In the early 1990s she again reached the Top 10 with the hit single “Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough,” a duet with Don Henley of the Eagles. She performed and co-wrote with James Ingram the song “Look What Love Has Done” for the 1994 motion picture Junior. The work earned her a Grammy Award nomination for Best Song Written for Visual Media, as well as an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. Smyth married retired tennis player John McEnroe in 1997.