Patti Scialfa
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Patti Scialfa in 2008
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Vivienne Patricia Scialfa |
| Born | July 29, 1953 |
| Origin | Deal, New Jersey, United States |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, musician |
| Instruments | Guitar, piano, vocals, percussions |
| Years active | Late 1970s–present |
| Labels | Columbia |
| Associated acts | E Street Band, Bruce Springsteen |
Vivienne Patricia "Patti" Scialfa (/ˈskælfə/ SKAL-fə;Italian: [ˈʃaːl.fa]; born July 29, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Scialfa has been a member of the E Street Band since 1984 and has been married to Bruce Springsteen since 1991. In 2014, Scialfa was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the E Street Band.
Scialfa grew up in the Jersey Shore community of Deal, New Jersey. She was the middle child of Joseph Scialfa and Patricia (née Morris) Scialfa. Her father was of Sicilian ancestry and her mother is from Belfast, Northern Ireland. She also has half-siblings from her father's second marriage. Her father was a successful local entrepreneur, who started with a single television store and became a real estate developer.
Scialfa graduated from Asbury Park High School in 1971.
Scialfa was writing songs from an early age and first worked professionally as a back-up singer for New Jersey bar bands after she completed high school. In 1994, she stated in a Lear's Magazine interview that she had little talent for anything but music and that she attended college as a way to further her ambitions as a performer while also satisfying parental expectations. She has a music degree from New York University, earned after she transferred from the University of Miami's jazz conservatory at the Frost School of Music.
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