Question: Facts: - instrument: vocals , piano , guitar - years active: 1981 -- present - caption: smyth fair '' party at the 2011 tribeca film festival '' vanity - label: columbia , mca - genre: rock , pop rock , new wave - birth date: 26 june 1957 - name: patty smyth - background: solo_singer - image: patty smyth 2011 shankbone.jpg - birth place: new york city , united states - associated acts: scandal , don henley , the hooters - occupation: singer & ndash ; songwriter Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of patty smyth .
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patty smyth -lrb- born june 26 , 1957 -rrb- is an american singer and songwriter .she first came into national attention in the band scandal .she went on to record and perform on her own .her distinctive voice and new-wave image gained broad exposure through video recordings aired on what were then newly emerging cable music video channels such as mtv .her debut album '' never enough '' was well received , and generated a pair of top 40 hits .smyth had a remarkable stage presence and drew large audiences through the mid-1980s .in the early 1990s she again reached the top 10 with the hit single '' sometimes love just ai n't enough '' , a duet sung with don henley .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 tennis star john mcenroe in 1997 .