Patty (singer)

Patty
Patty
Born	November 5, 1960 (age 63); Johnson Air Base, Iruma, Saitama, Japan

Patty (パティ, Patī, born November 5, 1960)^[2] is a former singer, tarento, and English teacher in Japan. She is a hāfu American who started her music career under the name "Patty Fink" in 1979.

Bio

Patricia Ann Fink was born on November 5, 1960 in Iruma, Saitama, to an American father, an airman, and Japanese mother, Hiroko Takahashi. She attended Kubasaki and Kadena High School in Okinawa, and Yokota High School in Tokyo.^[3] In 1979 she made her recording debut with her first single " My Life", a soundtrack song of the movie "See How She Runs"(Japanese title:My Life) on the Seven Seas label (King Records) as Patty Fink.^[4] As Patty she signed with Eastworld record label (Toshiba EMI), and released her second single, "Taiyo no Utopia" on February 5, 1980. This NTV drama theme music song peaked at No. 18 on the Oricon chart. In the same year, she sang other channel 4 drama's title songs "Konoyume no Hatemade"(Oricon #27) and "Ashita...Saku "(Oricon #29).　Without English lyrics "Ashita" is best remembered among Japanese people. She released three vinyl albums,"My Life"(1978) "Far Away"(1980) "Second Impression"(1981),and one compact disc, "Idol Miracle Bible Patty Best"(2003), reissue of her EMI albums and a single.^[5] As she is fluent in both Japanese and English, she appeared on television and radio shows a lot. She also posed in bikinis for Weekly Playboy magazine three times, and the cover of Heibon Punch magazine. She now lives with two chihuahuas in Tampa, Florida.

Music

Songs

My Life (written by Jimmie Haskell)
Taiyo no Utopia
Konoyume no Hatemade / Yesterday Is Gone
Kimagure ni Sayonara / Wind
Ashita...Saku
Létranger
Blue My Love
Ai no Country Song
Ai no Coffee Break
Omoide no Pendant (Kisetsu no Mayoigo)
Cisco yori Ai wo Komete / You Never Made Me Feel Bad
A Traveller in New Orleans
Lovers in Paris
The Land of the Midnight Sun
Jiyu heno Kokai / Far Away
Amor
Summer Love Affair
Squall Love
Pearl Islands
Nagisa no Omoide
Yumeiro Heart
Toki no Mayoigo

Albums

My Life 　(Original Soundtrack, last name misspelled as "Finck")
Far Away
Second Impression
Idol Miracle Bible Patty Best

Television

Bikkuri Nihon Shinkiroku
Kakkurakin Daihoso!!
Let's Go Young
8jidayo! Zenin Shugo (DVD release^[6])
Kohaku Utano Best Ten
Yanyan Utau Studio

Radio

Hyakumannin no Eigo (English for Millions)

American English Dojo with Hyde Yano
This program was very popular among English learners.
American English Dojo Audio

Yoru ha Tomodachi Koasa no Happy Talk
Akashiya Sanma no All Night Nippon

Magazines

Weekly Playboy
Heibon Punch

Trivia

One of her favorite memories was interviewing Styx for a concert at the age of 22. She was starstruck and could barely talk.^[7]
She went to Japan with Diana Ross for her Amway Tokyo Dome concert as her manager in 1994.

References

^ conversation with her Archived February 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
^ conversation with her Archived February 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
^ Patricia Fink about^{[non-primary source needed]}
^ MY LIFE 7" PS Japan PATTY FINK Archived February 9, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
^ Amazon Japan Patty Best
^ 8時だヨ！全員集合 2005 DVD-BOX
^ interviewing Styx for a concert^{[non-primary source needed]}

External links

Patricia Fink Facebook

[1] versation with her Archived February 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

[2] versation with her Archived February 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

[3] Patricia Fink about^{[non-primary source needed]}

[4] MY LIFE 7" PS Japan PATTY FINK Archived February 9, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

[5] Amazon Japan Patty Best

[6] 8時だヨ！全員集合 2005 DVD-BOX

[7] terviewing Styx for a concert^{[non-primary source needed]}

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