Biography of Patti Scialfa

Patti Scialfa’s real name is Vivienne Patricia ‘Patti’ Scialfa. Born on July 29, 1953, she is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist who was a member of the E Street Band since 1984. She is also the wife of another famous American singer-songwriter, Bruce Springsteen. In 2014, Scialfa was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the E Street Band.

Patti Scialfa was born and raised in the Jersey Shore community of Deal, New Jersey. Her father is Joseph Scialfa and her mother is Patricia Scialfa. She is of mixed ethnicity, as her father was of Sicilian descent and her mother was from Belfast, Northern Ireland. She has two brothers; one older and one younger, as well as half-siblings from her father’s second marriage.

Patti Scialfa Attended Asbury Park High School, Asbury Park, Monmouth County, New Jersey and graduated from high school in 1971. She also has a music degree from New York University, obtained after transferring from the Jazz Conservatory at University of Miami at the Frost School of Music. .

Patti Scialfa had a deep love for music and a real passion for writing songs since her childhood. She loved writing songs and later she worked professionally as a backup singer for New Jersey bar bands. In 1994, she had an interview with Lear magazine, where she stated that she had little talent for anything other than music. She attended college solely to further her ambitions as a performer while also meeting her parents’ expectations.

Patti Scialfa’s attempt to pursue a career in the music industry wasn’t exactly a piece of cake. He began by sending original material to other artists in the hope that it would be recorded; but unfortunately, none of his songs were recorded. After graduation, he worked as a busker and waitress in Greenwich Village. However, she did not give up hope and soon formed a street group known as the Trickster, along with Soozie Tyrell and Lisa Lowell.

Patti Scialfa’ struggled to make her way in the music industry for many years in New York and New Jersey, before finally getting the chance to play Folk City and Kenny’s Castaways in Greenwich Village. She also had a brief role in The Stone Pony’s house band ‘Cats on a Smooth Surface’, which gained her public attention and eventually recording work with Southside Johnny and David Johansen.

Patti Scialfa joined the E Street Band in 1984 and appeared on the Rolling Stones’ Dirty Work album in 1986; her leaving the unique vocal mark of hers on ‘One Hit (To the Body)’, as well as other tracks. Since then, she has recorded three solo albums: Rumble Doll (1993), 23rd ^Street Lullaby (2004) and Play It as It Lays (2007). The first two albums received four-star reviews, and the third received three and a half stars from Rolling Stone magazine.

Patti Scialfa is currently married to Bruce Springsteen. They first lived in New Jersey, then in New York, and then moved to Los Angeles to start a family. The couple gave birth to their first child, Evan James Springsteen, and later married in 1991. Their second child, Jessica Rae Springsteen, was born the same year, and three years later, a third child, Samuel Ryan Springsteen, was born. The family returned to New Jersey in the early 1990s and now lives in Colts Neck, New Jersey. Scialfa’s success in the music industry has earned him a net worth of $50 million.