This week for our JAS June Experience Highlight we are featuring Patti Austin and her HUGE CAREER!
With Patti Austin it is all about lists: List of Solo Albums, List of Companies she sang jingles for, and a List of Artists she has worked with. We decided to stick with those three because this blog would be pages long if we made more!
List of Solo Albums:
Currently Patti Austin has released 19 Solo Albums from 1976 – 2016. This list does not include live albums, collaborative albums, albums she is featured on and compilation albums. Chronologically here are Patti Austin’s Solo Albums:
- 1976 – End of a Rainbow
- 1977 – Havana Candy
- 1980 – Body Language
- 1981 – Every Home Should Have One
- 1984 – Patti Austin
- 1985 – Gettin’ Away with Murder
- 1988 – The Real Me
- 1990 – Love is Gonna Getcha
- 1991 – Carry On
- 1994 – That Secret Place
- 1996 – Jukebox Dreams
- 1998– In & Out of Love
- 1999 – Street of Dreams
- 2001 – On the Way to Love
- 2002 – For Ella
- 2003 – “Papillon” featuring Patti Austin and Frances Yip
- 2007 – Avant Gershwin
- 2011 – Sound Advice
- 2016 – Might Musical Fairy Tales
List of Companies she sang Jingles For:
During the 1960s Patti was known as the “Queen of the Jingles” or referred to herself as “the duchess of the jingle business”. She was considered a vocal chameleon who was the go-to to mimic styles of popular musicians at the time. Patti has had as many as 175 spots broadcast in a single week and earned as much as $80k from a two-hour session. Here is just a sample of the companies she recorded for:
- Lincoln-Mercury
- Almay
- Avon
- Burger King
- Impluse
- KFC
- Maxwell House
- McDonald’s
- Meow Mix
- Stouffer’s
- The United States Army
List of Artist she has worked with:
Born in 1950 in Harlem, New York to famous jazz trombonist, Gordon Austin, Patti grew up performing and being associated with some of the greats. So this list is also just a sample of who has worked with in her during her decades long career:
- George Benson
- Roberta Flack
- Angela Bofill
- Noel Pointer
- Quincy Jones
- Billy Joel
- Michael Bolton
- Chaka Khan
- Luther Vandross
- Dinah Washington
- Harry Belafonte
- James Brown
- Paul Simon
- Roberta Flack
- George Benson
- Cat Stevens
- Steely Dan
- Austin Qwest
- James Ingram
- Michael Jackson