Had a #1 hit recording, (w/James Ingram), with "Baby, Come to Me," in December 1982.
Patti Austin Detailed Biography -
Patti Austin is an African American R&B and jazz music singer born August 10, 1948 in Harlem New York. She made her debut at the Apollo Theater at age four and had a contract with RCA Records when she was only five. Quincy Jones and Dinah Washington have proclaimed themselves as her godparents.
By the late 1960s Austin was a prolific session musician and commercial jingle singer. By the 1980s she was signed to Jones's Qwest Records and she began having hits. She charted twenty R&B songs between 1969 and 1991 and had success on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where she hit #1 in 1981 with "Do You Love Me?" / "The Genie."
The album containing that hit, Every Home Should Have One, also produced her biggest mainstream hit. "Baby, Come To Me," a duet with James Ingram, peaked at #73 on the Hot 100 in early 1982. After being featured as the love theme in a prominent storyline on the soap opera General Hospital, the song re-entered the pop chart in October and went to #1 in early 1983.
Austin continued to have minor chart hits through the remainder of the 1980s, although no other singles reached the Hot 100 Top 40. She does not have chart hits today but she still produces new music.
Albums
1976: End Of A Rainbow
1977: Havana Candy
1979: Live At The Bottom Line
1980: Body Language
1981: Every Home Should Have One
1983: In My Life
1984: Patti Austin
1985: Gettin' Away With Murder
1988: The Real Me
1990: Love Is Gonna Getcha
1991: Carry On
1992: Live
1994: That Secret Place
1998: In & Out Of Love
1999: Street Of Dreams
2001: On The Way To Love
2002: For Ella
Compilations
1994: The Best Of Patti Austin
1995: The Ultimate Collection
2001: The Very Best Of Patti Austin
2002: Collection
2003: Baby Come To Me And Other Hits
2005: Love Collection
