Martin, Carrie Lennard, Claus Regli, Iain Whitmore and Francis Lickerish. Patti began her teaching career in Wuhan maple leaf international school with her life partner John Smith since 2011, she spent first few years teaching English even she only had limited ESL training, she later became a librarian. She was not married to John Smith, but her students still call her as Mrs. Smith. She also held school's music dramas each year with John Smith during her stay in Wuhan, few students in dramas ended up in Berklee College of Music. She made a podcast called "Travels with John Smith" in May, 2020 to talk about her life and travels during her time of teaching in Wuhan, China. Discography 1982: single 'Une espèce de Canadienne' (Pathé/Campagne/Pathé Marconi) written by Didier Barbelivien 1983: album and single 'Je veux l'aimer'(Pathé) 1984: 'Je cherche un partenaire' (Campagne/Carrere), written by Romain Didier 1985: 'Darling' (Carrere), written by Cécil Maury, Christian Eclement and Patti Layne 1987: 'Extrême je t'aime'(Phonogram) and later 'Déshabillez-moi' (Bandit/Phonogram), co-writing the B side, 'Evadez-moi' with Fabrice Aboulker, Pascal Stive and Mark Lavoine. 1988: 'Fille de l'hiver' (Phillips/Phonogram) written by Marc Lavoine and Fabrice Aboulker and wrote the English lyrics for 'Northern Girl' which was on the B side 1988: participated in 'Liban' (75 artists for Liban), a humanitarian project 1989: co-wrote Camelot (Philips/Phonogram) with Fabrice Aboulker 2010: album, 'Prairie Burn', co-written with Barnaby Lee, Dzal Martin, Carrie Lennard, Claus Regli, Iain Whitmore, Francis Lickerish, Bogart Giner and Wendy Thomson References External links Official website Artist page at CD Baby Discography at Discogs Discography at Encyclopédisque Patti Layne on MySpace 1956 births Living people Canadian women singer-songwriters Canadian women singers Musicians from Saskatoon Writers from Saskatoon