Little Pattie
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Patricia Thelma Thompson (née Amphlett) OAM (born 17 March 1949), known professionally as Little Pattie, is an Australian singer who started her career as a teenager in the early 1960s, recording surf pop, with her backing group The Statesmen. She subsequently went on to record adult contemporary music.[1][2][3]
Little Pattie | |
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Birth name | Patricia Thelma Amphlett |
Born | (1949-03-17) 17 March 1949 (age 75) Paddington, Sydney, Australia |
Origin | Sydney, Australia |
Genres | |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Instrument(s) | vocals, piano |
Years active | 1962–present |
Labels |
Billed as Little Pattie, she released her debut single in November 1963, "He's My Blonde Headed, Stompie Wompie, Real Gone Surfer Boy"[1][3] which peaked at No. 19 on the national Kent Music Report and entered No. 2 in Sydney.[4]
She appeared regularly on television variety programs, including Bandstand, and toured as a support act for Col Joye and the Joy Boys.[1][3] Little Pattie was entertaining troops during the Vietnam War in Nui Dat, Vietnam, as an Australia Forces Sweetheart (in the vein of Lorrae Desmond, Dinah Lee and others), when the nearby Battle of Long Tan began on 18 August 1966.[1][2][3]
In 1994 she received the Vietnam Logistic and Support Medal "in recognition of her services in support of the Australian Armed Forces in operations in Vietnam."[5]