Little Pattie

Little Pattie
Birth namePatricia Thelma Amphlett
Born (1949-03-17) 17 March 1949 (age 75)
Paddington, Sydney, Australia
OriginSydney, Australia
Genres
OccupationSinger
Instrument(s)vocals, piano
Years active1962–present
Labels

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]

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]

  1. ^ a b c d McFarlane, (1999), "Little Pattie". Archived from the original on 30 September 2004. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Patricia Amphlett – Little Pattie". Talking Heads with Peter Thompson. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 12 February 2007. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
  3. ^ a b c d "9991810 Patricia Thelma 'Little Pattie' Amphlett, OAM". Who's who in Australian Military History. Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
  4. ^ Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940–1969. Turramurra, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd. ISBN 0-646-44439-5. Note: Australia had no contemporaneous national charts until Go-Set published their Australian National Charts from 5 October 1966. Chart positions for 1940–1969 were back calculated by David Kent in 2005.
  5. ^ "Timeline: 9991810 Patricia Thelma 'Little Pattie' Amphlett, OAM". Who's who in Australian Military History. Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 24 September 2009.