Little Pattie subsequently went on to record adult contemporary music.
23 Facts About Little Pattie
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Little Pattie appeared regularly on television variety programs, including Bandstand, and toured as a support act for Col Joye and the Joy Boys.
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Little Pattie was entertaining troops during the Vietnam War in Nui Dat, Vietnam, as an Australia Forces Sweetheart, when the nearby Battle of Long Tan began on 18 August 1966.
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Little Pattie is the first cousin of the late Chrissy Amphlett, former frontwoman of Australian band Divinyls.
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Little Pattie was educated at King Street Primary School and Sydney Girls High School.
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Little Pattie was nicknamed "Little Pattie" at school as she had two taller friends named Patricia.
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Little Pattie first appeared on TV, singing on the Opportunity Knocks series, when she was 13.
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Little Pattie's popularity saw her voted as Australian Female Singer of the Year in 1965.
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Little Pattie appeared frequently on television variety programs, including Bandstand, Saturday Date, An Evening With and Sing, Sing, Sing.
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From 1966, Little Pattie was performing solo in cabarets and clubs, she continued releasing singles and albums with EMI until 1970, and then signed with Joye's ATA recording label and management group.
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Little Pattie subsequently appeared on several TV shows in America, including The Ed Sullivan Show.
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Little Pattie's repertoire included swing tunes from Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart, and Cole Porter.
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Little Pattie has taught at a number of Sydney high schools: Burwood Girls High School, St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, Mercy College, Chatswood and Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview.
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Little Pattie performed at the "Salute to Vietnam Veterans" held at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on 19 August 2006.
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Little Pattie has been on the Federal Executive of the Australian Council of Trade Unions.
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On 27 August 2009, Little Pattie was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association Hall of Fame alongside Kev Carmody, The Dingoes, Mental As Anything and John Paul Young.
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Little Pattie was inducted by her cousin, Christina Amphlett of Divinyls, with former Australian Idol star, Lisa Mitchell performing "He's My Blonde-Headed, Stompie Wompie, Real Gone Surfer Boy".
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Little Pattie is currently a singing teacher at various high schools in Sydney, including St Joseph's College and Burwood Girls High School.
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In 1973, Little Pattie married Joy Boys' bass guitarist and ATA record producer and manager Keith Jacobsen, brother of Colin and Kevin Jacobsen.
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Keith and Little Pattie parted in 1984 and she subsequently married Lawrie Thompson in 1986.
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Little Pattie received a Medal of the Order of Australia on 9 June 2003 for her services to the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance and to Actors Equity.
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On 27 August 2009, Little Pattie was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association Hall of Fame alongside Kev Carmody, The Dingoes, Mental As Anything and John Paul Young.
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Little Pattie was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2009.