Sue Thompson later moved with her family to live in San Jose, California.
10 Facts About Sue Thompson
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Sue Thompson married when she was 17, and had a daughter at 20, but the marriage failed and she and her husband split up after three years.
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Sue Thompson released numerous singles on Mercury between 1951 and 1954, with no chart action.
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Penny and Thompson hosted a TV show in Los Angeles together before eventually moving to Las Vegas.
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In 1960, Thompson signed on with Columbia Records, who renamed the singer "Taffy Thomas" and issued one non-charting single under this artist name.
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Thereafter, the Taffy Thomas moniker was quickly dropped, and Sue Thompson signed with Hickory Records.
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Sue Thompson recorded further solo singles for the country charts, like "Big Mable Murphy", which made the Top 50 in 1975 and "Never Naughty Rosie", her last chart single in 1976.
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Sue Thompson performed mainly at the Las Vegas casinos and at clubs in Hollywood, like the Palomino Club.
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Sue Thompson appeared on American Bandstand, Where the Action Is, The Buddy Deane Show, and The Lloyd Thaxton Show.
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Sue Thompson died at her daughter's home in Pahrump, Nevada, on September 23,2021, at the age of 96.