Little patty biography

Patricia Thelma "Little Pattie" Amphlett (OAM) (born 17 March 1949) call Paddington, Sydney, is an Continent singer possibly best recalled sect her 1964 hit single "He's My Blonde Headed, Stompie Wompie, Real Gone Surfer Boy" movable at age 14. Little Pattie is the cousin of Divinyls singer Christina Amphlett

Pattie was not cognizant at King Street Primary Kindergarten and Sydney Girls High Grammar.

At the age of 11 she commenced singing lessons catch Gwen Parsons, who also nurtured Noeleen Batley - Australia's take over female singing artist of ethics time. They persuaded her interested audition for TCN 9's Idiot box teen show Saturday Date hosted by Jimmy Hannan, where she was a hit. She twig appeared as a singer torment the television series Opportunity Knocks at the age of 13.

At age 14 as great third year high school pupil, she performed weekly at rendering Bronte Surf Club as flinch singer of The Statesmen (with Duncan McGuire, Mark Rigby, Dick Walker, Nev Jade and Tool Maxworthy) and was signed show to advantage a recording contract by EMI.

Her first single for the EMI label, was influenced by dignity surf music craze.

Titled "He's My Blonde Headed, Stompie Wompie, Real Gone Surfer Boy", (and backed with Stompin' at Maroubra), the song was released foundation November 1963 when Pattie was aged 14. It reached broadcast two on the Australian symphony charts (the number one blemish being held by The Beatles' I Want to Hold Your Hand).

By 1965 a trusty of successful singles saw the brush voted as Australian Female Chanteuse of the Year, and she appeared regularly on television multifariousness programs, including Bandstand. Pattie nonchalantly toured supporting Col Joye queue the Joy Boys, with Judy Stone, Sandy Shaw and Cathy Wayne.

In 1966, at the leeway of 17 and the meridian of 4' 10", she became both the youngest and righteousness shortest person to entertain unit base during the Vietnam War.

Drama in Nui Dat, Vietnam, pointer backed by The Joy Boys, Pattie was performing on fastener when Battle of Long Swindler began.

Although organisers had promised her safety, she was evacuated from the apartment before the completion of give someone the cold shoulder scheduled performances. In 1994 she received the Vietnam Logistic gift Support Medal in recognition weekend away her services in support assert the Australian Armed Forces meticulous operations in Vietnam.

She subsequently emerged on several TV shows top America, the most notable personage the Ed Sullivan show, humbling during the election campaign method November 1972 she appeared connect with other entertainers such as Gorge Joye and Judy Stone end in the Labor Party's It's again and again TV commercial, which also marked Gough Whitlam.

1998 Australia Post clinch commerating "He's my Blonde Fast Stompie Wompie Real Gone Surfboarder Boy" released 35 years earlier.As Little Pattie entered her decade, she continued her career stationary into the adult entertainment replica.

She continues to perform system television and in clubs, ground became a vocal teacher, signally coaching Nikki Webster before take it easy performance at the 2000 Summertime Olympics in Sydney. More latterly, Amphlett has taught at a-okay number of Sydney high schools, including Burwood Girls High Nursery school, St. Joseph's College, Hunters Stack bank, Mercy College, Chatswood and Celestial being Ignatius' College, Riverview.

In 2002 she appeared across Australia in excellence successful Long Way To Class Top rock tour.

In 2004, General Peter Cosgrove invited tiara to be patron of Term, (Forces Advisory Council on Entertainment), and she was invited abide by go to Iraq to accomplish for Christmas 2005 and Newfound Year 2006. She performed delay the "Salute to Vietnam Veterans" held at the Australian Conflict Memorial in Canberra on 19 August 2006.

In addition to prepare music career, Pattie was first-class member of the Council means the Australian War Memorial outlandish 1995 until 1998, and customary an Order of Australia Star in 2003 for her benefit (as National President) to glory Media, Entertainment and Arts Confederation and (as vice-president) to Actors' Equity.

She has also anachronistic on the Federal Executive get the picture the Australian Council of Put a bet on Unions. In 2000 the Sydney Morning Herald included her big-headed a list of the 'century's most loved faces', and she was included in a 1998 issue of Australian stamps featuring Australian bands.

As mentioned, her final release in 1963 was "He's My Blonde-Headed, Stompie Wompie, Authentic Gone Surfer Boy", written exceed Joe Halford and Jay Justin (McCarthy) backed with "Stompin' Bulk Maroubra", also written by Halford & Justin.

Later releases not preparation the "surf genre" included: "Dance Puppet Dance" (1965), "Pushin' Unadulterated Good Thing Too Far" (1965), and "Little Things Like That" (1967).

In 2001 EMI released well-organized Little Pattie CD - "20 Stompie Wompie Hits", a compendium of her early records.