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Little Pattie

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{{Infobox musical artist

| image =

| name = Little Pattie

| caption = Lie Pattie, from an Australian Women's Weekly article published in September 1965.

| image_size =

| background = solo_singer

| birth_name = Patricia Thelma Amphlett

| alias =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1949|03|17}}

| birth_place = Paddington, Sydney, Australia

| death_date = {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}}

| origin = Sydney, Australia

| instrument = vocals, piano

| genre = {{hlist|Surf pop|country|adult pop|jazz}}

| occupation = Singer

| years_active = 1962–present

| label = {{hlist|EMI/His Master's Voice|Columbia|ATA/Festival|Labrava}}

| associated_acts = Col Joye & the Joy Boys

| website =

}}

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.McFarlane, (1999), {{cite web|url=http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=1020 |title=Little Pattie |accessdate=24 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040930214552/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=1020 |archive-date=30 September 2004 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/talkingheads/txt/s1838867.htm|title=Patricia Amphlett – Little Pattie|work=Talking Heads with Peter Thompson |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=12 February 2007 |access-date=24 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003224230/http://www.abc.net.au/talkingheads/txt/s1838867.htm |archive-date=3 October 2009}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.awm.gov.au/people/1078570.asp|title=9991810 Patricia Thelma 'Little Pattie' Amphlett, OAM|work=Who's who in Australian Military History|publisher=Australian War Memorial|accessdate=24 September 2009}}

Billed as Little Pattie, she released her debut single in November 1963, "He's My Blonde Headed, Stompie Wompie, Real Gone Surfer Boy" which peaked at No. 19 on the national Kent Music Report and entered No. 2 in Sydney.{{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1940–1969|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|isbn=0-646-44439-5|year=2005|publisher=Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd|location=Turramurra, New South Wales|title-link=Kent Music Report}} 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.

She appeared regularly on television variety programs, including Bandstand, and toured as a support act for Col Joye and the Joy Boys. 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.

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."{{Cite web|url=http://www.awm.gov.au/people/timeLine_1078570.asp|title=Timeline: 9991810 Patricia Thelma 'Little Pattie' Amphlett, OAM|work=Who's who in Australian Military History|publisher=Australian War Memorial|accessdate=24 September 2009}}

Beginnings

Patricia Thelma Amphlett was born in March 1949 in Paddington, New South Wales, and has an older brother, Joe. She is the first cousin of the late Chrissy Amphlett, former frontwoman of Australian band Divinyls. She was educated at King Street Primary School and Sydney Girls High School.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sghs.nsw.edu.au/History/index.html |title=Distinguished Old Girls |accessdate=25 May 2008 |work=The History of Sydney Girls High School |publisher=Sydney Girls High School |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622120326/http://www.sghs.nsw.edu.au/History/index.html |archive-date=22 June 2008 }} She was nicknamed "Little Pattie" at school as she had two taller friends also named Patricia.

At eight years old, she commenced piano lessons with Gwen Parsons, and then singing lessons when 11 years old.{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/12/11/1039379883643.html|title=Stomper wows real gone girls, but she's just Pattie|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|last=Doherty|first=Linda|date=12 December 2002|accessdate=25 September 2009}} Parsons also taught Noeleen Batley, a popular singer called "Australia's Little Miss Sweetheart".{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/longway/artist_index/littlepatti.htm|title=Artist: Little Pattie – Stories and Highlights|work=Long Way to the Top – Stories of Australian Rock N' Roll|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)|year=2001|accessdate=24 September 2009}} Both persuaded her to audition for the Nine Network TV teen variety show Saturday Date, where she was a hit. She first appeared on TV, singing on the Opportunity Knocks series, when she was 13. While a third-year high school student, at the age of 14, she performed weekly at the Bronte Surf Club as lead singer of the Statesmen with Nev Jade, Peter Maxworthy, Duncan McGuire (on bass guitar), Mark Rigby and Peter Walker. Singer-songwriter Jay Justin was impressed with her vocals and recommended her for a recording contract with EMI.

Teenage singing star

Little Pattie's debut single was the double A-sided "He's My Blonde Headed, Stompie Wompie, Real Gone Surfer Boy" / "Stompin' at Maroubra", both co-written by Jay Justin and record producer Joe Halford,{{Cite web|publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA)|title="He's My Blonde Headed Stompie Wompie, Real Gone Surfer Boy" at APRA search engine|url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Hes%20My%20Blonde%20Headed%20Stompie%20Wompie|accessdate=24 September 2009}}{{Cite web|publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA)|title="Stompin' At Maroubra" at APRA search engine|url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Stompin%20at%20Maroubra|accessdate=24 September 2009}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.poparchives.com.au/feature.php?id=1480|title=Little Pattie – He's My Blonde-Headed Stompie-Wompie Real Gone Surfer Boy|work=Pop Archives|accessdate=25 September 2009}} which used the surf music style and a dance style craze that was known as 'The Stomp'. It was released by EMI on His Master's Voice in November 1963 when she was aged 14, and reached No. 2 on the Sydney music charts (#1 was the Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand"), No. 6 in Brisbane, and peaked at No. 19 on the national Kent Music Report. Little Pattie left school in early 1964, and released her debut album, The Many Moods of Little Pattie on EMI/His Master's Voice. She had further hits on the Sydney charts with "We're Gonna Have a Party Tonight" (#18 in March), "Pushin' a Good Thing Too Far" (#28 in March 1965){{Cite web|url=http://www.poparchives.com.au/feature.php?id=334|title=Little Pattie – Pushin' a Good Thing Too Far|work=Pop Archives|accessdate=25 September 2009}} and "Dance Puppet Dance" (#9 in October).

Her popularity saw her voted as Australian Female Singer of the Year in 1965. She appeared frequently on television variety programs, including Bandstand, Saturday Date, An Evening With and Sing, Sing, Sing.

Little Pattie regularly toured supporting Col Joye & the Joy Boys, with Judy Stone, Cathy Wayne and international star Sandie Shaw. The Joy Boys included Joye's brothers Kevin Jacobsen on piano and Keith Jacobsen on bass guitar.{{cite encyclopedia|last=McFarlane |first=Ian |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop |title=Encyclopedia entry for 'Col Joye' |url=http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=968 |accessdate=24 September 2009 |year=1999 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |location=St Leonards, NSW |isbn=1-86508-072-1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040828074848/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=968 |archive-date=28 August 2004 }}

On 16 August 1966, 17 years old and {{convert|147|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} tall, Little Pattie became the youngest and shortest person to entertain troops during the Vietnam War. Along with Col Joye & the Joy Boys she performed three concerts each day{{Cite web|url=http://www.mannington.com.au/AVVRG/patricia.html |title=Special Fundraising Tour – Patricia Amphlett OAM (Little Pattie) |publisher=Australian Vietnam Volunteers Resource Group Incorporated (AVVRG) |accessdate=29 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090915073650/http://www.mannington.com.au/AVVRG/patricia.html |archive-date=15 September 2009 }} in Nui Dat. She was singing onstage backed by the Joy Boys when the Battle of Long Tan started on 18 August less than {{convert|4|km|mi}} away. Although organisers had promised her safety, she was evacuated from the area before the completion of her scheduled performances.

{{blockquote|During the third show I was given the sign, which of course is the fingers across the throat, which in show business means you better finish. We were very swiftly evacuated by Iroquois helicopters. We could see the jungle where the battle was well and truly taking place and I remember that instinctive... that feeling of – this is very bad; this is dangerous. This is going to be a sad night, and indeed it was. You know, 17-year-old thoughts and through 17-year-old eyes, I guess, but I could see thousands and thousands of orange lights, which of course was the gunfire, and I'll never forget it. Never.{{Cite web|url=http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connectasia/stories/200908/s2657927.htm|title=Vietnam war vets raise money for Nui Dat kindergarten|work=Radio Australia Today|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)|date=17 August 2009|accessdate=25 September 2009}}|Patricia Amphlett, 17 August 2009, Radio Australia Today}}

In the days after the battle, Joye and Little Pattie visited injured soldiers in hospital to comfort and sing to them. 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. 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. She subsequently appeared on several TV shows in America, including The Ed Sullivan Show.

Later career

As Little Pattie entered her twenties, she continued her career moving into adult contemporary music. During the 1972 Australian Federal election campaign she sang with other entertainers including Joye and Judy Stone in the Australian Labor Party's "It's Time" TV commercial, which featured future Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam. Styled as Pattie Amphlett from 1972, she released singles and albums on ATA / Festival Records and by 1977 had moved into country music. In 1973, she married Keith Jacobsen (Joy Boys' bass guitarist, ATA record producer and manager) and continued to perform on television and in clubs. Amphlett parted from Keith in 1984 and married Lawrie Thompson (a drummer) in 1986.

Her repertoire included swing tunes from Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart, and Cole Porter. In 1990, she toured China as vocalist for veteran jazz musician Graeme Bell and his Allstars. As Patricia Thompson, she became an active unionist in the entertainment industry, and a vocal teacher, later coaching Nikki Webster before her performance at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She 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.

In 2001 EMI re-released a compilation album, 20 Stompy Wompy Hits, which featured her early songs. The ABC-TV series Long Way to the Top was broadcast in August 2001.{{Cite web|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)|date=22 November 2002|url=http://www.abc.net.au/longway|title=ABC Online – Long Way to the Top|accessdate=13 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124010521/http://www.abc.net.au/longway/|archive-date=24 November 2010|url-status=dead}} Little Pattie featured on Episode 1, "Bed of a Thousand Struggles 1956–1964", where she discussed her early surf music and 'The Stomp' dance craze.{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/longway/episode_1|title=Episode 1: Bed of a Thousand Struggles 1956–1964|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=25 September 2009}} NOTE: The website quotes her as Little Patti [sic]. The TV series inspired the Long Way to the Top national concert tour during August–September 2002, which featured a host of the best Australian acts of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s including Little Pattie and Col Joye and the Joy Boys.{{Cite web|url=http://shop.abc.net.au/browse/product.asp?productid=719242 |title=Long Way to the Top – Live in Concert – DVD |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) |accessdate=13 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070914054350/http://shop.abc.net.au/browse/product.asp?productid=719242 |archive-date=14 September 2007 }}{{cite AV media notes|title=Long Way to the Top – Live in Concert|title-link=Long Way to the Top|others=Various Artists|year=2002|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}} In 2004, General Peter Cosgrove invited her to be patron of FACE (Forces Advisory Council on Entertainment) and she was invited to go to Iraq to perform for Christmas 2005 and New Year 2006. She performed at the "Salute to Vietnam Veterans" held at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on 19 August 2006.

In addition to her music career, Little Pattie was a member of the Council for the Australian War Memorial from 1995 until 1998, and received an Order of Australia Medal in 2003 for her services (as national President) to the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance and (as vice-president) to Actors' Equity. She has been on the Federal Executive of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU). In 2000 The Sydney Morning Herald included her on a list of the 'century's most loved faces', and she was included in a 1998 issue of Australian stamps featuring pop and rock acts.

On 27 August 2009, Little Pattie was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame alongside Kev Carmody, The Dingoes, Mental As Anything and John Paul Young. She 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".{{Cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25991757-2902,00.html|title=ARIA Award may heal Mental as Anything rift|last=Adams|first=Cameron|work=Herald Sun|date=27 August 2009|accessdate=28 August 2009}}

She is currently a singing teacher at various high schools in Sydney, including St Joseph's College and Burwood Girls High School.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} As from October 2023 Little Pattie was performing on the nostalgia circuit as the Good Old Days of Rock'n'roll, with fellow veterans, Digger Revell, Dinah Lee and Lucky Starr.{{cite news |url=https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/8402813/golden-oldies-celebrate-rocknrolls-pioneering-years/ |title=Little Pattie, Dinah Lee, Lucky Starr and Mre Reunite for Good Old Days Of Rock'n'roll |newspaper=Newcastle Herald |location=Newcastle, NSW |first=Josh |last=Leeson |date=28 October 2023 |access-date=23 May 2024 |url-access=subscription }}

Personal life

In 1973, Little Pattie married Joy Boys' bass guitarist and ATA record producer and manager Keith Jacobsen, brother of Colin (Col Joye) and Kevin Jacobsen. Keith and Little Pattie parted in 1984 and she subsequently married Lawrie Thompson in 1986.

National honours

Little Pattie received a Medal of the Order of Australia on 9 June 2003 for her services to the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (as National President) and to Actors Equity (as vice-president).{{Cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1043821|title=Search Australian Honours – Advanced Search – Name: AMPHLETT, Patricia Thelma|work=It's an Honour – Australia Celebrating Australians|date=9 June 2003|accessdate=24 September 2009}} On 27 August 2009, Little Pattie was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame alongside Kev Carmody, The Dingoes, Mental As Anything and John Paul Young.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/documents/2009ARIAHALLOFFAMEINDUCTEES17JULY2009.pdf |title=ARIA 2009 Hall of Fame announcement of inductees |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |date=17 July 2009 |accessdate=23 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912144458/http://aria.com.au/documents/2009ARIAHALLOFFAMEINDUCTEES17JULY2009.pdf |archive-date=12 September 2009 }}{{Cite news|url=http://www.undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=8784 |title=Mental As Anything, John Paul Young head to the Hall of Fame |last=Cashmere |first=Paul |work=Undercover.com.au |publisher=Cashmere Media Pty Ltd |date=18 July 2009 |accessdate=19 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719100214/http://undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=8784 |archive-date=19 July 2009 }}{{Cite news|url=http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=5&ContentID=156255|title=Love is in the Air at the ARIA Hall of Fame|last=Collins|first=Simon|work=The West Australian|publisher=West Australian Newspapers Limited|date=19 July 2009|accessdate=19 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421170949/http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=5|archive-date=21 April 2009|url-status=dead}}

Discography

Releases by Little Pattie unless otherwise indicated:{{Cite web |year=2002 |editor-last=Kimball |editor-first=Duncan |title=His Master's Voice |url=http://www.milesago.com/Industry/hmv.htm |accessdate=25 September 2009 |work=MILESAGO: Australasian Music and Popular Culture 1964–1975 |publisher=ICE Productions}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.milesago.com/Industry/ata.htm|title=ATA RECORDS|work=MILESAGO: Australasian Music and Popular Culture 1964–1975|editor-first=Duncan|editor-last=Kimball|publisher=ICE Productions|year=2002|accessdate=25 September 2009}}

=Albums=

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|+ List of albums, with Australian chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" | Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" | Album details

! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart
positions

scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | AUS
{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=178}}
scope="row" | The Many Moods of Little Pattie

|

  • Released: 1964
  • Format: LP
  • Label: His Master's Voice (OCLP-7621)

| align="center" {{n/a}}

scope="row" | Pattie

|

  • Released: 1965
  • Format: LP
  • Label: His Master's Voice (OCLP-7651)

| align="center" {{n/a}}

scope="row" | Little Things Like This

|

  • Released: 1965
  • Format: LP
  • Label: His Master's Voice (OCLP-7666)

| align="center" {{n/a}}

scope="row" | The Best of Little Pattie

|

  • Released: 1968
  • Format: LP
  • Label: Columbia Records (OSX-7877)
  • Compilation album

| align="center" {{n/a}}

scope="row" | I Will Bring You Flowers (as Pattie Amphlett)

|

  • Released: 1972
  • Format: LP
  • Label: Ata Records (SATAL-934579)

| align="center"| -

scope="row" | Sunshine of My Life (as Pattie Amphlett)

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| align="center"| -

scope="row" | Only if You Want to (as Pattie Amphlett)

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| align="center"| -

scope="row" | A Little Bit of Country (as Pattie Amphlett with Col Joye)

|

  • Released: 1978
  • Format: LP
  • Label: Pisces Records (L 27031)

| align="center"| 86

scope="row" | 20 Stompie Wompie Hits!

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  • Released: 1980
  • Format: LP, Cassette
  • Label: EMI Music (EMY.504)
  • Compilation album

| align="center"| -

=Extended plays=

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! Title

! Details

scope="row" | Little Pattie

|

  • Released: 1964
  • Format: 7-inch EP
  • Label: His Master's Voice (7EGO 70044)
scope="row" | Pushin' a Good Thing Too Far

|

  • Released: 1965
  • Format: 7-inch EP
  • Label: His Master's Voice (7EGO 70050)
scope="row" | Dance Puppet Dance

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  • Released: 1965
  • Format: 7-inch EP
  • Label: His Master's Voice (7EGO 70057)
scope="row" | I'll Eat My Hat

|

  • Released: 1967
  • Format: 7-inch EP
  • Label: His Master's Voice (7EGO 70077)

=Singles=

{{Singles discography | all_albums= yes | charts=2 | include_footnote = yes

| chartA = Go-Set
{{Cite web|url=http://www.sitelevel.com/query.go?crid=727d92946b2bcd67&query=%22Little+Pattie%22|work=Go-Set|title=Go-Set search engine results for "Little Pattie"|publisher=Waverley Press|accessdate=23 October 2009}} NOTE: Go-Set published its national charts from October 1966 until August 1974

| chartB = KMR

| title1 = He's My Blonde-Headed, Stompie Wompie, Real Gone Surfer Boy" /
"Stomping at Maroubra | album1 = Little Pattie | year1 = 1963 | peak1B = 19 | ref1 = A | note1 = by Little Pattie & the Statesmen

| title2 = We're Gonna Have a Party Tonight | album2 = The Many Moods of Little Pattie | albumspan2 = 3 | year2 = 1964 | yearspan2 = 3 | | peak2B = 41 | note2 = by Little Pattie & the Statesmen

| title3 = He's My Boy | peak3B = 71

| title4 = Surfin' Time Again | peak4B = 91

| title5 = Pushin' a Good Thing Too Far | peak5B = 34 | year5 = 1965 | yearspan5 = 4 | album5 = Pushin' a Good Thing Too Far {{noitalic|EP}}

| title6 = Dance Puppet Dance | peak6B = 29 | album6 = Dance Puppet Dance {{noitalic|EP}}

| title7 = My Love | album7 = Little Things Like This | albumspan7 = 2

| title8 = Game of Love

| title9 = Never Gonna Love Again | album9 = {{noitalic|Non-album single}} | albumspan9 = 4 | year9 = 1966 | yearspan9 = 4

| title10 = Don't Walk Away

| title11 = Let Me Dream | peak11B = 81

| title12 = With Love from Jenny | peak12B = 88 | note12 = by Bryan Davies & Little Pattie

| title13 = I'll Eat My Hat | album13 = I'll Eat My Hat | year13 = 1967 | yearspan13 = 4 | peak13A =38{{Cite web|url=http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1967/19670531.html|work=Go-Set|title=Go-Set Australian charts – 31 May 1967|publisher=Waverley Press|accessdate=31 August 2009}} | peak13B = 45

| title14 = If He Would Care | album14 = {{noitalic|Non-album single}} | albumspan14 = 5

| title15 = I Knew Right Away

| title16 = Let Me Down Lightly{{cite magazine|title=International News Reports: Essex Music Scoring High on Aussie Chart|magazine=Billboard. Nielsen Company|page=82|date=9 December 1967}}

| title17 = Sunshine Boy | year17 = 1968 | yearspan17 = 2

| title18 = Love Is a Happy Thing | peak18B = 53 | note18 = by Grantley Dee & Little Pattie

| title19 = Gravitation | album19 = Beautiful in the Rain | albumspan19 = 2 | year19 = 1969 | yearspan19 = 2 | peak19B = 67

| title20 = Someone Out There

}}

{{Singles discography | all_albums= yes | charts=2 | include_footnote = yes

| chartA = Go-Set

| chartB = KMR
{{Cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, NSW|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|title-link=Kent Music Report}} Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.

| title1 = The Penthouse | album1 = Beautiful in the Rain | year1 = 1969

| title2 = April Fool | album2 = {{noitalic|Non-album single}} | year2 = 1971

| title3 = Save Me | album3 = I Will Bring You Flowers | albumspan3 = 2 | year3 = 1972 | yearspan3 = 2 | note3 = by Pattie Amphlett

| title4 = Carolina | note4 = by Pattie Amphlett

| title5 = What's Your Mama's Name | year5 = 1973 | album5 = {{noitalic|Non-album single}} | note5 = by Pattie Amphlett

| title6 = Kentucky Blues | album6 = Sunshine of Your Life | year6 = 1974 | note6 = by Pattie Amphlett

| title7 = Only If You Want To | album7 = Only If You Want To | albumspan7 = 3 | year7 = 1976 | note7 = by Pattie Amphlett | peak7B = 61

| title8 = You'll Never Know | year8 = 1977 | yearspan8 = 2 | note8 = by Pattie Amphlett

| title9 = What Am I Gonna Do? | note9 = by Pattie Amphlett

| title10 = Ain't Nothing Gonna Keep Me from You | year10 = 1980 | album10 = {{noitalic|Non-album single}}

}}

=Charity singles=

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|+ List of charity singles

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year

! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:30em;"| Notes

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUS
{{cite web|url=https://www.auspop.com.au/2014/07/chart-watch-28/|title=Chart Watch|date=5 July 2014|access-date=18 March 2021|archive-date=15 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515054415/https://www.auspop.com.au/2014/07/chart-watch-28/|url-status=dead}}
scope="row"| "I Touch Myself" (as part of the I Touch Myself Project)

| 2014

| 72

|style="text-align:left;"| The I Touch Myself Project launched in 2014 with a mission to encourage young women to touch themselves regularly to find early signs of cancer.{{cite news|url=https://itouchmyself.org/2014/|title=I Touch Myself 2014|website=I Touch Myself|access-date=18 March 2021|archive-date=19 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119201233/https://itouchmyself.org/2014/|url-status=dead}}

=Film=

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|+

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Type

1988Breaking Loose: Summer City IIMoondoggy (as Little Patty Amphlett)Feature film

Notes

:A.{{Note|A}}"He's My Blonde-Headed, Stompie Wompie, Real Gone Surfer Boy" / "Stompin' at Marourbra" was originally released as a double A-sided single by Little Pattie & the Statesmen in November 1963. Both tracks appeared on the EP, He's My Blonde Headed Real Gone Stompie Wompie Surfer Boy in December and subsequently appeared on the album, The Many Moods of Little Pattie in 1964.

Awards and nominations

=ARIA Music Awards=

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987. Little Pattie was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-award.php?awardID=36 |title=Winners by Award: Hall of Fame |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |accessdate=23 October 2020 |archive-date=2 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202052952/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-award.php?awardID=36 |url-status=dead }}

{{awards table}}

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| 2009

| herself

| ARIA Hall of Fame

| {{yes2|inductee}}

{{end}}

=Australian Women in Music Awards=

The Australian Women in Music Awards is an annual event that celebrates outstanding women in the Australian Music Industry who have made significant and lasting contributions in their chosen field. They commenced in 2018.

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| 2018{{cite web |url=https://womeninmusicawards.com.au/2018-recipients-finalists/|title=2018 Recipients Finalists|website=women in Music Awards|date=October 2018|access-date=19 March 2021}}

| Patricia Amphlett

| Lifetime Achievement Awards

| {{yes2|awarded}}

|-

| 2024{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-03/winners-of-the-2024-australian-women-in-music-awards/104427326|title=Australian Women in Music Awards shine a light on women in the Australian music industry |website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date= 3 October 2024|access-date=4 October 2024}}

| Patricia Amphlett

| AWMA Honour Roll

| {{yes2|awarded}}

{{end}}

=Go-Set Pop Poll=

The Go-Set Pop Poll was coordinated by teen-oriented pop music newspaper, Go-Set and was established in February 1966 and conducted an annual poll during 1966 to 1972 of its readers to determine the most popular personalities.{{Cite web | url = http://users.ncable.net.au/~ronjeff/top40/oz_king.htm | title = Australian Music Awards | publisher = Ron Jeff | accessdate = 16 December 2010 | archive-date = 30 June 2012 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120630220831/http://users.ncable.net.au/~ronjeff/top40/oz_king.htm | url-status = dead }}

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| 1966

| herself

| Female Vocal

| 4th

|-

| 1967

| herself

| Female Vocal

| 5th

|-

| 1968

| herself

| Female Vocal

| 4th

|-

{{end}}

=Mo Awards=

The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. Little Pattie won one award in that time.{{cite web|url=https://www.moawards.com.au/awardwinners|title=MO Award Winners|website=Mo Awards|access-date=16 March 2022|archive-date=7 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307064432/https://www.moawards.com.au/awardwinners|url-status=dead}}

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|-

| 2009

| Little Pattie

| John Campbell Fellowship Award

| {{won}}

|-

{{end}}

Honours and awards

100px Vietnam Logistic and Support Medal

100px Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)

References

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  • {{Cite journal|title=An interview with Patricia Thompson (Little Pattie)|last=Johnson|first=Bruce|journal=Popular Music and Society|volume=27|issue=1|publisher=Routledge|year=2004|pages=55–77|issn=0300-7766|doi=10.1080/0300776042000166611|s2cid=194080544}}
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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070829232052/http://ataallstarartists.com.au/Little_Pattie.html Little Pattie], ATA Allstar Artist profile
  • [http://www.abc.net.au/longway/artist_index/littlepatti.htm Brief biography], Long Way to the Top, ABC
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20071116055701/http://www.rfts.com.au/ Reach For The Stars] Performing Arts Website
  • Australian War Memorial archive: copyright photographs of Pattie preparing for, and performing in, Vietnam (August 1966): [http://cas.awm.gov.au/TST2/cas_disp_pkg.pr_detailed_scr?surl=1618195656ZZMVBBDJSSHZ&acid=2000&pi_query_id=15241181&pi_umo_id=490446&ps_selected_coll=ALL&ps_view_type=BRIEF¤t_page_number=1&ps_access_level=Public]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [http://cas.awm.gov.au/TST2/cas_disp_pkg.pr_detailed_scr?surl=1618195656ZZMVBBDJSSHZ&acid=2000&pi_query_id=15241181&pi_umo_id=490447&ps_selected_coll=ALL&ps_view_type=BRIEF¤t_page_number=1&ps_access_level=Public]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [http://cas.awm.gov.au/TST2/cas_disp_pkg.pr_detailed_scr?surl=1618195656ZZMVBBDJSSHZ&acid=2000&pi_query_id=15241181&pi_umo_id=477815&ps_selected_coll=ALL&ps_view_type=BRIEF¤t_page_number=1&ps_access_level=Public]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [http://cas.awm.gov.au/TST2/cas_disp_pkg.pr_detailed_scr?surl=296461036ZZZFAHQQPJCFR&acid=2000&pi_query_id=15244336&pi_umo_id=477813&ps_selected_coll=ALL&ps_view_type=BRIEF¤t_page_number=1&ps_access_level=Public]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • Other copyright photos: [http://www.poparchives.com.au/UserFiles/Image/pattie/lpattie%20bw%20140.jpg PopArchives], [https://web.archive.org/web/20090708061143/http://www.defence.gov.au/opEx/global/opcatalyst/images/gallery/20051225/index.htm Operation Catalyst, Iraq, December 2005]

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