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| Sue Thompson | |
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| Birth name | Eva Sue McKee |
| Born | July 19, 1925 |
| Origin | Nevada, Missouri |
| Genre(s) | Pop, Country |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 1950– present |
| Label(s) | Hickory Records, Mercury Records |
| Associated acts | Lesley Gore, Skeeter Davis |
| Website | Sue Thompson Unofficial Site |
Sue Thompson (born Eva Sue McKee July 19, 1925, Nevada, Missouri) is an American pop and country music singer. She is best known for the hits "Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)" and "Norman", both pop hits for her in the 1960s, featuring her breathy voice.
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Sue Thompson was born Eva Sue McKee in 1925 in Nevada, Missouri. At the age of seven, she was already singing and playing the guitar on stage.[1] When she and her family moved out west to San Jose, she appeared on the Hometown Hayride TV program. During World War II, she worked at a defense plant. She married when she was 20, and had a daughter, but the marriage failed and she and her husband split up after three years. To keep supporting herself after her divorce, she returned to the nightclub scene in California. In San Jose, she won a talent contest, thus catching the attention of bandleader and radio/TV host Dude Martin. Martin invited Thompson to sing with his band, and this eventually led to their marriage. They recorded some duets together, including "If You Want Some Lovin'", which helped her get her own solo contract from Mercury Records in 1950.
Within only a year, she had divorced Martin to marry Hank Penny, a comedian and singer. Penny and Thompson hosted a TV show in Los Angeles together before eventually moving to Las Vegas. Thompson recorded separately and also with her husband for Decca Records. However, none of their songs ever gained any real success. In 1960, Thompson signed on with Hickory Records. In 1961, "Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)" became a #5 hit on the pop charts, and she followed this up successfully with "Norman", which reached #3. Both of these hit singles were written by songwriter John D. Loudermilk. In 1962, "Have a Good Time" was a Top 40 hit and in 1963, "Willie Can" was a minor hit. With her lighthearted and breathy voice, Thompson became a favorite among the teenage crowd of the time, even though she was in her late thirties. Two further hits, also written by Loudermilk, were "James (Hold the Ladder Steady)" and "Paper Tiger".
"Paper Tiger" in 1965 was her last Top 30 hit. In the late 60s, she went back to country music and released the album This Is Sue Thompson Country in 1969. In 1971 she worked with country music singer Don Gibson on some albums, and they had minor hits with "I Think They Call It Love", "Good Old Fashioned Country Love" and "Oh, How Love Changes". She 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. She also performed mainly at the Las Vegas casinos and at clubs in Hollywood, like the Palomino Club. In the 1990s she settled in Las Vegas, and continues to perform from time to time.
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | ||
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| US Hot 100 | US Country | US AC | |||
| 1961 | "Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)" | 5 | — | 1 | Meet Sue Thompson |
| "Norman" | 3 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | "Two of a Kind" | 42 | — | 8 | Two of a Kind |
| "Have a Good Time" | 31 | — | 9 | Golden Hits | |
| "If Only the Boy Knew" (flip side) | 112 | — | — | ||
| "James (Hold the Ladder Steady) | 17 | — | — | ||
| "Willie Can" | 78 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | "What's Wrong Bill" | 135 | — | — | Paper Tiger |
| 1964 | "Big Daddy" | 132 | — | — | single only |
| "Paper Tiger" | 23 | — | — | Paper Tiger | |
| 1965 | "What I'm Needin' Is You" | 115 | — | — | |
| 1971 | "The Two of Us Together" / "Love's Garden" (w/ Don Gibson) | — | 71 | — | The Two of Us Together |
| "I Think They Call It Love" (w/ Don Gibson) | — | 37 | — | ||
| 1972 | "Candy and Roses" | — | 72 | — | single only |
| "Cause I Love You" (w/ Don Gibson) | — | 64 | — | The Two of Us Together | |
| "Come Go With Me" (w/ Don Gibson) | — | 52 | — | ||
| 1973 | "Warm Love" / "Fly the Friendly Skies With Jesus"" (w/ Don Gibson) | — | 53 | — | |
| 1974 | "Good Old Fashioned Country Love" (w/ Don Gibson) | — | 31 | — | Oh, How Love Changes |
| 1975 | "Oh, How Love Changes" (w/ Don Gibson) | — | 36 | — | |
| "Big Mable Murphy" | — | 50 | 40 | Big Mable Murphy | |
| 1976 | "Never Naughty Rosie" | — | 95 | — | single only |
| "Get Ready, Here I Come" (w/ Don Gibson) | — | 98 | — | Oh How Love Changes | |
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