Sue Thompson (born Eva Sue McKee; July 19, 1925) is an American pop and country music singer. She is best known for the million selling hits "Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)" and "Norman", both pop hits in the early 1960s and her 1965 hit "Paper Tiger".
In San Jose, she won a talent contest, thus catching the attention of a bandleader and radio/TV host named Dude Martin, who invited her to sing with his band. This led to their marriage. They recorded duets together, including "If You Want Some Lovin'", which helped her get a solo contract from Mercury Records in 1950.In 1962, "Have a Good Time" was a Top 40 hit and in 1963, "Willie Can" was a minor hit. Her early 1960s' hits made Thompson, then in her late-thirties, a favorite among the teenage crowd and briefly a rival to the much younger Connie Francis and Brenda Lee. Two additional hits, also written by Loudermilk, were "James (Hold the Ladder Steady)" and "Paper Tiger."
"Paper Tiger" in 1965 was her last Top 30 hit, and also her biggest hit in Australia, where it reached #2. In the late 1960s, she went back to country music and released the album This Is Sue Thompson Country in 1969.[citation needed] 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 periodically perform.
01. Sue Thompson - Oh Lonesome Me
02. Sue Thompson - Norman
03. Sue Thompson - Tonight (Could Be The Night)
04. Sue Thompson - Love Me To Pieces
05. Sue Thompson - Nine Little Teardrops)
06. Sue Thompson - Throwin Kisses
07. Sue Thompson - (Till) I Kissed You
08. Sue Thompson - Angel Angel
09. Sue Thompson - Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)
10. Sue Thompson - Never Love Again
11. Sue Thompson - Give Myself A Party
12. Sue Thompson - If You Don't Somebody Else Will
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