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American singer (1925–2021)

For the Scottish pool player, see Sue Thompson (pool player).

Musical artist

Sue Thompson (born Eva Sue McKee; July 19, 1925 – September 23, 2021) was an American pop and country music singer.

She is best known for the million selling 1961 hits "Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)" and "Norman", "James (Hold The Ladder Steady)" (1962), and "Paper Tiger" (1965).

Early life

Thompson was born in Nevada, Missouri in July 1925.

Singer sue thompson biography of jose garcia

By the age of 7, she was singing and playing the guitar on stage. She later moved with her family to live in San Jose, California.^[1]

During World War II, she worked at a defense plant. She 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.

To keep supporting herself after her divorce, she returned to the nightclub scene in California, now using the name Sue Thompson. In San Jose, she won a talent contest, thus catching the attention