PATSY ANN NOBLE

Patricia "Trisha" Ann Ruth Noble was born on 3 February 1944 in Marrickville and grew up in Sydney Her father was Clarence Lancelot "Buster" Noble (1 March 1913 – 1990), a comedian and singer; her mother was Helen De Paul (born Helen McGoulrick, 1921–2007), an entertainer, singer, dancer and comedian on the Tivoli circuit. During World War II, Buster served as a sergeant in the Waratahs Entertainment Unit in the AIF from November 1942 to January 1946. Noble has a younger sister, Amanda. In 1950, Noble appeared onstage with her parents and had her own radio programme. By age 14, she was qualified to teach ballet.

Noble rose to fame as a teenage singing star in the 1960s under the name Patsy Ann Noble. Her singing career was encouraged by Brian Henderson, the compere of the Australian version of Bandstand, where she made regular appearances. She was signed to the Australian HMV Records and released her first single '' I Love You So Much It Hurts / Like I'm In Love'' in November 1960. She became good friends with a young Peter Allen, who had formed the successful Allen Brothers with Chris Bell, and released one of his compositions "Busy Lips" in January 1961. However, it was not until Johnny Devlin, a New Zealand singer-songwriter, handed her the lyrics of "Good Looking Boy" that she found chart success. It was released in November 1961 and charted in Brisbane #13, Sydney #16, Melbourne #6, Adelaide #8 and Hobart #3. It was released in the United Kingdom but did not reach the Top 100.

Noble won the 'Best Female Singer of the Year' Logie Award for 1961, presented by TV Week and supported The Everly Brothers and Cliff Richard and the Shadows on their tours to Australia. In 1962, she travelled to London where she was given a two-year contract with Columbia Records. There, she released many "girl group"-sounding pop songs including "Sour Grapes" (February 1963), "I'm Nobody's Baby" (1963) and "Accidents Will Happen" (1963) but received little commercial success. In 1963, she appeared in the British musical film Live It Up! (with music produced by Joe Meek), although only in a singing role. In 1964 Columbia released a couple of her EPs in France. In 1966, Noble released "He Who Rides a Tiger" which peaked at #21 on the British Top 30.

In the second half of the 1960s, she turned to acting and made her dramatic screen debut in a 1965 BBC television production entitled The Snowball, and soon found herself appearing on other television series, including the 1966 Danger Man episode "Not So Jolly Roger" (in which her recording "He Who Rides a Tiger" was featured), Callan with Edward Woodward, and films such as Death Is a Woman (1966), in which Noble had a lead role as the femme fatale), and Carry On Camping (1969).

After 1967, Noble had changed her name to Trisha Noble in order to distance herself from her years as a teen singer. She signed with American label MGM and released ''Live For Life / The New Israeli Patchka'' in 1968. She relocated to the United States beginning in 1971 and appeared in films and television series. Noble returned to Australia in 1983 with her son Patrick because her father, Buster, was seriously ill. She re-established a career there as a theatrical actress. She continued to perform on the live stage and, as of 2007, appeared with the new National Music Theatre Company, Kookaburra, in their premiere season of Pippin as Berthe at the Sydney Theatre. She died from cancer in 2021.

SINGLES
''I Love You So Much It Hurts / Like I'm In Love'' (#83) 1960 HMV

''Busy Lips / It's Always The Way'' 1961 HMV
''A Guy Who Can Mend A Broken Heart / Good Looking Boy'' (#17) 1961 HMV
''I'm Not Supposed To Know / Oh, My Little Baby Darling (I Love You) 1962 HMV
''Once In A Lifetime / Don't Love And Run'' 1962 HMV
''Don't You Ever Change Your Mind / Sour Grapes'' 1963 Columbia
''Heartbreak Avenue / I'm Nobody's Baby'' 1963 Columbia
''I Was Only Foolin' Myself / Ordinary Love'' 1963 Columbia
''I'll Be Thinking Of You / When You Find Your True Love'' 1963 HMV
'' I Did Nothing Wrong / Better Late Than Never'' 1964 Columbia
''Private Property / Crack In The Door'' 1964 Columbia
''Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye / If You Wanna Be More Than Friends'' 1965 Columbia
''Senza Fine / Devil Called The Blues'' 1966 Festival
''Live For Life / The New Israeli Patchka'' [as Trisha Noble] 1968 MGM

ALBUMS

'Just For You' 1962 HMV

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisha_Noble

http://top100singles.blogspot.com.au/