PATSY BISCOE

Patsy Biscoe (born 21 March 1946) was born in Shimla, India, to a British army officer and civil servant. She came to Australia with her family due to the Partition of India, grew up in Sydney, and moved with her family to Sandy Bay in Hobart when she was nine. She won a classical singing scholarship after making an unscheduled appearance at the St Mary's College annual eisteddfod.

While studying medicine at the University of Tasmania, she sang and played some guitar in the Sunday night jazz club. Her studies and fledgling career were interrupted by a car accident which damaged her sight. She was a finalist in the Starflight International talent quest of the Australian television show Bandstand, competing for an overseas trip and a recording contract. She recorded her first LP 'The Voice Of Patsy Biscoe' in Sydney in 1965 with CBS records which included a couple of singles during that time. In the 1970s/80s she released many children's music albums containing nursery rhymes and similar children's songs that has sold in excess of 500,000 units in her musical career.

She gained fame in her adopted home of Adelaide when she regularly appeared on the Nine Network children's show, Here's Humphrey (1965–2008), which she hosted from September 1970. Later she was a presenter on local TV children's show, Channel Niners. She also appeared as a singer on another children's TV show, Fat Cat and Friends (1972–91), on SAS-10. In October 1980 she promoted wearing seat belts for children in a TV ad campaign by the Road Safety Council in South Australia.

After retiring from performing, Biscoe became a naturopath. She has also been Deputy Mayor of the Barossa Council local government area and Chair of the Tanunda Town Committee. Biscoe was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2016 for her services to music and her local community.

SINGLES

''I Thought I Heard Somebody Call My Name (#99) / When I Grow Up'' 1966 CBS
''Whose Fault Was That, Babe / Baby, Hold Me (Here Comes The Night)'' 1966 CBS
''Merry Christmas To The World / Don't You Cry'' 1986 Powderworks
''I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas / I Saw Mummy Kissing Santa Claus'' EMS

ALBUMS

'The Voice Of Patsy Biscoe' 1966 CBS
'Sings Your Fifty Favourite Nursery Rhymes' (#77) 1973 EMS
'Songs To Play On A Rainy Day (For Children Of All Ages)' 1973 EMS
'Games & Songs To Play On Your Birthday' 1978 EMS
'Jesus Loves Me' 1979 EMS
'Songs For Sunday And Every Other Day' 1979 Omega
'Morning Has Broken - 25 Children's Favourites' 1980 Music World

'Patsy's Christmas Album' (#62) 1980 EMS
'50 Favourite Nursery Rhymes Vol. Two' (#48) 1982 J&B
'50 Favourite Nursery Rhymes Vol. Three' (#91) 1983 J&B
'Come Waltzing Matilda' 1986 Powderworks
'Happy Birthday And Party Songs - With Patsy Biscoe' 1986 Powderworks
'Patsy Biscoe Sings Favourite Children's Songs' 1986 Powderworks
'Hush Little Baby' 1987 Powderworks
'Who Built The Ark?' 1987 Powderworks
'Once Upon A Time With Pasty Biscoe' 1989 RCA
'Songs For Sunday' 1990 CBS

References

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

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