Patricia Paay
Encyclopedia
Patricia Anglaia Margareth Paaij (born April 7, 1949), best known as Patricia Paay, is a Dutch
singer, radio host, glamour model and television personality. In the Netherlands, she is well known for her musical career, which spans over four decades. She is also regularly featured on Dutch television and in Dutch tabloid media.
and retired from music in the Netherlands in the mid-1980s to set up home with Adam in the U.S.
and help develop his career. She now lives in the UK
with her daughter Christina Curry. Her ex-husband Adam is back in America. Paay sang many of the popular music remixes under the Stars on 45
brand name and was a member of the spin-off act Star Sisters
, alongside sister Yvonne Keeley
.
On 20 May 2009, the Dutch weekly gossip magazine Story published an interview with Patricia Paay saying that she will divorce after 20 years of marriage.
and popular in the Netherlands, perhaps Mrs. Curry-Paay's best known release there (English language) was her 1977 cover of the Robert Knight
hit, co-written by Buzz Cason
and Mac Gayden, and made famous by Love Affair
in 1967, 'Everlasting Love
'; from her album, The Lady Is a Champ.
In 2008 Paay participated as a judge on Holland's Got Talent
. It currently airs on SBS 6 hosted by Gerard Joling. Co-Judging with Paay is Henkjan Smits (who in the past also judged Idols
and X Factor
) and Robert Ronday (manager of Circus Herman Renz
).
In 2010 she was the main guest in an episode of the television show Gehaktdag
.
. In November 2009, it was reported that Paay would pose for the December 2009 issue of the Dutch version of the magazine at age 60. It will be the third time she has posed for Playboy.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
singer, radio host, glamour model and television personality. In the Netherlands, she is well known for her musical career, which spans over four decades. She is also regularly featured on Dutch television and in Dutch tabloid media.
Personal life
She met Adam CurryAdam Curry
Adam Clark Curry is a broadcasting and Internet personality well known for his stint from 1987 to 1994 as a video jockey on the music video channel MTV. In the mid-1990s, Curry was a World Wide Web entrepreneur and one of the first celebrities to personally create and administer a Web site...
and retired from music in the Netherlands in the mid-1980s to set up home with Adam in the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and help develop his career. She now lives in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
with her daughter Christina Curry. Her ex-husband Adam is back in America. Paay sang many of the popular music remixes under the Stars on 45
Stars on 45
Stars on 45 was a Dutch novelty pop act that was briefly very popular in the United Kingdom, throughout Europe, the United States and Australia in the early 1980s. The group later shortened its name to Stars On in the U.S., while in the U.K. and Ireland it was known as Starsound...
brand name and was a member of the spin-off act Star Sisters
Star Sisters
The Star Sisters were a female Dance/Pop trio from The Netherlands that were very popular during the 1980s, most notably as the ladies who performed the chorus as members of Jaap Eggermont's studio act Stars on 45 and in a spinoff in which they performed as The Andrews Sisters in a medley that...
, alongside sister Yvonne Keeley
Yvonne Keeley
Yvonne Keeley is a Dutch pop music singer. She is the sister of Patricia Paay. Her surname is often misspelt as Keely....
.
On 20 May 2009, the Dutch weekly gossip magazine Story published an interview with Patricia Paay saying that she will divorce after 20 years of marriage.
Career
Being DutchDutch people
The Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...
and popular in the Netherlands, perhaps Mrs. Curry-Paay's best known release there (English language) was her 1977 cover of the Robert Knight
Robert Knight (musician)
Robert Knight is an American singer best known for the 1967 recording of the song "Everlasting Love".-Career:Born in Franklin, Tennessee, Knight made his professional vocal debut with the Paramounts, a harmony quintet consisting of schoolfriends...
hit, co-written by Buzz Cason
Buzz Cason
Buzz Cason is an American rock singer, songwriter, producer and author....
and Mac Gayden, and made famous by Love Affair
Love Affair (band)
Love Affair were a London based pop, soul, R&B group formed in 1966. They had several UK Singles Chart Top 10 hits, including the number one success "Everlasting Love".-Personnel:The band primarily featured the following —...
in 1967, 'Everlasting Love
Everlasting Love
"Everlasting Love" is a song written by Buzz Cason and Mac Gayden that has been a hit for various artists, including Robert Knight, Carl Carlton, Love Affair, and Gloria Estefan.- Overview :...
'; from her album, The Lady Is a Champ.
In 2008 Paay participated as a judge on Holland's Got Talent
Got Talent series
The Got Talent franchise is a British TV format conceived and owned by Simon Cowell's SYCOtv company. A pilot show was made in Britain, hosted by Paul O'Grady, but after O'Grady's split with ITV, the series was postponed, resulting in America's Got Talent - the first full series of the format...
. It currently airs on SBS 6 hosted by Gerard Joling. Co-Judging with Paay is Henkjan Smits (who in the past also judged Idols
Idols (Netherlands)
Idols is a television show on the Dutch television network RTL 4, which is part of the Idol series based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in the Netherlands....
and X Factor
X Factor (Netherlands)
X Factor is a Dutch television music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions. It is shown Friday evenings on the RTL4 Network in the Netherlands. The first series of the show aired from October 2006 through to February 2007, while the second series of the show...
) and Robert Ronday (manager of Circus Herman Renz
Circus Herman Renz
Circus Herman Renz is the largest circus in the Netherlands, and has been touring the Netherlands and other countries since 1911.-Establishment of the circus:...
).
In 2010 she was the main guest in an episode of the television show Gehaktdag
Gehaktdag
Gehaktdag is a Dutch television show. It is aired on Fridays on Nederland 3 by the AVRO. In the show, a Dutch celebrity is satirically critiqued by two teams. The show is presented by Ruben Nicolai and the team captains are Tijl Beckand and Horace Cohen...
.
Playboy
In 1984, Paay was the first glamour model in the Dutch edition of PlayboyPlayboy
Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
. In November 2009, it was reported that Paay would pose for the December 2009 issue of the Dutch version of the magazine at age 60. It will be the third time she has posed for Playboy.
Singles
- 1966 - No one can love you like I do (als Patricia)
- 1967 - You called me baby (as Patricia)
- 1967 - Je bent niet hip (as Patricia) ( 12e in Dutch top 40 )
- 1967 - Wat moet ik doen (as Patricia) ( 36e in Dutch top 40 )
- 1968 - Corriamo (als Patricia) ( 33e in Dutch top 40 )
- 1968 - Hey girls (als Honey Bee)
- 1968 - Hey taxi (as Patty Paay) (German single)
- 1968 - Dat is de liefde (as Patricia)
- 1968 - Tambourine girl (as Patricia)
- 1969 - Kleine tovenaar (as Patricia)
- 1969 - Sim sala bim (as Patricia)
- 1969 - Fisherman king (as Patricia, with BrainboxBrainboxBrainbox is a Dutch rock group from the late 1960s/early 1970s. It was founded in Amsterdam by guitarist Jan Akkerman, drummer Pierre van der Linden and singer Kazimir Lux . Their debut single was "Down Man", which established their progressive blues sound...
) - 1969 - Sing me a lovesong/All or nothing (as Honey Bee & the Harbourlights)
- 1970 - Were you there (als PackagePackagePackage can refer to:* Packaging and labeling* Package testing* Mail item larger than a letter* Chip package or chip carrier, in electronics, the material added around a component or integrated circuit to allow it to be handled without damage and incorporated into a circuit* Automotive package, in...
- occasion formation from Patricia Paay, The Buffoons, Left Side and Unit Gloria) ( tipparade ) - 1970 - Tell me (you're never gonna leave me) (as Patricia, accompanied by The Golden EarringGolden EarringGolden Earring are a Dutch rock band, founded in 1961 in The Hague as the Golden Earrings . They had international chart success with the songs "Radar Love" in 1973, "Twilight Zone" in 1982, and "When the Lady Smiles" in 1984. In their home country, they had over 40 hits and made over 30 gold and...
) ( tipparade ) - 1971 - Put your hand in the hand (as member of Himalaya) ( tipparade )
- 1972 - I believe in love (as Honey Pie (= with her sister Yvonne PaayYvonne KeeleyYvonne Keeley is a Dutch pop music singer. She is the sister of Patricia Paay. Her surname is often misspelt as Keely....
)) - 1973 - Easy Boy (as background singer at Greenfield & Cook) (8e in Dutch top 40)
- 1973 - Music lovin' girl (as member of occasion formation Sealegs)
- 1975 - Can you please crawl out your window
- 1976 - Children come home
- 1976 - Someday my prince will come ( 22e in Dutch top 40 )
- 1976 - Now (is the moment) ( 20e in Dutch top 40 )
- 1977 - Who's that lady with my man ( 2e in Dutch top 40 )
- 1977 - Livin' without you ( 5e in Dutch top 40 )
- 1978 - Everlasting love
- 1978 - Malibu ( 14e in Dutch top 40 )
- 1979 - The best friend I know (duet with Yvonne KeeleyYvonne KeeleyYvonne Keeley is a Dutch pop music singer. She is the sister of Patricia Paay. Her surname is often misspelt as Keely....
) ( 26e in Dutch top 40 ) - 1979 - You colour my life (promosingle for Mary QuantMary QuantMary Quant OBE FCSD is a British] fashion designer and British fashion icon, who was instrumental in the mod fashion movement. She was one of the designers who took credit for inventing the miniskirt and hot pants. Born in Blackheath, London, to Welsh parents, Quant brought fun and fantasy to...
) - 1979 - You make it allright (duet with Jacques Kloes) ( 25e in Dutch top 40 )
- 1980 - Give it to me ( tipparade )
- 1980 - Maybe - To know him is to love him ( 31e in Dutch top 40 )
- 1981 - Who let the heartache in ( 9e in Dutch top 40 )
- 1981 - Saturday nights ( 15e in Dutch top 40 )
- 1982 - A dime a dance
- 1982 - Queen for tonight
- 1982 - Tomorrow ( 6e in Dutch top 40 )
- 1983 - Solitaire ( 16e in Dutch top 40 )
- 1987 - Stop me ( tipparade )
- 1992 - De wereld (duet with Rob de NijsRob de NijsRob de Nijs is a Dutch singer and actor, active since the 1960s.-1962-68:De Nijs, backed by The Lords, released his first single in 1962, Ritme van de Regen. In 1966 he embarked on a joint circus-tour with Johnny Lion...
) ( tipparade ) - 1995 - I've never been to me
- 1998 - I Love My Daughter Aimee (with Adam CurryAdam CurryAdam Clark Curry is a broadcasting and Internet personality well known for his stint from 1987 to 1994 as a video jockey on the music video channel MTV. In the mid-1990s, Curry was a World Wide Web entrepreneur and one of the first celebrities to personally create and administer a Web site...
her former husband and daughter Christina) - 2000 - Daddy (as Patricia Paay & the John Paay Orchestra)
- 2009 - Who's that lady with my man '09 (John Marks featuring Patricia Paay)
- 2009 - Verliefd (Duet with DiegoDiegoDiego is a Spanish male name derived from the Hebrew Yaʻăqōbh , via the name of Saint James the Great , re-analysed as Santiago and San Diego...
)