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Patricia Paay
Person · female · Kingdom of the Netherlands · Rotterdam · born 1949
Dutch singer
Also known as 帕特里夏·帕伊
Timeline
1940s
Biography
Biography
Patricia Anglaia Margareth Paaij (born 7 April 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. Singer Yvonne Keeley is her sister.
In 1984, Paay was the first glamour model in the Dutch edition of Playboy. In 2009, Paay posed for the December issue of the Dutch version of the magazine at age 60, making it the third time she had posed for Playboy.
Family
She was married to Adam Curry between 1989 and 2009 and they have one daughter, Christina Curry.
Albums
Portret van Patricia (1969)
Beam of Light (1975)
The Lady Is a Champ (1977)
Malibu Touch (1978)
Playmate (1981)
Dreamworld (1983)
Time of My Life (1995)
Singles
1966 - No one can love you like I do (as Patricia)
1967 - You called me baby (as Patricia)
1967 - Je bent niet hip (as Patricia; #12 in Dutch top 40)
1967 - Wat moet ik doen (as Patricia; #36 in Dutch top 40)
1968 - Corriamo (as Patricia; #33 in Dutch top 40)
1968 - Hey girls (as 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 Brainbox)
1969 - Sing me a lovesong/All or nothing (as Honey Bee & the Harbourlights)
1970 - Were you there (Paay, The Buffoons, Left Side, and Unit Gloria)
1970 - Tell me you're never gonna leave me (as Patricia, accompanied by Golden Earring)
1971 - Put your hand in the hand (as member of Himalaya)
1972 - I believe in love (as Honey Pie; with her sister, Yvonne)
1973 - Easy Boy (as background singer at Greenfield & Cook; #8 in Dutch top 40)
1973 - Music lovin' girl (as member of Sealegs)
1975 - Can you please crawl out your window
1976 - Children come home
1976 - Someday my prince will come (#22 in Dutch top 40)
1976 - Now is the moment (#20 in Dutch top 40)
1977 - Who's that lady with my man (#2 in Dutch top 40)
1977 - Livin' without you (#5 in Dutch top 40)
1978 - Everlasting love
1978 - Malibu (#14 in Dutch top 40)
1979 - The best friend I know (duet with sister Yvonne) (#26 in Dutch top 40)
1979 - You colour my life (promo single for Mary Quant)
1979 - You Make it Alright (duet with Jacques Kloes; #25 in Dutch top 40)
1980 - Give it to me
1980 - Maybe - To know him is to love him (#31 in Dutch top 40)
1980 - Sweets For My Sweet - Definitely Too Young
1981 - Who let the heartache in (#9 in Dutch top 40)
1981 - Saturday nights (#15 in the Dutch top 40)
1982 - A dime a dance
1982 - Queen for tonight
1982 - Tomorrow (#6 in Dutch top 40)
1983 - Solitaire (#16 in Dutch top 40)
1987 - Stop me
1992 - De wereld (duet with Rob de Nijs)
1995 - I've never been to me
1998 - I Love My Daughter Aimee (with Adam Curry, her former husband, and their 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 - Verlief (duet with Diego)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 6 | 38.9th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Patricia Paay head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 6 | 38.9th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 nl · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Patricia_Paay.pngcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2514778genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2514778seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Paaybiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Paay
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Dutch musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: AVRO · CC BY-SA 3.0 nl · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q2514778 · MusicBrainz: 7e9d209e-e760-4f0f-a845-117476ae07d7
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