Biography
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Born
28 February 1938 (age 87)
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Born In
Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Patti Kim Hye-ja (born February 28, 1938 in Seoul, South Korea, is a prominent Korean pop singer. She is commonly referred to as a "Super Star" by South Korean media. In 1959, one year after Kim graduated from Seoul Jungang Girls' High School, she debuted as a singer at a stage of the Eighth United States Army. In 1963, as a recommendation by composer, Park Chun-seok, Kim sang Pledge of Love (Sarangui maengse), an adapted song of Till and gained a popularity. With the collaboration with Gil Ok-yun, a renown composer and her first husband, Kim announced a lot of hit songs, and albums including "Sawori gamyeon" (literally, Once the April is gone), "Sarangui changa" (Song in praise of Love), "Saranghaneun Maria" (Dear Maria), "Motiteo" (Don't forget you) which are still favored by mid aged fans. During the marriage until 1972, they produced about 70 albums, and 500 to 600 songs.
In 1978 Patti Kim became the first South Korean pop singer who showed her singing performance at the stage of Sejong Center, which only allowed for classical musicians at that time. In 1996, she was honored the Hwagwan Cultural Merit by the South Korean regime as the third singer after Kim Jeong-gu, and Lee Mi-ja.
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