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Australian Noeleen Batley was born on Christmas Day and made her show business debut singing on a Sydney radio station when she was five-years-old. She was so short she had to stand on a box to reach the microphone. She sat down and wrote letters to the three Sydney television stations asking for an audition. She got them, and a spot on a TV show.

A record company executive saw her and signed her up to a recording contract with local label, Festival records.

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She made one record, Starry Eyed , which went nowhere. A few months later, against her better judgement, she made Barefoot Boy. It made her the first local girl ever to reach the Top 10 in the local hit parade. She continued to record for Festival until when she went on a tour of Europe and England. She eventually settled in England, in , and continued to perform there.

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