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Peggy March

German Pop

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Listen to I Will Follow Him by Peggy March, see lyrics, music video & more!
I Will Follow HimPeggy March
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I Wish I Were a PrincessPeggy March
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Wind-Up DollPeggy March
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I Will Follow Him (feat. Jose Hoebee)Peggy March
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This Heart Wasn't Made to Kick AroundPeggy March
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Latest Release

Listen to Mit 17 hat man noch Träume (Jubiläums Edition) by Peggy March
ALBUMMit 17 hat man noch Träume (Jubiläums Edition)Peggy March

More albums from Peggy March

Listen to Raritäten by Peggy March
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ALBUMAlways and ForeverPeggy March
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ALBUMGet HappyPeggy March
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ALBUMEine Handvoll ParadiesPeggy March
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ALBUMElectrifyingPeggy March
Listen to Fly Away Pretty Flamingo (Originale) by Peggy March
ALBUMFly Away Pretty Flamingo (Originale)Peggy March
Listen to Costa Brava (Originale) by Peggy March
ALBUMCosta Brava (Originale)Peggy March
Listen to Lady Music (2023 Remaster) by Peggy March
ALBUMLady Music (2023 Remaster)Peggy March
Listen to Mein Lied für Peggy (2023 Remaster) by Peggy March
ALBUMMein Lied für Peggy (2023 Remaster)Peggy March
Listen to Meine Welt (2023 Remaster) by Peggy March
ALBUMMeine Welt (2023 Remaster)Peggy March
Listen to No Foolin' by Peggy March
ALBUMNo Foolin'Peggy March
Listen to In Our Fashion by Peggy March & Bennie Thomas
ALBUMIn Our FashionPeggy March & Bennie Thomas
Listen to I Will Follow Him by Peggy March
ALBUMI Will Follow HimPeggy March

Peggy March's Popular Music Videos

Watch Es ist schwer, dich zu vergessen (ZDF Hitparade 02.09.1972) music video by Peggy March
Es ist schwer, dich zu vergessen (ZDF Hitparade 02.09.1972)
Peggy March
Watch Sommerliebe Good-Bye (ZDF Drehscheibe 12.7.1974) [VOD] music video by Peggy March
Sommerliebe Good-Bye (ZDF Drehscheibe 12.7.1974) [VOD]
Peggy March

About Peggy March

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Hometown
Lansdale, PA, United States
Born
March 8, 1948
Genre
German Pop
Little Peggy March, age 15 years old, only ever had one big hit during her decade with RCA Records, but that song, "I Will Follow Him," spent three weeks at the number one spot on the charts and even topped the R&B charts for a week as well. It pretty well helped define the early girl group sound, as much as the Shangri-Las' "Leader of the Pack" or "Great Big Kiss" did at the later end of the musical genre. Her subsequent hits, "I Wish I Were a Princess" (which was featured prominently in John Waters' period romp Hairspray) and "Hello Heartache, Goodbye Love," scored much lower in the Top 40. RCA continued to record March for ten years, right into the early '70s, but she never scored an American hit of any consequence after early 1964. By contrast, in Europe, she was a popular recording artist for many years and scored several major hits, especially in Germany, where she moved in 1969. Margaret Battavio, aka Little Peggy March, had dreamt of a singing career for most of her young life, and had been winning talent contests as a young girl. She was signed to RCA in 1962 at age 14, and made her debut that year with a cover of the song "Little Me," taken from a Sid Caesar Broadway hit, which vanished without a trace. Her second single was to ensure her place in the pop music reference books, however. English-born girl singer Petula Clark, who'd been recording since the mid-'50s, had recently scored a hit in France with a song called "Chariot" on the Vogue label. RCA producers Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore ("Hugo and Luigi"), best known today for their work with Sam Cooke, found the song and got March to record the number in a new version with simpler lyrics, now known as "I Will Follow Him." Clark's recording was a slow, moody, soulful piece, with the singer seeking the depths of the song's meaning, all without the doo wop-style "did-ip, da did-ip, da did-ip" chorus. It sounded like the work of a woman. March's recording, by contrast, picked up the tempo, added a doo wop-style male chorus and a pulsing arrangement, prominent drums and chorus, and her breathy, breathless reading of the lyrics. It sounded like the work of a passionate girl, and it defined the girl group sound as much as numbers like "Johnny Angel." March eventually released an entire album built around her sudden number one hit, including "I Wish I Were a Princess," which reached the Top 40 in 1963. The rest of the album was a pretty collection of tuneful teen pop, the world of romance as seen through the persona of a 15-year-old, including such numbers as "My Teenage Castle (Is Tumbling Down)" and "Johnny Cool." She subsequently saw modest chart success in America with the magnificent "Hello Heartache, Goodbye Love," a near-cousin of "I Will Follow Him" in beat and arrangement, which reached the Top 30 and also became a hit in England; and also with "The Impossible Happened," a funny, silly little teenage girl's romantic lament, which made the American Top 50. In early 1964, March was still reaching the lower ends of the charts with Paul Anka's "(I'm Watching) Every Move You Make," but after that, music began changing very rapidly with the advent of the British Invasion sound. She recorded 18 singles for RCA between 1964 and 1971 and several albums as well, none of which charted in any serious way in America. As it turned out, the United States comprised only one part of the audience she was trying to reach, and listeners in Europe were far more interested in March as an American pop star than Americans were. She moved to Germany with her husband/manager, Arnie Harris, and enjoyed a career in recording, variety show performances, and television appearances. In the '80s, March returned to America, where she continues to be best known for "I Will Follow Him" and the naive early girl group sound that it represents, some 35 years after it was first released. ~ Bruce Eder & Richie Unterberger

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