Little Peggy March aka Peggy March (born Margaret Annemarie Battavio on Mar… Read Full Bio ↴Little Peggy March aka Peggy March (born Margaret Annemarie Battavio on March 8, 1948, Lansdale, Pennsylvania) is an American pop music singer. She was discovered at age thirteen singing at a wedding and was introduced to the record producer duo Hugo & Luigi. They gave her the nickname Little Peggy March because of her 4'10" height, the fact that she was thirteen, the first record she did with them was "Little Me", and her birthdate was in March.
In April 1963, her single "I Will Follow Him" had soared to number one on U.S. charts. Recorded in early January 1963 and released January 22 of that year, it made Peggy March the youngest female singer with a number one hit at age fifteen. The record also took the number one spot in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Scandinavia.
Her success also came with financial trouble. March was a minor and the Coogan Law prevented her parents from managing her money. The responsibility was placed on her manager, Russell Smith. It was discovered in 1966 that he had squandered the fortune away, leaving her with $500. She soon had a new manager, Arnie Harris, who became her husband and gave her one daughter, Sande, born in 1974.
Though she is remembered by some as a one-hit wonder, her singles "I Wish I Were a Princess" and "Hello Heartache, Goodbye Love" made the Top 30 in the United States and the United Kingdom. She began making a very strong presence in the European and Asian music markets, and she moved to Germany around 1969. Her commercial success in Germany continued through much of the 1970s. In 1979 she experimented with disco on the album, Electrifying, but it failed to achieve commercial success. By 1981 record companies did not renew her contracts, and she moved back to the United States. A retro fad in Germany brought her some continuing success starting in the mid-1990s. Her song "I Will Follow Him" largely inspired the beat in the Eminem and Dr. Dre song Guilty Conscience, and was also featured in the 1992 movie Sister Act. Currently she works largely in the Las Vegas music scene.
In April 1963, her single "I Will Follow Him" had soared to number one on U.S. charts. Recorded in early January 1963 and released January 22 of that year, it made Peggy March the youngest female singer with a number one hit at age fifteen. The record also took the number one spot in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Scandinavia.
Her success also came with financial trouble. March was a minor and the Coogan Law prevented her parents from managing her money. The responsibility was placed on her manager, Russell Smith. It was discovered in 1966 that he had squandered the fortune away, leaving her with $500. She soon had a new manager, Arnie Harris, who became her husband and gave her one daughter, Sande, born in 1974.
Though she is remembered by some as a one-hit wonder, her singles "I Wish I Were a Princess" and "Hello Heartache, Goodbye Love" made the Top 30 in the United States and the United Kingdom. She began making a very strong presence in the European and Asian music markets, and she moved to Germany around 1969. Her commercial success in Germany continued through much of the 1970s. In 1979 she experimented with disco on the album, Electrifying, but it failed to achieve commercial success. By 1981 record companies did not renew her contracts, and she moved back to the United States. A retro fad in Germany brought her some continuing success starting in the mid-1990s. Her song "I Will Follow Him" largely inspired the beat in the Eminem and Dr. Dre song Guilty Conscience, and was also featured in the 1992 movie Sister Act. Currently she works largely in the Las Vegas music scene.
Watch What You Do With My Baby
Little Peggy March Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Little Peggy March:
(I'm Watching) Every Little Move You Make I'm watching you Watching you to see What you're doing witho…
04 I WILL FOLLOW HIM Love him, I love him, I love him And where he…
63008 I Will Follow Him Love him, I love him, I love him And where he…
Dream World La, la, la, la, la... La, la, la, la, la... Dream world They…
Hello Heartache Goodbye Love Hello, heartache Good bye love Good bye love Good bye love …
Hello Heartache, Goodbye Love Hello heartache Goodbye love Goodbye love Goodbye love Love…
I Will Follow I Will Follow Him Performer：Little Peggy March Composer ：M…
I Will Follow Him '63 Love him, I love him, I love him And where he…
I Wish I Was A Princess I wish I were a princess I wish I were a…
i wish i where a princess I wish I were a princess I wish I were a…
Pagan Love Song Come with me where moonbeams light Tahitian skies And the s…
Sister Act I will follow him Follow him wherever he may go. And near…
Tears On My Pillow You don't remember me But I remember you Twas not so lo…
Teasin' Don't you know that I was teasin'? Don't you…
The Impossible Happened They said it wasn't possible For these Up and leave me bli…
Wind Up Doll A wind-up doll everyone knows You wind it up and away…
Wind-Up Doll Oh, wind up doll everyone knows Wind it up and away…
You Make Me Laugh Laugh till I cry Laugh till I cry You make me laugh Telling…
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Sasha Filipin
amazing song!!!
Julian Child
We just loved this track on the Northern Soul Scene back in England in the 70's.
KojiRecords
The original demo of this song from Hill & Range Music has been discovered, showing the problems that happen from taking a great original song idea to turning it into a inferior version, of which there are several, including this one by Peggy March: the demo is a touch faster, the background vocal arrangement is hotter and the horn solo much better; still, out of the several single versions that were eventually released, Peggy March came closest to the demo vocal and did a good job.
Zay
got a link? i can't find the demo
Ron Martin
I like Cindy Malone's better.Its hotter!!
samisunc
Like this a lot.
Ron Martin
Cindy Malone's version on Capitol is tighter and hotter!!!I thought Cindy's was the only version!!Didn't know there were other versions!!
thecountofbasie
Never heard the Cindy Malone version, but listening now, and you're right