Peggy March

Guus Oster with Peggy March, 1969

Peggy March (* 8. March 1948 in Lansdale , Montgomery County , Pennsylvania , as Margaret Anne Marie Battavio ) is an American pop - and pop singer and songwriter . She became famous in the United States in 1963 with her number one hit, I Will Follow Him . In the 1960s and 1970s she was in Germany as a pop singer with songs like At 17 you still have dreams successfully.

biography

After training in singing , dance and acting , Little Peggy March, as the artist called herself at the time, had success in 1963 as a 15-year-old with the music title I Will Follow Him . The song, a new version of the Petula Clark title Chariot, went straight to number one on the US hit parade . March was the youngest singer who had succeeded so far. March holds this record to this day. The song reached top 10 ratings worldwide, became number 1 in New Zealand , Australia , Japan and Scandinavia, and received a Grammy nomination. By 1964, Peggy March landed a total of five hits in the US Top 100 and was also successful outside the US.

A little later she came to Germany and won the German Schlager Festival in Baden-Baden in 1965 with the song At 17 you still have dreams (music and lyrics: Heinz Korn ), which brought her international breakthrough. She sang songs in nine different languages ​​and toured around the world, 33 of them to Japan . Time and again, her titles landed in the top third of various music programs.

March also starred in several music feature films. In 1968 she received the bronze Bravo Otto of the youth magazine Bravo , in 1969 she appeared at the Grand Prix RTL International with the song Mister Giacomo Puccini . At the time, she was known for wearing the shortest mini-skirts on stage.

Also in 1969, March - like her two comrades-in-arms Rex Gildo and Siw Malmkvist  - took part in the German preliminary round of the Eurovision Song Contest with three titles . In the first round, the title Hey was given preference over Carousel my love and But love remains , so that this title reached the final round and finally landed in second place. In 1975 she returned to the preliminary decision and took second place again with the song Alles vorüber gehts, composed by Ralph Siegel .

March's big hits include titles like In der Carnaby Street, Canale Grande Number One, Once in love - always in love, Hey, Romeo and Juliet, Memories of Heidelberg, The shoemaker makes beautiful shoes, Telegram from Tennessee, Sommerliebe Goodbye, Wie ein Tiger, The Stitches Of Men Or That Are The Dreams That One Dreams That Way. In addition to numerous singles , March recorded several German-language LPs since 1965, including Meine Welt and Mein Lied for Peggy (both 1970). March was one of the western stars who also released a sound carrier in the GDR (1974 Meine Welt, in contrast to the original LP, a compilation of the greatest hits, only released on cassette by Amiga ) and undertook a GDR tour.

In 1977 March won the music festival in Palma with the song You and I by a clear margin and appeared as a star guest at the International Song Festival in Sopot . Then she achieved another commercial success in Germany with Fly Away Pretty Flamingo (penned by Drafi Deutscher ). In the same year, after a long break, she brought out a pure pop album in English, Electrifying, which included a disco version of I Will Follow Him , but did not attract any noteworthy attention.

She later switched to writing music tracks and composed a Europe-wide hit for Audrey Landers ( Manuel Good-bye, 1983). In 1984 she landed a great success with When the Rain Begins to Fall , interpreted by Pia Zadora and Jermaine Jackson . Both titles reached the top of the charts across Europe, March received gold and platinum awards as a copywriter.

March made a modest comeback in the hit field in the early 1990s. But she was also rediscovered in the USA, especially with her evergreen I Will Follow Him. He gave her a guest appearance in the American TV soap Throb in the late 1980s and was reinterpreted by Whoopi Goldberg in 1992 for the hit Sister Act .

In 2007 the CD Get Happy with American standards and jazz recordings was released, first in the USA, but then also in Germany . With these titles she also gave concerts in the USA. In 2008 March tried another comeback in Germany. The double album Meine Liebe is strong enough - she presented my great successes in various television programs, the title song was able to place in the hit charts. In 2010, in a duet with Andreas Zaron , she presented a current and own version of When the Rain Begins to Fall, which she wrote.

In 2012, their latest English-language album Always and Forever was released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

In 2019 she released her latest German-language album Man is never too old for dreams in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Private

Peggy March lives in Florida . She married her second manager Arnold "Arnie" Harris on May 19, 1968 , with whom she was married for 45 years. The two lived in Munich from 1969 to 1981 , where their daughter Sande was born in 1974. In 1981 Peggy March moved back to America with husband Arnie and daughter Sande, as Sande was supposed to complete her schooling in the USA. March has lived in Florida since 1999 and comes to Germany to perform. Her husband died of lymph gland cancer in the spring of 2013 .

Discography

Note: In Germany, the single charts were determined monthly until 1964, every six months until 1970 and then weekly. The album charts were determined monthly until 1976, bi-monthly from January 1977 to August 1978 and then weekly.

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1963	I will follow him	-	-	-	-	US139 (3 weeks) US	as Little Peggy March

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More albums

1965: In Our Fashion (with Bennie Thomas) 1965: Diary of a 17 year old 1966: Peggy March 1966: leave me my dreams 1967: Hello Boys! 1968: No Foolin ' 1970: my world 1970: My song for Peggy 1972: Lady Music (2 LPs)

1972: Once in love - always in love 1973: For you 1975: men 1976: Costa Brava 1978: Fly Away Pretty Flamingo 1979: Electrifying 1993: All women only want one thing ... 1995: The freedom to be a woman 2010: Always and Forever

Compilations

1969: The great successes 1972: The great successes 2 1978: Star discotheque 1986: Boy Crazy! (as Little Peggy March)

1991: Memories of Heidelberg 1996: I Will Follow Him (as Little Peggy March) 1996: I think back to the time 2008: My Love Is Strong Enough (2 CDs)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1963	I Will Follow Him (Chariot) I Will Follow Him	DE6 (7 months) DE	-	-	-	US1 (14 weeks) US	as Little Peggy March
	I Wish I Were a Princess I Will Follow Him	-	-	-	-	US32 (7 weeks) US	as Little Peggy March
	Hello Heartache Goodbye Love I Will Follow Him	-	-	-	UK29 (7 weeks) UK	US26 (9 weeks) US	as Little Peggy March
	The Impossible Happened I Will Follow Him	-	-	-	-	US57 (6 weeks) US	as Little Peggy March
1964	(I'm Watching) Every Little Move You Make	-	-	-	-	US84 (3 weeks) US	as Little Peggy March
	Lady Music diary of a 17 year old	DE12 (4 months) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: 1963 as Little Peggy March
	When the silver moon diary of a 17 year old	DE15 (4 months) DE	-	-	-	-
	Hello boy (The shoemaker makes beautiful shoes) Diary of a 17 year old	DE17 (4½ months) DE	-	-	-	-
1965	Good Bye, Good Bye, Good Bye Diary of a 17 year old	DE8 (3½ months) DE	-	-	-	-
	He shot me a rose diary of a 17 year old	DE23 (1½ months) DE	-	-	-	-
	At 17 you still have dreams Let me have my dreams	DE2 (3½ months) DE	AT7 (4 weeks) AT	-	-	-
	The beautiful hours pass quickly Diary of a 17 year old	DE25 (2 months) DE	-	-	-	-
1966	A hundred years and more Leave me my dreams	DE18 (3 months) DE	-	-	-	-
	Sweetheart, give me a ring, leave me my dreams	DE40 (½ month) DE	-	-	-	-
1967	Memories of Heidelberg Hello Boys!	DE5 (4½ months) DE	AT7 (12 weeks) AT	-	-	-
	Romeo and Juliet Hello Boys!	DE4th gold (5½ months)DE	AT4 (20 weeks) AT	CH5 (3 weeks) CH	-	-	Sales: + 500,000
1968	Telegram from Tennessee Hello Boys!	DE15 (2½ months) DE	AT11 (8 weeks) AT	-	-	-
	Grand Canal Number One Hello Boys!	DE18 (2½ months) DE	AT12 (12 weeks) AT	-	-	-
	This is music to me Hello Boys!	DE21 (1½ months) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: 1967
	Mississippi Shuffle Boat Memories of Heidelberg	DE30 (1½ months) DE	-	-	-	-
1969	Yesterday Waltz Memories of Heidelberg	DE37 (½ month) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: 1968
	Hey Memories of Heidelberg	DE29 (1½ month) DE	-	-	-	-
	Bahama Lullaby Memories of Heidelberg	DE13 (1 month) DE	-	-	-	-
	On Carnaby Street Once in love - always in love	DE16 (3½ months) DE	-	-	-	-
	Mister Giacomo Puccini Memories of Heidelberg	DE33 (1 month) DE	-	-	-	-
1970	The mesh of the men's doll with golden hair	DE29 (½ month) DE	-	-	-	-
1971	Once in love - always in love Doctor (My heart goes na-na-na)	DE23 (21 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: 1970
	Sing when you're happy I think back to the time	DE35 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-
1972	I know I'm still in love with you today	DE38 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: 1971
	It's hard to forget you For you	DE30 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-
1976	You don't turn me on to the Costa Brava	DE47 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-
1977	Fly Away Pretty Flamingo Fly Away Pretty Flamingo	DE15 (14 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-

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More singles

1963: Te ne vai / Così (as Little Peggy March) 1963: Pagan Love Song (as Little Peggy March) 1963: The Impossible Happened (as Little Peggy March) 1963: After You (as Little Peggy March) 1964: Passo su passo (as Little Peggy March) 1964: Gli occhi tuoi sono blu / Eh, Bravo 1964: Watch What You Do with My Baby 1965: for six days 1965: Let Her Go 1965: Losin 'My Touch 1965: Quand on a Que Dix-Sept Ans 1965: Kilindini Docks 1966: Don't paint the devil on the wall 1966: Running Scared 1966: Fool, Fool, Fool (Look in the Mirror) 1967: Let Me Down Hard 1967: Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad 1967: How Can I Tell Him? 1967: Foolin 'Around 1968: I've Been Here Before 1968: If You Loved Me (Soul Coaxing - Ame Caline) 1968: Try to See It My Way 1968: Roses on the Sea 1969: Happy ending in the Hofbräuhaus 1969: Che figura ci farei 1969: A gypsy without a violin 1970: In front of Buckingham Palace 1970: Carmen from Seville

1973: These are the dreams that you dream 1973: Berlin, Berlin 1973: And then nobody wants it to have been 1974: everything passes 1974: I have to go out to the city center 1974: Summer love good-bye 1975: White windmills turn in the wind 1975: You don't turn me on 1976: Happy Birthday America! 1976: Costa Brava 1977: If so, then already 1978: (I Wonna Be) Somebody's Baby 1978: Oklahoma Bay 1978: Average People 1979: I Love Making Love to You 1980: turn the clock back to the beginning 1980: Then it's love 1986: Where Did Our Love Go 1993: You still have five minutes 1993: All women only want one thing ... 1993: Kissing is not allowed 1994: Out of pure longing 1995: Only you are forever ... 1995: Soon 1995: Way too close to heaven 1996: And suddenly he's free 1997: We will recognize each other 2012: My Christmas Wish (with José Hoebee)

Movies

• 1964: Holiday in St. Tropez
• 1964: The merry women of Tyrol
• 1965: The haunted castle in the Salzkammergut
• 1965: A vacation bed with 100 hp
• 1965: A thousand beats of high spirits
• 1965: I prefer to buy a Tyrolean hat
• 1966: The sinful village
• 1971: That knocks out the strongest twin
• 1972: Today we're beating the drum
• 1979: Lively shapes - perky curves
• 1987: Vicki (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1989: Throb (TV series, 1 episode)

Web links

Commons : Peggy March  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website. ( Memento from December 20, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ).
  Current version.
• Peggy March in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Little Peggy March on Allmusic (English)
• Peggy March at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peggy March, the Youngest Woman to Top the Hop 100 looks back. April 27, 2019, accessed November 7, 2019 . 
2. ^ Biography Peggy March. Retrieved November 7, 2019 . 
3. ↑ At 17 you still have dreams. German Schlager Festival 1965 on YouTube.
4. ^ Biography Peggy March. Retrieved December 18, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Peggy March & Andreas Zaron - When the rain begins to fall. At: Radio-VHR.de. June 8, 2010, accessed March 8, 2018.
6. ↑ Hans-Jürgen Finger: Peggy March celebrates her birthday: At 70 you still have dreams. At: SWR4 Baden-Württemberg . March 6, 2018, accessed March 8, 2018.
7. ^ Biography Peggy March. Retrieved December 18, 2019 . 
8. ^ Biography Peggy March. Retrieved December 18, 2019 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b} Chart Sources: Singles and Albums Billboard 200
10. ↑ Joel Whitburn (Ed.): The Billboard Albums: includes every album that made the Billboard 200 chart: 50 year history of the rock era . Record Research, Menomonee Falls, 6th Edition, 2006, ISBN 978-0-89820-166-6 .
11. ^ ^{A b} Günter Ehnert: Hit balance sheet - German chart singles 1956-1980 . 1st edition. Verlag popular music-literature, Norderstedt 2000, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 445 .