Peggy March
Peggy March ( born March 8, 1948 in Lansdale, Montgomery County ( Pennsylvania), USA; civil Margaret Anne Marie Batavio ) is an American pop singer - songwriter and.
Life
After training in singing, dance and drama Little Peggy March, had named as the artist of his time, in 1963 as a 15 -year-old with the song I Will Follow Him success. The Beat, a new version of Petula Clark Chariot title, immediately became number 1 in the U.S. charts. March so was the youngest singer who had until then managed.
A little later she came to Germany and won in 1965 at the German Schlager Festival in Baden -Baden with the song At 17, we still have dreams. From then on, she had also managed his international breakthrough. She sang songs in nine different languages and traveled on tours around the world, including three in Japan. Again and again landed their titles in the various music programs in the upper third. Golden Records received in the U.S., Japan and Germany, where they even up to No. 1 on the singles charts came with two of her titles ( Romeo and Juliet, Memories of Heidelberg). She also starred in several musical films. In 1968 she was awarded the Bronze Bravo Otto in the youth magazine Bravo. March 1968 married her manager, Arnie Harris ( † 2013) and a year later moved from New York City to Munich. She has a daughter who was born in 1974. In 1969 she joined the Grand Prix RTL International with the song Mister Giacomo Puccini on. At that time it was known that she was wearing the shortest miniskirts on stage.
Also 1969, March - as her two companions Rex Gildo and Siw Malmkvist - with three titles at the preliminary to the Euro Vision Song Contest. In the first round, entitled Hey was preferred over carousel and my love But love remains consist given, so that the title reached the finals and ended up in second place. In 1975, she returned to the preliminary and finished with the song composed by Ralph Siegel Everything goes over again the second place.
One of the big hits of March include titles such as In Carnaby Street, Grand Canal Number One, once in love - always in love, Hey, Romeo and Juliet, Memories of Heidelberg, The shoemaker makes beautiful shoes, telegram from Tennessee, Summer Love Goodbye, Like a Tiger, the mesh of the men or are the dreams that you dream about. In addition to numerous singles since 1965 on March took several German -language LPs, including: My World and My song for Peggy (both 1970). March was one of the western stars, (1974, a compilation of greatest hits, released only as a cassette in AMIGA, unlike the original LP My World ) have undertaken and a DDR - tour in the GDR as a phonogram published. 1977 March won by a clear margin the music festival in Palma de Mallorca with the song You and I and appeared as guest star on the International Song Festival in Sopot. Then she managed to fly away pretty flamingo ( from the pen of Dorco German ) again a commercial success in Germany. In the same year she brought after a long break again a pure pop album in English, Electrifying, out, which contained, among other things, a disco version of I will follow him, but did not reach significant attention.
Later they moved to the texts of songs 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 in the interpretation of Pia Zadora & Jermaine Jackson.
March succeeded in the early 1990s, a modest comeback in the hit area. But even in the U.S. were discovered them again, especially their Evergreen I will follow him. He gave her the late 1980s a guest appearance on the American TV soap Throb and in 1992 was re-interpreted for the hit movie Sister Act Whoopi Goldberg. March lives since 1999 in Florida and always comes back for performances in Germany. Her husband died in the spring of 2013 lymphoma.
2007 was initially released in the U.S., but then also in Germany, the CD Get happy with American standards and jazz recordings. With these titles, it was in the U.S. concerts. March 2008 attempted a comeback again in Germany. The double - album My Love is strong enough - My great successes they presented in various television programs, the title song was also placed in the pop charts. In 2010 she presented a duet with Andreas Zaron a current and texted her own version of When The Rain Begins To Fall.
In 2012 they released their newest English album Always And Forever in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Known titles
- I Will Follow Him (1963 )
- Hello, heartache - goodbye, love (1963 )
- Te ne vai (1964, Italian version of "Hello, heartache - goodbye, love" )
- Lady Music ( 1964)
- Passo su passo (1964 )
- When the Silver Moon ( 1964)
- As de zilveren Maan (1964, Dutch version of " When the Silver Moon " )
- Do not play with my love (1964 )
- Speel niet met mijn Liefde 1964 ( Dutch version of "Do not play with my love " )
- At 17, we still have dreams (1965 )
- Memories of Heidelberg ( 1967)
- Mama dear, dear Papa (1967, English version of "Memories of Heidelberg" )
- Times not the devil on the wall ( 1967)
- This heart was not made to kick around (1967, English version of "Male not the devil on the wall " )
- Romeo and Juliet (1967 )
- Telegram from Tennessee ( 1968)
- Canale Grande Number One ( 1968)
- Mississippi Boat Shuffle (1968 )
- Hey (1969 )
- In Carnaby Street ( 1969)
- Mr. Giacomo Puccini ( 1969)
- The mesh of the men (1970 )
- Prior to Buckingham Palace ( 1970)
- Once in love - always in love (1971 )
- It's hard to forget you (1972 )
- Berlin, Berlin ( 1973)
- Everything goes over ( 1975)
- Costa Brava ( 1976)
- Fly Away Pretty Flamingo (1977 )
- Bay Oklahoma (1978 )
- Turning the clock back to the beginning (1980 )
- Do you think (1991 )
- All women want the same thing (1993 )
- Kissing is not allowed ( 1993)
- Out of sheer longing for you (1994 )
- Soon, soon, soon (1995 )
- And at once he is free (1996 )
- We will see (1997)
- My love is strong enough ( 2008)
- Eventually, you'll miss the (2008)
- Your day will come (2008)