THE LONG MARCH!

Bob Solly follows the 45-year trail of Little Peggy March

They used ‘Little’ a lot at one time. It was something of a fashion in the music business; an affectionate epithet for singers, that usually meant young, if not necessarily small. Little Peggy March was young, only 13 years old, when she was discovered in 1961. By the age of 15, the world was listening to her gigantic hit record, I Will Follow Him. The child’s dream had suddenly become a child star’s reality. She coped with the pressure and has sustained a remarkable singing career ever since.

Peggy March and her early 60s hit records will always be associated with the iconography of the so-called ‘girl group era’. But her talents extended beyond those of most of her peers. An ability to record in various languages, including Japanese and German, allowed Peggy to capture foreign markets even more successfully than she could her home territory. In 1979 she began writing songs such as the co-written, Manuel Goodbye and When Rain Begins To Fall, both hits in 1981. It’s That Time Again, from her latest release, Get Happy, sits comfortably among a collection of standards. About eight years ago, Peggy March began painting in watercolour and has exhibited in galleries all over the world. She’s a perfectionist in everything she does.

What memories do you have of your road to fame?

I was 13 …

by Bob Solly
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