Born: (Margaret Annemarie Battavio) in Lansdale, Pennsylvania on March 8 Family: 1968 married Arnie Harris 1974 her daughter Sande was born
Career Overview
1950	Peggy begins singing at family gatherings
1953 - 1958	She gets her first professional experience by performing on local TV programs. She appears in Rex Tailor's Stars of  Tomorrows at age 5, at ages 6 - 10 she performs on Sally Star Tune Dusters , 7 - 9 Tony Grant Show and at age 10 Horn and Hardart's Children Hour.
1961	While performing at a family wedding, Peggy was discovered by  Russel Smith. He was able to obtain an audition for Peggy at RCA and took her to the studio where she auditioned for Hugo Peretti and Lugi Creatore, joint heads of RCA's pop AR team. Peggy was signed with with the label and began recording for RCA in the spring of 1961.  Smith became Peggy's first manager.
1962	First single released Little Me.
1963	Peggy records her hit song  I Will Follow Him on January 22. The release peaks at number 1 on the US Charts for 3 weeks. The song becomes an international success as well.  I Will Follow Him  reaches number  one in Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Scandinavia. In Germany the song reaches number 8. Peggy begins recording overseas in Japan and Europe.
1964	Peggy has her first success in Germany with the song Lady Music. She also has her first number one chart  hit in Japan. After her appearing in the San Remo festival, her first  her first Italian album (produced by Ennio Morricone) is released. Te ne vai quickly  rises to number  one in Italy.
1965	Peggy establishes her European career. "Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye" climbs up to position 8 on the German Charts. It was with one of her best known singles, Mit 17 hat man noch Träume, that she took first place in the Deutschen Schlagerfestspiele at Baden-Baden in 1965 (winning by more than 100 point  the lead). Winning this prestigious event provides Peggy with the momentum to be firmly established as a major recording artist in Germany. The song Mit 17 hat man noch Träume stays in the German top 10 for 3 months. It is recorded in English, Japanese and Italian.
1966	In Argentina, Peggy is introduced to the South American market. She guest stars in a concert with José Feliciano. The album "Amor" is released along with several singles sung in Spanish
1967	Peggy was unable to be in  control of her finances until  age 18 due to the American laws at the time. Her earnings from the previous 3 years is squandered by her manager. She is left  with only 500 dollars. However, Peggy  remains popular in Japan and Europe. She begins the most successful years in her career. Together with producer Wolfgang Kabitzky and songwriter Henry Mayer, Peggy continues to top the German charts with successes like  Memories of Heidelberg (number 5) and Romeo and Julia  (which  provides Peggy with another number one release). These two songs spend 43 weeks on the German hit charts.
1968	Peggy acquires a new manger, Arnie Harris.  In Japan, she has a number 1 hit with Wasurenaiwa.  In  Germany she is awarded a bronze "Otto" from the Teenage magazine Bravo. Peggy continues to be in demand in Europe and Japan She scores more hits in Germany that year.  Peggy continues to have success in Italy, and particularly in Japan. She performs regularly on TV as well as live performances.
1979	Peggy begins to explore song writing. She co-authored the European hit songs Manuel Goodbye  (1981) and When the Rain Begins to Fall (1981).
1981	Peggy and her family return to the States. Peggy continues to record in Germany and play in clubs both in Europe and the US.
1993 - 1997	She records the album Alle Frauen wollen nur das eine  and once again began to appear on the German charts with successes such as Zieh meine Schule aus and Flieg mit mir zum Regenbogen. Subsequent albums followed and Peggy charts with hits such as Bald, bald, bald (1995), Du Hast noch 5 Minuten Zeit (1995), Kommst du heut nacht  (1997) . Peggy begins a very successful career as a watercolor artist. Her artwork has been displayed in galleries throughout the world.
Present	continues to tour  the USA and Europe .... See Peggy's Itinerary