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LITTLE PEGGY MARCH, MARY HOPKIN AND MARTHA STEWART.

For nostalgia Tuesday, I reach back to  5August2014  on American Idol, America's Got Talent and talented idols of half a century ago.  Here was one of them: Little Peggy March was a shock to me.  First, she looks decent (she's only 58), but all these years I thought she was black.  This is Peggy singing "I Will Follow Him" in  1963  (she was 14 and remains the youngest female to reach #1 on the Billboard top 100) and  2011 .  The song, co-composed by Paul Mauriat, has quite a history, as it first was a  1961 instrumental in France , then a #1 hit in Europe sung by  Petula Clark .  Frankly, not sure when that right photo of grown up Peggy was taken, but it must have been a many few years ago. Peggy grew up and is now 75 years old.  She was a one hit wonder.  Called Little Peggy March because at the age of 13 she was 4 ft 10 in tall when she recorded   I Will Follow Him .  Became #1 on 24 April 1963.  Turned out her manager squandered the money, leaving her in 1964 with