American blues and R&B singer Peggy Scott-Adams passed away on March 27, 2023, at age 74 in United States.
Peggy was born Peggy Stoutmeyer on June 25, 1948 in Opp, Alabama, United States.
Raised in Pensacola, Florida, Peggy attended Booker T. Washington High School in Pensacola, Florida and later graduated from Pensacola State College.
The R&B singer Peggy Scott-Adams was sometimes known by her former name of Peggy Scott, and billed as “The Little Lady with the Big Voice”.
During her early career, Scott toured with Ben E. King as a teenager and hit the Top 40 three times with “Lover’s Holiday” (July 1968), “Pickin’ Wild Mountain Berries” (November 1968), and “Soulshake” (February 1969) as a duet act with Jo Jo Benson. All of these singles were released by SSS International Records.
Peggy went on to work as a lounge singer in Pensacola, Florida, until she moved to California and married Robert L. Adams Sr., a Compton, California City Commissioner, in 1988, and took a hiatus from her musical career.
She was then persuaded to return to the studio by singer-songwriter and producer Jimmy Lewis. They subsequently recorded her solo debut album, Help Yourself, released on October 22, 1996.
The album, “Help Yourself” sold well, making the Billboard 200 albums chart, peaking at #72, #9 on the R&B chart and #1 on the Top Blues Albums chart.
Peggy later released five other albums including Contagious (1997), Undisputed Queen ( 1999), Live in Alabama & More (2000), Hot & Sassy(2001) and Busting Loose(2003).
She then switched to gospel music and in 2006, she released her first gospel album titled God Can, And He Will. Her second album, Back To The Roots, was released in 2009 on her independent label, Nora Records.
Peggy Scott-Adams was also the owner and operator of the Robert L. Adams Mortuary in Compton which she inherited when her husband Robert L. Adams died in 2005.