Peggy Scott-Adams

For the Minnesota politician, see Peggy Scott (politician).

Peggy Scott-Adams (born Peggy Stoutmeyer, June 25, 1948, Queens, New York) is an African-American soul and R&B singer. She is sometimes known by her former name as Peggy Scott, and billed as 'The Little Lady with the Big Voice'.

Early life and career

She grew up in the small town Opp, Alabama. Throughout 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.

Not long after that, Peggy Scott had been out of the music industry since the late 1960s, and subsequently she was working as a lounge singer in Pensacola, Florida until she moved to California and married a Compton city commissioner in 1988.

Solo career

She was then persuaded to return to the studio by singer/songwriter/producer, Jimmy Lewis. With his guidance, they recorded her solo debut album called Help Yourself released on October 22, 1996.

One of the Jimmy Lewis songs was a track about a woman complaining that her husband had romantic and sexual desires for another man. Released as a single the song, "Bill", initially just to blues radio stations, it also began getting airplay on Urban contemporary radio and soon gained most-requested status at several larger stations. It peaked at #87 on the Billboard Hot 100. The music video to "Bill" also became popular. The album, "Help Yourself" began selling well, making the Billboard 200 albums chart peaking at #72, #9 on the R&B chart and #1 on the Top Blues Albums chart.

The release of Contagious later in 1997 also featured the hit single, "Spousal Abuse" which tackled the issue of domestic abuse in relationships. Her third album Undisputed Queen was released in 1999.

Scott-Adams continued in 2000 with Live in Alabama & More which featured the ballad, "When I'm With You" and the dance track, "Sweaty Men." Both singles became hits. The next album was Hot & Sassy, and featured hit singles in "Mr. Right Or Mr. Wrong", "If I'm Still Not Married" and "Your Divorce Has Been Denied."

Recent times

Her fifth album, Busting Loose was released in 2003. It featured the lead single, "If You Wanna Hear Me Holler, Lick Me Up Some Dollars." In 2006, she issued her first gospel album entitled God Can, And He Will. Her second gospel album entitled Back To The Roots was released in 2009 on her own independent label, Nora Records.

Discography

Singles

• "Bill"
• "Slow Drag"
• "Help Yourself"
• "Spousal Abuse"
• "I'm in Love"
• "I'll Take Care of You"
• "That's How I Do It"
• "When You're Married To a Fool"
• "You Will Always Be My Man"
• "When I'm With You"
• "Sweaty Men"
• "If I'm Not Still Married"
• "Mr. Right or Mr. Wrong"
• "See You Next Weekend"
• "Your Divorce Has Been Denied"
• "What'cha Doin' to Me"
• "If You Wanna Hear Me Holler, Lick Me Up Some Dollars"
• "I Intend To Take Your Place"

Albums

• 1996: Help Yourself Miss Butch/Mardi Gras Records
• 1997: Contagious Miss Butch
• 1999: Undisputed Queen Miss Butch
• 2000: Live in Alabama & More Miss Butch
• 2001: Hot and Sassy Miss Butch
• 2005: Busting Loose Miss Butch
• 2006: Best Of Peggy Scott-Adams:16 Hits! Miss Butch
• 2006: God Can, And He Will Mardi Gras
• 2009: Back To The Roots Nora Records

References

Primarily taken from Allmusic, written by John Bush.

External links

• - Scott-Adam's official website