Peggy Santiglia
American singer
Margaret "Peggy" Santiglia (born May 4, 1944) is an American pop singer of the "girl group era". She is perhaps best known for the 1963 pop hit "My Boyfriend's Back" as lead singer for The Angels when she was eighteen years old.
Biography
Santiglia was born in Belleville, New Jersey, to Pietro (Peter) Santiglia and Michelina (Margaret) (née Gallina) where she was raised in a musical Italian family with her two older siblings, Joseph and Anna. Pietro immigrated to the United States when he was 18, bringing with him many musical talents. An accomplished musician, Pietro played clarinet, mandolin and guitar locally and statewide in several community orchestras.
Career: 1950s
In 1958, while still in elementary school, Santiglia met childhood friends Denise Ferri and Arleen Lanzotti. At the suggestion of a teacher, the three girls performed in their school's talent show to much acclaim, and formed the all-girl group, The Delicates. Starting out at the Brill Building in New York City under the management of Ted Eddy (né Ted Eddy Simonetti; 1902–1985) (Louis Prima's manager), they recorded for the Tender, Unart, United Artists and Roulette labels.
The Delicates were most famous for writing the Murray The K theme songs, most notably "Meusurray," and "The Submarine Race Watchers Theme," and appearing at many Murray the K concerts, including several at the Brooklyn Fox Theatre.
In 1959, The Delicates released a song that they wrote called "Black and White Thunderbird" on the Unart label.
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