Birth name Peggy Little Name Peggy Little Occupation(s) Singer Role Singer | Instruments Vocals, Genres Country Years active 1966–1974 | |
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Nominations Academy of Country Music Award for New Female Vocalist of the Year Similar People Tommy Overstreet, Randy Wood, Peggy March, Marvin Humes, LA Reid |
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Peggy Little (born 1942) is an American country music singer best remembered for her country cover version of Dusty Springfield's "Son of a Preacher Man"
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Little was born in Marlin, Texas and raised in Waco, Texas. She began her career as a child vocalist on local radio. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Little was a well-known figure to country music audiences with several charting records and multiple appearances on country music programs such as Hee Haw. She also made guest appearances on The Mike Douglas Show, Wilbourn Brothers Show, Bill Anderson Show, Del Reeves Show, and The Ralph Emery Show.

Little recorded for Dot Records and later was on the Epic Records label. Little left the music industry in the mid-1970s and has not sung professionally in decades. She currently resides in her native Texas.