Australian singles chart:
I Will Follow Him entered the Kent charts on 30 March 1963 and peaked at #1. The song was #8 on the Top 100 of 1963.
Album:
The song is on Peggy’s 1963 album I Will Follow Him.
Songwriters:
Franck Pourcel, Paul Mauriat, Arthur Altman, Norman Gimbel
Producers:
Hugo & Luigi (Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore)
Record label of Australian release:
RCA
Songfacts:
Peggy March was just 14 when she released I Will Follow Him, a very catchy song that finds her crushing hard on a guy, willing to follow him to the ends of the earth because she’s convinced he’s her destiny. This was the golden age of girl groups and young female singers like March. The songs were targeted to a teenage audience and typically about a guy.
I Will Follow Him was originally a French song called Chariot composed by two famous French musicians, Paul Mauriat and Frank Pourcel (Mauriat under the pseudonym Del Roma, Pourcel as J.W. Stole). For the English translation March recorded, the music was adapted by Arthur Altman and lyrics were added by Norman Gimbel.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/little-peggy-march/i-will-follow-him
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