Like many of the top entertainers. Peggi Blu first sang the day she was born. The doctor told her mother. Mrs, Avis Blue that she was not due to deliver Peggi yet ・ she had at least another two to three hours to dilate. And just as he turned to walk out of the delivery room, Peggi, as the doctor put it, “popped out all in one piece”, completely on her own, no spanking needed. Her eyes were open. She sighed and her grandmother. Lenora said, “OH LISTEN! SHE’S SINGING!” And this is where we get the phrase “She Came Into The World Singing”. Peggi Blu grew up singing in Mount Sinai Church in North Carolina in one of the choirs that her mother. who was also a singer. directed. Peggi comes from a very long line of talented singers. mus’ ans, Bishop’s Pastors. and Missionaries, etc. Her very first solo performance was when she was three years old, singing for the mayor of her town after he had won the election there. The song Peggi sang was taught to her by her grandfather, Rev. James, called “When The Roll ls Called Up Yonder”. She turned professional that day because she got paid and by the time she was twelve years old, Peggi had covered most of the state of North Carolina and Virginia singing gospel music. At the age of fourteen her mother agreed to allow Peggi to go to New York with her uncle Bishop Walter to join his gospel group. Peggi became one of his main soloists and was in her best element when she was on stage telling stories and painting pictures in song. She received lots of attention and acclaim onstage for her spiritual and soulful performances.
At the age of sixteen Peggi met and began performing with a popular gospel group in the city called The Nat Lewis Singers. Soon after jo ng that group they scored a lucrative contract to perform gospel shows on stage in Las Vegas for packed houses. Her uncle said when asked. “Well, she can go. But only if the powers that hired the group send along a school teacher to keep up with her school work and a chaperone for protection”. They said yes. he signed the work papers and she went. Upon the group’s return to New York they were then offered a contract in a show called “Gospel On Broadway“ with other well-known groups such as The Herman Stephens Singers, Clara Walker and The Redeemers, The Coral Maulsby Singers and so on. After that run was finished she then went to The Humble Gospel Singers, then to The
Robert Patterson singers where she sang the solo on Archie Shepp‘s gospel album “The Cry Of My People”. From there she joined the Gospel Starlets where she sang the solo recorded on Hob Record Label’s “Trying To Reach Our Heavenly Home” and so on. Peggi also sang on the Tony award-winning Broadway hit play “Bubbling Brown Sugar“. Although it was not a gospel play, she brought her gospel flavor to it. She then gave the same flavor to her roles in “Tilt“, “Apollo Just Like Magic”, “Beehive”, “Three Ladies of Blues“, “Wild Women Blues”, “Sunshine Train” and on intothe Broadway and National Company hit musical “The Wiz” in the roles of Auntie Em and Ms. Glinda. Some of her other theatre work as an actress/singer cover her starring role as Jezebel in the play “Jezebel“ with The LA Philharmonic Orchestra with Conductor Esa Pekka Salonan and with the Hawaiian. Memphis and Virginia Symphonies. And as Marilyn Monroe’s alter ego named Ms. Destiny on Broadway in the play “Marilyn: An American Fable”. Peggi starred as Dalhia in the Michael Jackson produced play “Sisterella”, and Michael also produced her single from the play called “l Got The Money”, MJJ Records. She has to her credit fourteen Broadway/Off Broadway lead roles.
Peggi has sung on, written, and/or co-produced and co—arranged many recordings, in movies and on stages for countless stars all over the world; stars such as Bob Dylan. Barbra Streisand, Burt Bacharach. Edwin Hawkins, The Staple Singers, mega stars Valamar and Frank Janson, Imelda Papin. Malou ZagIaToIor, both major Filipino stars, also for Mexican star
Alessandra Rosaldo The Clark Sisters. Quincy Jones. Adam Sandler. Stevie Wonder, Kylie Manoke, Bobby Vinton, Barry Manilow, Luther Vandross. The Crystals. The Sandpebbles, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, Phyllis Hyman. Alice Cooper, Stephanie Mills, Melissa Manchester, David Foster, Gerald Alston, The Manhattans, The Crusaders, Aaron Neville, Leonard Cohen and Philip Cody, just to name a few. ”Man Enough”, R&B and “You Brought Me Through”, Gospel. Peggi has many hit records of her own. To name just a few, she recorded her first solo album called “I Got Love” on MCA Records, “Blu Blowin‘” on Capitol Records and “I Want It All Now” on Injection Records”, “When We Loved”, “Livin‘ On Love”, “What About You“, “Girls It Ain’t Easy” on Injection Records, “Love Is The Magic“ on Expansion Records and a host of duets with major stars. Peggi is the 1986 Female Vocalist Grand Champion of Star Search winning $100,000. She also known to the world as, what producer Nigel Lythgoe named her. American Idol’s “Vocal Coach From Hell”. But Nigel Lythgoe also said she was sent by God because of her truth telling and respect for the art. Peggi has fully developed her gifts to become not only a singer, vocal coach, vocal arranger, songwriter, with hit songs to her credit but is comfortable with virtually any genre of music. She is a motivational speaker as well. Peggi has written three one—woman shows on her own and has great reviews for her “Sinatra In Blu” show —the premise of which being: If Frank Sinatra were born a Black woman named Peggi Blu. She won the Malibu Music Award for Best Vocalist, she has Proclamations from the states of Georgia and North Carolina and she was a presenter at the 2014 NAACP Awards as well as being one of the performers for that show. Peggi has many movie soundtracks to her credits also such as “Set It Off” with Queen Latifah and Jada Pinkett Smith, “The Hurricane” starring Denzel Washington and “Desert Heat“ starring Jean Claude Van Damme. She arranged the Vocals and sang on the soundtrack “I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry“ starring Adam Sandler. “Motown Returns to the Apollo” and “Fame” with Irene Cara, Peggi coached Irene and sang on the record and also arranged the vocals, She has worked with so many names from the stage to the recording studio; in any area of the industry this woman is prepared. Peggi just returned from Bank Hungary where she performed for a week at the Louis Armstrong Jazz Festival to sold out houses, ending the week’s performances with a back-to-her roots Gospel Concert to a sold out Cathedral.
Peggi Blu is currently writing another show called “The Blu Book” and is also working on another brand new CD which is going to be another great one.