Peggy Scott-Adams reportedly died on March 27, 2023, in United States. However, the cause of death is yet to be revealed. She was 74.
Peggy’s death was announced on Facebook by her family member Amy Tarrell Jones on Tuesday, March 27.
“To my Jones family/cousins, every month this year death have invaded our family”.
“We were certainly saddened to hear about the passing our family Diva….Ms. Peggy Scott Adams”. She will be greatly missed. To us that is still here, let’s remember to continue to show love…A phone call, text, an inbox message or whatever just to stay in touch, especially with our uncle”.
“We are all we got, and I’m sure our parents will be proud of the bond we have kept over the years. Please stay prayed up. Much love to each of you!”, Jones wrote.
Peggy Scott-Adams was an American blues and R&B singer sometimes known by her former name of Peggy Scott, and billed as “The Little Lady with the Big Voice”.
Born June 25, 1948 in Opp, Alabama and raised in Pensacola, Florida, Peggy attended Booker T. Washington High School in Pensacola, Florida and subsequently graduated from Pensacola State College.
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.
Peggy went on to work as a lounge singer in Pensacola, Florida, until she moved to California and married Robert L. Adams Sr., a Compton, California City Commissioner, in 1988, and took a hiatus from her musical career.
She was then persuaded to return to the studio by singer-songwriter and producer Jimmy Lewis. They subsequently recorded her solo debut album, Help Yourself, released on October 22, 1996.
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.
Peggy later released five other albums including Contagious (1997), Undisputed Queen ( 1999), Live in Alabama & More (2000), Hot & Sassy(2001) and Busting Loose(2003).
She then switched to gospel music and in 2006, she released her first gospel album titled God Can, And He Will. Her second album, Back To The Roots, was released in 2009 on her independent label, Nora Records.
Peggy Scott-Adams is also the owner and operator of the Robert L. Adams Mortuary in Compton.