Peaches (group)

Peaches
Peaches
Origin	Sydney, New South Wales Australia
Genres	Pop
Years active	1977-1980
Labels	Laser
Associated acts	Gene Pierson, The Vamps
Past members	Margaret Kirk (lead vocals, guitar); Huck (drums); Trop (bass); The Nun (keyboards);

Peaches were an Australian pop music girl group who were active in the late 1970s with Margaret Kirk on lead vocals and guitar (a.k.a. Margaret Britt, ex-The Vamps). They were championed by record producer, Gene Pierson, who referred to them as Australia's first all-female pop band.^[1]

Their highest charting single was a cover version of the Righteous Brothers' "Substitute", which peaked at number 15 on the Australian Kent Music Report singles chart.^[2]

In 2011, Pierson reflected “I think the timing was absolutely perfect. There were so many boy bands around then.” Peter Hood, then owner and head engineer of Atlantic Records, said Peaches had potential to be world-class stars. “They were really very good. Margaret, the lead singer, was world-class; she was better than Suzi Quatro. We thought they would be a world-wide hit.”^[1]

Discography[]

Singles[]

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Catalogue
Title	Year	AUS ^[3]	Catalogue
"Substitute"/"Keep On Dancin'"	1978	15	103178
"Long Long Week-End"/"Time Won't Make It Better"	1978	-	103257
"You've Got All of Me"/"Oh Me Oh My Goodbye"	1979	-	103379

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Peaches". Aussie Pop Divas. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
^ Nuttall, Lyn. "'Substitute' – Peaches". Pop Archives. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 231. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.

[Aus_Pop_Divas-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Peaches". Aussie Pop Divas. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

[2] Nuttall, Lyn. "'Substitute' – Peaches". Pop Archives. Retrieved 27 August 2019.

[3] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 231. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.

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