Bill "Peg Pants" Beach

William "Bill" Robert Beach (aka Bill "Peg Pants" Beach, "Frog" Beach) is an American musician.

Beach was born on August 8, 1932 in Glencoe, Kentucky. He began his musical career as a teenager after borrowing a guitar from his cousin to learn a few chords. In 1948, he appeared several times as a guest on the country music radio show "Shorty and Sally Fincher Jamboree Show" out of Wheeling, West Virginia and traveled the region (including York, PA) with the WWVA Jamboree during the summer of 1948 with country music stars like Hank Williams, Sr., Hank Snow and Little Jimmy Dickens. Later in 1948, he was finally able to buy his own Martin D-28 guitar.

Touring with this regional country music radio station heightened his interest in music and after graduating from high school in 1951, Beach moved to Cincinnati, OH to live with his mother in hopes of pursuing a musical career. He began recording at the old Wurlitzer Music Studios in Cincinnati where he met and recorded with Skeeter Davis. His recordings during this time were unreleased.

In November 1952, during the Korean War, Beach enlisted into the United States Marine Corps. His musical career was placed on hold until he was honorably discharged in November, 1955 and returned to Cincinnati, Ohio where he began a recording career with King Records. In June 1956, he wrote and recorded the rockabilly hit "Peg Pants" at King. The B-side of the record, "You're Gonna Like Me Baby" also had some radio success.

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