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Suzanne Vega
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Suzanne Vega is an American singer-songwriter, singer, guitarist, and playwright born in Santa Monica in 1959. She holds United States citizenship and is educated at Barnard College and Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School. Her professional work began in 1982, encompassing music composing and the performing arts. She performs using her voice and guitar, with genres including alternative rock, alternative folk, art pop, chamber pop, and contemporary folk.
Vega has recorded for Blue Note, A&M Records, and Cooking Vinyl. Her notable works include the album *Solitude Standing* and the book *The Authentic Guitar Style of Suzanne Vega with Tablature by Mark Phillips*. She is married to Mitchell Froom and has one child. In addition to her musical career, she has worked in acting.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Prentice Hall Literature - Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes - The British Tradition
- I Like People That Can't Sing
- The Authentic Guitar Style of Suzanne Vega with Tablature by Mark Phillips
- Solitude standing
- Solitude Standing
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Santa Monica, California, USA
Suzanne Nadine Vega is an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer, best known for her eclectic folk-inspired music.
Known for
- Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery — Self2025
- Lover, Beloved2022
- Suzanne Vega Live at Jazz Open Stuttgart — Herself2022
- OnderOns — Self - Guest2022
- Pino — Narrator2020
- The Book of Conrad2016
- Soundbreaking — Self2016
- Suzanne Vega – Solitude Standing2014
- Les Enfants de la Pop 80's — Self (archive footage)2012
- Growing Up Barnard2011
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1959
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,292,617
- Total plays
- 17,334,551
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Suzanne Vega (born Suzanne Nadine Vega on 11 July 1959 in Santa Monica, California) is an American singer-songwriter noted for her eclectic folk-inspired music. Two of Vega's songs (both from her second album Solitude Standing, 1987) reached the top 10 of various international chart listings: " Luka" and "Tom's Diner". Though born in California, Vega has lived most of her life in New York City. There, she attended the High School of the Performing Arts (the school seen in the feature film musi
Key facts
- Born
- Suzanne Nadine Peck , ( 1959-07-11 ) July 11, 1959 (age 66) , Santa Monica, California , U.S.
- Origin
- New York City , U.S.
- Genres
- Alternative rock folk rock pop rock art pop
- Occupations
- Singer-songwriter musician
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar
- Works
- Discography
- Years active
- 1982–present
- Labels
- Cooking Vinyl A&M Blue Note Amanuensis Productions
- Spouses
- Mitchell Froom ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1995 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1998 ) Paul Mills, ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2006 )
- Website
- suzannevega .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nadine
- Family name
- Vega
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Santa Monica
- Spouse
- Mitchell Froom
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Educated at
- Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- performing arts
- Genre
- alternative rock
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Cooking Vinyl
- Official website
- www.suzannevega.com
- Image
- Suzanne Vega presents her Peabody Award, May 2004 (2).jpg
- Number of children
- 1
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- Commons category
- Suzanne Vega
- date of birth
- 1959-07-11
- birth name
- Suzanne Nadine Vega
- start of work period
- 1982-00-00
- name in native language
- Suzanne Vega
- social media followers
- 199000
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Suzanne Nadine Vega (née Peck; born July 11, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter of folk-inspired music. Vega's music career spans 40 years. In the mid-1980s and 1990s, she released four singles that entered the Top 40 on the UK singles chart, "Marlene on the Wall", "Left of Center", "Luka" and "No Cheap Thrill".
"Tom's Diner", which was originally released as an a cappella recording on Vega's second studio album, Solitude Standing (1987), was remixed in 1990 as a dance track by English electronic music producers DNA with her vocals, and it became a Top 10 hit in five countries. The original a cappella recording of the song was used as a test during the creation of the MP3 format. The role of her song in the development of the MP3 compression prompted Vega to be given the title of "The Mother of the MP3".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Suzanne Vega” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.