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Suggs
Sign in to saveGraham McPherson (born 13 January 1961), known by his stage name Suggs, is an English singer-songwriter, musician, radio personality and actor.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 33
Top works
- Why Not Me?
- Sax Attacks
- Christmas Ate My Family
- Lucifer's Tale
- Ten Commandments (Lifebuilder Study Guides)
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Film & TV
Hastings, Sussex, England, UK
Graham McPherson, known by the stage name Suggs, is an English singer-songwriter, musician, radio personality and actor. He came to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead singer of the ska band 'Madness'.
Known for
- Madness - Princes of Ska, Kings of Pop2025
- Camden — Self2024
- Madness: The Get up! — Self2021
- Before We Was We: Madness by Madness2021
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks — Self - Panellist2021
- Madness: Before and After — Self2020
- My Life Story2018
- Madness: Live at Eden — Self2017
- WW2 Treasure Hunters2017
- Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day — Self (archive footage)2013
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Born in 1961 to a heroin-addicted Jazz musician and a Soho nightclub hostess, Graham McPherson grew up with an absent father and a mother who battled against the stigma of single-motherhood. Like the boxer he coined his nickname from, Suggs' childhood was filled with fighting and violence. In the subterranean world of London's private members clubs and 60s gangster glamour, Suggs discovered a love for music and singing. Kicking around the streets of North London he met up with a group of like-mi
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Key facts
- Person.name
- Suggs
- Person.image
- Madness (band) 2008.06.20 009.jpg
- Person.landscape
- Yes
- Person.caption
- Suggs performing live with Madness in 2009
- Person.birth_name
- Graham McPherson
- Person.birth_place
- Hastings, England
- Person.years_active
- 1977–present
- Person.children
- 2
- Musical artist.embed
- yes
- Musical artist.background
- solo_singer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Graham
- Family name
- McPherson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Hastings
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- new wave
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Warner Music Group
- Official website
- www.suggsmcpherson.co.uk
- Image
- Suggs.JPG
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- date of birth
- 1961-01-13
- Commons category
- Graham McPherson
- start of work period
- 1978-00-00
- name in native language
- Graham McPherson
- birth name
- Graham McPherson
- pseudonym
- Suggs
- copyright representative
- PRS for Music
- member of
- Madness
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Career
- Solo career
- Musical collaborations
- Film and theatre
- Radio
- Television
- Other work
- Charity
- Useless Information Society
- Books
- Stand-up comedy
- Personal life
- Discography
- Albums
- Singles
- Other appearances
- References
- External links
Graham McPherson (born 13 January 1961), known by his stage name Suggs, is an English singer-songwriter, musician, radio personality and actor.
He came to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead singer of the ska band Madness, which released fifteen singles that entered the top 10 charts in the United Kingdom during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, including "My Girl", "Baggy Trousers", "Embarrassment", "It Must Be Love", "House of Fun", "Driving in My Car", "Our House", "Wings of a Dove" and "Lovestruck". Suggs began his solo career in 1995, while still a member of Madness. Since then, he has released two studio albums and two compilation albums. His solo hits include "I'm Only Sleeping", "Camden Town", "Cecilia" and "Blue Day".
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