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Suzanne Vega
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Suzanne Nadine Vega is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and playwright born on July 11, 1959, in Santa Monica, California. She is a citizen of the United States and has worked in the music composing and performing arts fields since 1982. Vega is married to Mitchell Froom and has one child. She is fluent in English and has been associated with record labels including Blue Note, A&M Records, and Cooking Vinyl.
Her musical output spans genres such as alternative rock, alternative folk, art pop, chamber pop, and contemporary folk. Vega’s notable works include *Solitude Standing* and *I Like People That Can't Sing*. She has also contributed to publications such as *Prentice Hall Literature - Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes - The British Tradition* and *The Authentic Guitar Style of Suzanne Vega with Tablature*. Her career includes work in the acting department, and she has received recognition through various encyclopedia references.
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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
Acting · 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
Tags
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
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,786x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,964x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,996x
- Safety, Activity, and Immune Correlates of Anti–PD-1 Antibody in Cancer
· 2012 · cited 10,831x
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,801x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “"I've watched your palace up here on the hill And I've wondered who's the woman for whom we all kill But I am leaving tomorrow and you can do what you willOnly first I am asking you why.”
- “I have swallowed a secret burning thread.”
- “I won't march again on your battlefield.”
- “If you were to kill me now right here, I would still look you in the eye”
- “I am sitting in the morning at the diner on the corner I am waiting at the counter for the man to pour the coffee and he fills it only halfway and before I even argue he is looking out the window at somebody coming in.”
- “I open up the paper, there's the story of an actor who had died while he was drinking, it was no one I had heard of.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
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
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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.