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Suzanne Vega
American singer-songwriter
Since 1959
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About
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. 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".
Vega has released ten studio albums; her most recent release is the studio album Flying with Angels, released on May 2, 2025, by Cooking Vinyl.
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Suzanne Nadine Vega, née le 11 juillet 1959 à Santa Monica (Californie), est une autrice-compositrice-interprète américaine.
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Past shows
- Natick · The Center for Arts in Natick
- Northampton · BOMBYX Center for Arts & Equity
Discography
Albums
- 1985 Suzanne Vega
- 1987 Solitude Standing
- 1990 Days of Open Hand
- 1992 99.9 F°
- 1996 Nine Objects of Desire
- 2001 Songs in Red and Gray
- 2007 Beauty & Crime
- 2010 Close-Up, Volume 1: Love Songs
- 2010 Close-Up, Volume 2: People & Places
- 2011 Close-Up, Volume 3: States of Being
- 2012 Close-Up, Volume 4: Songs of Family
- 2014 Tales From the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles
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Singles
- 1985 Knight Moves
- 1985 Marlene on the Wall
- 1985 Small Blue Thing
- 1986 Gypsy
- 1986 Left of Center
- 1987 Luka
- 1987 Solitude Standing
- 1987 Tom's Diner
- 1988 Compact Hits
- 1990 Book of Dreams
- 1990 Men in a War
- 1990 Tired Of Sleeping
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- 1990 Tom’s Diner
- 1992 Blood Makes Noise
- 1992 Blood Makes Noise
- 1992 In Liverpool
- 1992 99.9 F°
- 1993 When Heroes Go Down
- 1996 Caramel
- 1996 Headshots
- 1996 No Cheap Thrill
- 1997 World Before Columbus
- 1997 Birth-day
- 1998 Book & A Cover
- 1999 Rosemary (Remember Me)
- 2000 Tom's Diner
- 2001 (I'll Never Be) Your Maggie May
- 2001 Penitent
- 2001 Widow's Walk
- 2001 Last Year's Troubles
- 2007 Frank & Ava
- 2007 Ludlow Street
- 2011 Streets Of Laredo
- 2014 I Never Wear White
- 2014 Fool’s Complaint
- 2014 Don’t Uncork What You Can’t Contain
- 2016 We of Me
- 2018 Toms Diner
- 2022 Luka (Spanish version) (Close‐Up Extras version)
- 2022 Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner (C.I.S.C.O Edit)
- 2024 Rats
- 2025 Speakersʼ Corner
- 2025 Chambermaid
- 2025 Alley
