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Suzanne Vega
Born in California, Suzanne Vega was mostly brought up in the Spanish Harlem
district of New York by her German-Swedish mother and her Puerto Rican father.
Vega was 14 when she started writing songs, studying modern dance and began
performing in small bars in Greenwich Village. She released her self-titled
debut album in 1985 - produced by Lenny Kaye - and her moving songs and
sensitive performances made a big impact on the back of the hit single 'Marlene
On the Wall'.
Two years later, her second album 'Solitude Standing' did even better, catching
public imagination with the...
