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Suzanne Vega
Born in Santa Monica, California, on July 11, 1959, 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 pu...
