Suzanne Vega (American singer-songwriter)

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Legal name: Suzanne Nadine Vega

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Suzanne Nadine Vega (née Peck; born July 11, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter of folk-inspired music. Vega's music career spans almost 40 years. In the mid-1980s and 1990s she released four singles that entered the Top 40 charts in the UK, "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 duo DNA with Vega as featured artist, 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".

Vega has released nine studio albums to date, the most recent being 2016’s Lover, Beloved: Songs from an Evening with Carson McCullers.

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Discography

Album

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1985Suzanne VegaSuzanne Vega3.7516
1987Solitude StandingSuzanne Vega4.2517
1990Days of Open HandSuzanne Vega13
199299.9 F°Suzanne Vega4.56
1996Nine Objects of DesireSuzanne Vega4.56
2001Songs in Red and GraySuzanne Vega23
2007Beauty & CrimeSuzanne Vega9
2010Close-Up, Volume 1: Love SongsSuzanne Vega5
2010Close-Up, Volume 2: People & PlacesSuzanne Vega4
2011Close-Up, Volume 3: States of BeingSuzanne Vega3
2012Close-Up, Volume 4: Songs of FamilySuzanne Vega3
2014Tales From the Realm of the Queen of PentaclesSuzanne Vega4
2016Lover, Beloved: Songs From an Evening With Carson McCullersSuzanne Vega35

Album + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1991Tom’s AlbumSuzanne Vega & Various Artists2
1998Tried and True: The Best of Suzanne VegaSuzanne Vega4
2003Retrospective: The Best of Suzanne VegaSuzanne Vega6
2007Colour CollectionSuzanne Vega1
2013Close-Up Vol 1-4 (Bonus Content)Suzanne Vega1
2014Close-Up SeriesSuzanne Vega1
20175 Classic AlbumsSuzanne Vega1
2022Close-Up ExtrasSuzanne Vega1

Album + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1986Live in London 1986Suzanne Vega1
1992Pavarotti & Friends: “Pavarotti International” Charity Gala Concert (live, 1992-09-27: Parco Novi Sad, Modena, Italy)Pavarotti and Friends StingZuccheroLucio DallaNeville BrothersAaron NevilleSuzanne VegaMike OldfieldBrian MayBob GeldofPatricia KaasMichael Kamen3
1993Making Noise: The 99.9 F° World TourSuzanne Vega1
1997Sessions at West 54thSuzanne Vega1
2004Live at Montreux 2004Suzanne Vega3
2005Live at the Stephen TalkhouseSuzanne Vega2
2006Live at Duo Music ExchangeSuzanne Vega1
2012Solitude Standing: Live at the BarbicanSuzanne Vega42
2014Live at the SpeakeasySuzanne Vega1
2015Warfield Theater, San Franzisco, August 6th, 1987Suzanne Vega2
2020An Evening of New York Songs and StoriesSuzanne Vega5
2021Silent Sunrise (Live '85)Suzanne Vega1
Live in HamburgSuzanne Vega1
Tried and True (live at TW)Suzanne Vega1
1986My Name Is Suzanne Vega LiveSuzanne Vega1
1987Cracking (Live in San Francisco)Suzanne Vega1
1989Live USA (imt 900.015)Grateful Dead with Mike Taylor featuring Suzanne Vega3
1993Solitude SongsSuzanne Vega1
19941993-05-18: Zürich 1993: Albisgüetli, Zürich, SwitzerlandSuzanne Vega1
1994100° Fahrenheit in MontreuxSuzanne Vega1
1995Live at Tom's DinerSuzanne Vega1
19981993-05-24: Blue Box: Westwood OneSuzanne Vega1
2002Les Inrocks Live at Le Bataclan Paris 2002Suzanne Vega1
20072007-10-28: Studio im. Agnieszki Osieckiej, Polskie RadioSuzanne Vega1
20082007-10-14: Postbahnhof, Berlin, GermanySuzanne Vega1
20091985-10-14: Uni Theatre, Bremen, GermanySuzanne Vega1
20102010-11-14: Housing Works Bookstore, New York City, NY, USASuzanne Vega1
2020Live at The Bottom Line 1986: Live Radio BroadcastSuzanne Vega1
1986-04-24: Oosterpoort, Groningen, The NetherlandsSuzanne Vega1
1987-11-20: Rheingoldhalle, Mainz, GermanySuzanne Vega1
1990-12-13: Halle Münsterland, Münster, GermanySuzanne Vega1
2007-11-21: Boulder Theatre, Boulder, CO, USASuzanne Vega1
2011-02-05: Hering Auditorium, Fairbanks, AK, USASuzanne Vega1
2006-07-08: Tanz- und Folkfest Rudolstadt, Rudolstadt, GermanySuzanne Vega1

Single

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1985Marlene on the WallSuzanne Vega5
1985Small Blue ThingSuzanne Vega1
1985Knight MovesSuzanne Vega1
1986GypsySuzanne Vega1
1986Left of CenterSuzanne Vega1
1987LukaSuzanne Vega5
1987Solitude StandingSuzanne Vega3
1987Tom's DinerSuzanne Vega4
1988Compact HitsSuzanne Vega1
1990Tired Of SleepingSuzanne Vega1
1990Tom’s DinerD.N.A. featuring Suzanne Vega47
1990Book of DreamsSuzanne Vega5
1990Men in a WarSuzanne Vega2
199299.9 F°Suzanne Vega4
1992Blood Makes NoiseSuzanne Vega3
1992Blood Makes NoiseSuzanne Vega2
1992In LiverpoolSuzanne Vega2
1993When Heroes Go DownSuzanne Vega5
1996CaramelSuzanne Vega2
1996HeadshotsSuzanne Vega2
1996No Cheap ThrillSuzanne Vega2
1997Birth-daySuzanne Vega2
1997World Before ColumbusSuzanne Vega2
1998Book & A CoverSuzanne Vega1
1999Rosemary (Remember Me)Suzanne Vega2
2000Tom's DinerKenny Blake feat. Suzanne Vega2
2007Frank & AvaSuzanne Vega1
2007Ludlow StreetSuzanne Vega1
2011Streets Of LaredoSuzanne Vega1
2014I Never Wear WhiteSuzanne Vega1
2014Fool’s ComplaintSuzanne Vega1
2014Don’t Uncork What You Can’t ContainSuzanne Vega1
2016We of MeSuzanne Vega1
2022Luka (Spanish version) (Close‐Up Extras version)Suzanne Vega1
2001Last Year's TroublesSuzanne Vega1
2001(I'll Never Be) Your Maggie MaySuzanne Vega1
2001PenitentSuzanne Vega1
2001Widow's WalkSuzanne Vega1

Single + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2020Walk on the Wild SideSuzanne Vega3
2020New York Is My DestinationSuzanne Vega1

EP + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2007Rhapsody OriginalSuzanne Vega1
2008iTunes Festival: London 2008Suzanne Vega1

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