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Suzanne Vega

real name Suzanne Nadine Peck Vega Yunqué

American singer-songwriter

Santa Monica, United States · b. 1959-07-11

Suzanne Vega is credited on 1,171 releases across 287 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1982–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,171

Credits

287

Albums

5

Decades active

267

In collections

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American singer-songwriter, born July 11, 1959 in Santa Monica, California, US.
New York City-based since 1962.
She is also referred to as the "Mother of MP3" as the original acapella version of Tom's Diner was used to develop the fine-tuning of the compression codec.

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1,171 releases · 287 albums · active 1982–2024

  • Performance · 2,173
  • Other credits · 571
  • Production · 112

Studios: A&M Studios · Bearsville Studios · RPM Studios · Celestial Sound Studios, New York, NY

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