Thursday music corner: Folk singer Suzanne Vega (b.1959) grew up in New York and rose to prominence after winning a major record label contract in 1984. Her self-titled debut album Suzanne Vega (1985), was a critical success in America and was awarded platinum status in the UK. Marlene On The Wall from the album was promoted in a music video that achieved considerable airplay on music TV channels MTV and VH1. Vega's second album Solitude Standing (1987), which topped the album charts in New Zealand and Sweden, spawned the innovative hit single Luka. Later Vega broke new boundaries by endorsing a bootleg remix of her a capella track Tom's Diner from UK dance producers DNA, which topped the charts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and reached number 2 in the UK pop charts in July 1990. Vega has to date released 13 studio albums, and her most recent album release was the live album An Evening of New York Songs & Stories (2020).
Suzanne Vega - Marlene On The Wall (1985)
Music: Marlene Dietrich - Lili Marlene (1945)
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