Bogguss, Susan Kay
1956 - Born on December 30th in Aledo, Illinois. Suzy Bogguss is an award-winning country/western singer and songwriter.
1980 - Graduated with a bachelor's degree in art and a concentration in metalsmithery from Illinois State University.
1985 - She moved to Nashville and worked as a demo singer while playing in clubs by night; she later took a job singing at the Dollywood theme park and sold tapes of her own music, one of which got her signed to Liberty/Capitol when a label executive heard it.
1987-1988 - Bogguss released her first singles, and her debut album, Somewhere Between, appeared the following year.
- Won the top new female vocalist of the year award at the Academy of Country Music Awards.
1990 - The follow-up, Moment of Truth, took Bogguss in a more polished direction, but failed to break her to a wider audience.
1991 - Released her gold-selling Aces, which spun off a total of four hit singles: "Someday Soon," "Letting Go," "Outbound Plane," and the title track (the latter three all made the country Top Ten).
1992 - Bogguss was now a star, and her follow-up, Voices in the Wind -- a more pop-oriented effort -- brought the highest-charting hit of her career in the number two cover of John Hiatt's "Drive South".
- Recipient of the Country Music Association's Horizon Award.
1996 - Bogguss took a bit of time off to start a family with her husband and songwriting partner, Doug Crider, and returned with Give Me Some Wheels, which proved a commercial disappointment.
1980 - Graduated with a bachelor's degree in art and a concentration in metalsmithery from Illinois State University.
1985 - She moved to Nashville and worked as a demo singer while playing in clubs by night; she later took a job singing at the Dollywood theme park and sold tapes of her own music, one of which got her signed to Liberty/Capitol when a label executive heard it.
1987-1988 - Bogguss released her first singles, and her debut album, Somewhere Between, appeared the following year.
- Won the top new female vocalist of the year award at the Academy of Country Music Awards.
1990 - The follow-up, Moment of Truth, took Bogguss in a more polished direction, but failed to break her to a wider audience.
1991 - Released her gold-selling Aces, which spun off a total of four hit singles: "Someday Soon," "Letting Go," "Outbound Plane," and the title track (the latter three all made the country Top Ten).
1992 - Bogguss was now a star, and her follow-up, Voices in the Wind -- a more pop-oriented effort -- brought the highest-charting hit of her career in the number two cover of John Hiatt's "Drive South".
- Recipient of the Country Music Association's Horizon Award.
1996 - Bogguss took a bit of time off to start a family with her husband and songwriting partner, Doug Crider, and returned with Give Me Some Wheels, which proved a commercial disappointment.
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