Susan Kay Bogguss (born December 30, 1956) is an American
country music
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singer and songwriter. She began her career in the 1980s as a solo singer. In the 1990s, six of her songs were Top 10 hits, three albums were certified gold, and one album received a platinum certification. She won Top New Female Vocalist from the
Academy of Country Music
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and the Horizon Award from the
Country Music Association
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.
Early life and rise to success
Susan Kay Bogguss was born on December 30, 1956, in
Aledo, Illinois
Aledo (u--doh) is a city in Mercer County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,640 at the 2010 census, up from 3,613 in 2000. It is the county seat of Mercer County.
History
Aledo was established in the 1850s when the railroad was ext ...
, United States, the youngest of four born to Barbara "B.J." (née Stewart) and Charles "Bud" Bogguss. Charles was an Army officer who served in the
Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II
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,
and later became a machinist who worked at an International Harvester plant at East Moline.
B.J. was a secretary-auditor for a Midwest grocery chain.
Her grandmothers played piano at theaters.
At age 5, she began singing in the Angel Choir of the College Avenue Presbyterian Church in her hometown. With her parents' encouragement, she took lessons in
piano
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and
drum
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s, and as a teenager picked up the
guitar
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as well.
In her youth, Bogguss would visit
Roy Rogers
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and
Dale Evans
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Early life
Evans was born Frances Octavia Smith on Oc ...
at their home in
Apple Valley, California
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, as they attended the same church as her grandparents.
She starred in several musicals at
Aledo High School, where she was crowned homecoming queen. After graduating in 1975, she enrolled at
Illinois Wesleyan University
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in Bloomington, but later transferred to
Illinois State University
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(ISU) in Normal. She graduated from ISU in 1980 with a
bachelor's degree
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in
metalsmithing
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. She would later use these skills to design her own jewelry.
Bogguss later recalled of her interest in music, "Being from a small town I didn’t realize that somebody had to make this stuff. I was so green. I also knew about
Elton John
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and other big performers, but it never occurred to me that somebody like me from my small town could make a living making music."
Having sung and played guitar and drums in local
coffeehouses
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during her college years, Bogguss embarked on a nationwide tour as a folk
troubadour
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after graduating from ISU.
At the time, she was drawn to other singers such as
Emmylou Harris
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,
James Taylor
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and
Bonnie Raitt
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.
During this time, she produced her first independent album for Old Shack Recording: ''Suzy''. The LP was available for purchase at her shows and is now a rare collector's item. In 1984, while touring at the Huntley Lodge resort in Montana, Bogguss discovered that she spent most of her money on clothes for her later shows. She also realized that she had no health insurance, very little car insurance, and low chances of performing further, and there were no talent scouts.
After moving to
Nashville, Tennessee
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, in 1985,
Bogguss began working at the local
Tony Roma's
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restaurant on her first day there.
While there, she performed a three-day audition for entertainer
Dolly Parton
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at Silver Dollar City, a theme park which would eventually become
Dollywood
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.
The following year, she became the first featured female performer at the park, playing four solo shows at the park's train station and appearing in the "Jamboree" show. On performing at the train station, Bogguss later recalled that "I kept thinking, 'I'm going to get black lung disease
rom the coal train in Dollywood'"
Bogguss said that performing at the park "was the first situation where I knew that every time I introduced a song by a country artist, they knew who the artist's mom was, who his or her brothers and sisters were and who he or she was married to."
These performances prompted her to make a self-produced
demo
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recording at a studio owned by folk singer
Wendy Waldman
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Waldman (born Wendy Steiner) grew up in the Los Angeles area. She was raised in a musical environment: her father Fred Steiner w ...
, who would eventually become Bogguss's first producer.
Bogguss made several copies and sold them while performing in Dollywood.
At the time, she recorded a demo of "Hopeless Romantic", a song written by Doug Crider that would become part of her debut studio album. Crider and Bogguss met each other,
and eventually married in November 1986.
The demo soon caught the attention of
Capitol Records
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president
Jim Foglesong
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, who offered her a recording contract on the Liberty/Capitol Nashville label.
Suzy appeared on The Texas Connection/Austin City Limits in 1991 then hosted by Jerry Jeff Walker. She joined him to cover Michael Burton's Night Rider's Lament. Both Jerry Jeff and the audience were blown away by her voice and her yodelling.
Liberty/Capitol recording career
In 1987, Bogguss released her first three singles for Capitol, a cover of
The Ink Spots
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' 1941 song "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire," "Love Will Never Slip Away," and "
Come as You Were
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". Two of these singles succeeded in making the lower reaches of the Billboard country music charts. Her debut studio album for Capitol, ''
Somewhere Between'' was released in March 1989. ''Somewhere Between'', with its blend of traditional and contemporary styles, drew positive reviews from critics. The album's second single, "Cross My Broken Heart," became a top-20 hit on the country music charts. The same year, Bogguss won the award for Top New Female Vocalist by the
Academy of Country Music
The Academy of Country Music (ACM) was founded in 1964 in Los Angeles, California as the Country & Western Music Academy. Among the founders were Eddie Miller, Tommy Wiggins, and Mickey and Chris Christensen. They wanted to promote country music ...
.
For her second album, ''
Moment of Truth'', production tasks were taken over by new label-head and Nashville producer
Jimmy Bowen
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Early life ...
, who moved Bogguss's sound in a more polished direction. However, the album's two singles failed to rise beyond the lower reaches of the Billboard charts. A duet she recorded with
Lee Greenwood
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, "Hopelessly Yours," went to No. 12 on the country singles chart and received a
Grammy Award
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nomination for Best Country Vocal Collaboration.
In 1991 Bogguss released her third studio album, the platinum-selling ''
Aces
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''. The LP yielded four hit singles - "
Someday Soon", "
Outbound Plane
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", "
Aces
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", and "
Letting Go", the latter three reaching the country Top Ten. At the 1992
Country Music Association
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Awards Bogguss won the Horizon Award. In September of that year, Bogguss began designing women's leather apparel; the apparel was sold in stores on the West Coast.
Her 1992 follow-up, ''
Voices in the Wind
''Voices in the Wind'' is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Suzy Bogguss. It was released on October 6, 1992 via Liberty Records. It earned her a second straight gold record and her highest-charting single ever, the No.&nbs ...
'', earned Bogguss her second straight gold record. The album's first single, a cover of the 1988 song "
Drive South
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The Fo ...
" by
John Hiatt
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, missed the No. 1 spot but gave Bogguss the highest-charting hit of her career to date. Her streak continued the following year with another gold record, ''
Something Up My Sleeve
''Something Up My Sleeve'' is the fifth studio album by the American country music singer-songwriter Suzy Bogguss, released in 1993 on Liberty Records. ''Something Up My Sleeve'' produced two Top 10 singles: "Just Like the Weather" and "Hey Cinder ...
'', giving her two additional Top Five hits in "
Just Like the Weather
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" and "
Hey Cinderella". The latter, which she cowrote with
Matraca Berg
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and Gary Harrison, has gone on to become one of Bogguss's
signature song
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s. In May 1993, Bogguss appeared on the CBS television special ''The Women of Country''.
Eventually, Bogguss became the sole producer of her sixth studio album, ''
Simpatico''. The album consisted of duets with long-time friend and guitarist
Chet Atkins
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. The album was released in 1994, and though it was generally well reviewed, its only single, "One More for the Road," did not chart. That same year, Bogguss's ''
Greatest Hits
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'' album was released and went gold. Later, Bogguss collaborated with
Alison Krauss
Alison Maria Krauss (born July 23, 1971) is an American bluegrass-country singer and musician. She entered the music industry at an early age, competing in local contests by the age of 8 and recording for the first time at 14. She signed with ...
,
Kathy Mattea
Kathleen Alice Mattea (born June 21, 1959) is an American country music and bluegrass singer. Active since 1984 as a recording artist, she has charted more than 30 singles on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts, including four that re ...
, and
Crosby, Stills, and Nash
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to contribute "
Teach Your Children
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" to the
AIDS
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benefit compilation album
Red Hot + Country
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produced by the
Red Hot Organization
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.
Upon completing ''Simpatico'', Bogguss temporarily set her music aside to start a family. Bogguss and Crider's first child, Benton Charles Crider, was born on March 17, 1995. She also scaled down her touring dates as a result for three years.
In May of that year, Bogguss performed at the
White House
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with
Kathy Mattea
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and
Alison Krauss
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. This event later aired on
PBS
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stations in September as ''Women of Country Music''. In July 1996, she released her seventh studio album, entitled ''Give Me Some Wheels''. During her break, the climate of country music had changed considerably, with more pop-oriented female singers such as
Martina McBride
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McBride was born in Sharon, Kansas, and relocat ...
,
Faith Hill
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Hill' ...
, and
Shania Twain
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dominating the charts. Bogguss's traditional, straightforward style failed to connect with younger listeners, and the record yielded low sales. In March 1997, Bogguss performed at the Every Woman's Challenge charity concert, which was held at the
Palm Springs Convention Center
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in California.
After her next album, 1998's ''
Nobody Love, Nobody Gets Hurt
''Nobody Love, Nobody Gets Hurt'' is the eighth studio album by American country music singer Suzy Bogguss. It was released in 1998 as her final album for Capitol Records.
Content
The album includes the singles " Somebody to Love", "Nobody Love, ...
'', also proved unsuccessful, Bogguss was dropped from Capitol. On February 18, 1999, Bogguss issued the following statement:
Indie label recording career
Following her departure from Capitol, Bogguss signed with Nashville-based fledgling label Platinum Records, headed by former Capitol executive George Collier. Within three months, she had released her self-titled ninth studio album, ''Suzy Bogguss''. Once again, the album was unsuccessful, with her only single "Goodnight" making an appearance on the country charts.
In 2001, Bogguss founded her own record label, Loyal Dutchess. The label's first album, ''Live at Caffé Milano'', documents three separate 1999 performances at the Caffé Milano in Nashville. This release is only available for purchase at Bogguss's official website. In November 2001, she released the holiday album, ''Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas'', a compilation of new and previously available material included through a special licensing agreement with Capitol.
In addition to being available at her website, the album was also offered through
Amazon.com
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, select retailers, and at her live performances.
In March 2003, Bogguss and Loyal Dutchess Records signed a deal with
Compadre Records
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. Her first release on this label was the
Western swing
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album, ''Swing'', that she had been recording with producer
Ray Benson
Ray Benson (born Ray Benson Seifert, March 16, 1951 - October 31st 2022) i Western swing
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, the bandleader of Western swing group
Asleep at the Wheel
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. Although the album saw only lukewarm sales (it reached No. 6 on the jazz album charts, but failed to appear on the Billboard 200), it was well received by critics. Bogguss' next album, ''Sweet Danger'', was released in 2007. The album peaked at No. 4 on the jazz charts. In July 2011, Bogguss released her twelfth studio album, ''American Folk Songbook''. The album consisted of renditions of several American folk songs, such as "
Red River Valley
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". In addition to the CD, Bogguss and husband Doug Crider also produced a companion hard cover song book that included lyrics, sheet music, and a short history of each song. A paperback version of the songbook became available in 2015.
In February 2014 Bogguss released "Lucky" a collection of songs written by Merle Haggard. To partially fund the promotion of the album she created a very successful Kickstarter crowd funding campaign which raised over $75,000 with the participation of nearly 1000 contributors.
The album was promoted through the Americana format and was well received.
During the summer of 2016, Bogguss conducted a celebration via her Suzy Bogguss Music Facebook page, of the 25th anniversary of the release of her Platinum selling Aces Album in 1991. Aces also was her break out album which brought her serious attention on Country Radio and secured her future on Capitol Nashville for several more albums. On August 18, 2016, the actual 25th anniversary of the release of the original Aces album, she released a new re-imagined and rerecorded version of the album entitled "Aces Redux." A release party and concert was held that night at the "3rd and Lindsley" venue in Nashville. "Aces Redux" was recorded with the help of a number of the musicians that have toured with Bogguss over the years and included background vocals by friends Beth Nielsen Chapman and Kim Carnes along with several others. The album takes a more acoustic and simpler production tack than the original which also reflects her more recent touring approach as a trio with Charlie Chadwick on standup Bass and Craig Smith on lead guitar.
Discography
References
Sources
* Bufwack, Mary A. "Suzy Bogguss." In ''The Encyclopedia of Country Music.'' (1998). Paul Kinsgbury, Ed. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 43.
* "Suzy Bogguss" in ''Country Music: the encyclopedia.'' (1997). Irwin Stambler, Grelun Landon. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 40-41.
External links
*
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