* 30.12.1956 Aledo, IL

Genre –CTRY

Active decade: 80s 90s

Free-spirited Suzv Boaauss successfully straddled the line between traditional and mainstream country , and in the process became one of the most popular and critically acclaimed female country singers of the late '80s and early '90s.

Bogguss sang in the Aledo Presbvterian Church Angel Choir at age five.

As a young adult, she became interested in the guitar and began singing, playing whenever and wherever she could find an audience; soon Bogguss had developed a sizable following throughout the Midwest, Northeast and Canada. She appeared on a Peoria public television station, and after a positive viewer response, came back to host and star in two more shows.

Not long afterward, Bogguss was hired as an opener for such acts as Dan Seals and 8sleeo at the Wheel. and toured the West and Mexico.

In 1985, she headed for Nashville and got a job singing in a rib joint and doing session work. She recorded an album at Wendv Waldman's studio and began giving copies to local radiostations and magazines, receiving glowing reviews. She got a gig singing at Dolly Parton's Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, leading to a contract with Capitol Nashville and an appearance on TNN's Nashville Now, where Chet Atkins invited her to open a concert. Bogguss' first two singles, "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" and "Love Will Never Slip Away," were released in 1987 and became minor hits. In 1988, she demonstrated her prowess as a yodeler on "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart," also a modest chart success. She and producer Wendy Waldman cut her first major label album, Somewhere Between, in 1989, and several tracks became hits. Her next album, 1990's Moments of Truth, did fairly well, but her third, Aces, went gold in 1992, a year after it was released. Voices in the Wind, Bogguss' fourth album, was released that year; it too went gold and spawned a string of Top Ten singles, including the number two hit "Drive South," written by John Hiatt.  

In 1994, she released her fifth album, Simpatico, as well as a greatest hits collection; in 1996 she released ‘Give Me Some Wheels’. ‘Nobodv Love, Nobodv Gets Hurt’ followed in 1998, and a year later Bogguss returned with ‘It's a Perfect Day’