Susan Cadogan

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Name = Susan Cadogan

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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Alison Anne Cadogan
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Origin = Kingston, Jamaica
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Genre = Reggae
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Years_active = 1970 - present
Label = Trojan Records, Magnet Records
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Susan Cadogan (born Alison Anne Cadogan, 11 February 1951, Kingston, Jamaicacite book |last=Thompson |first=Dave |title=Reggae & Caribbean Music |year= 2002 |publisher=Backbeat Books |isbn=0-87930-655-6 ] ) is a reggae singer best known for her hit records in the 1970s.

Biography

Cadogan is the daughter of singer Lola Cadogan, who released several 78rpm singles of devotional music during the 1950s. She spent several years of her childhood in Belize, where her family had moved, before returning to Jamaica. She trained and qualified as a librarian, taking a job in the library of the University of the West Indies at Mona. Her talents as a singer led to her recording her first single, "Love My Life" for Jamaican Broadcasting DJ Jerry Lewis, who was the boyfriend of one of Cadogan's schoolfriends.cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae |year= 1998 |publisher=Virgin Books |isbn=0-7535-0242-9 ] Lee "Scratch" Perry was in the recording studio at the time, and was impressed by Cadogan's voice enough to record an album's worth of material with her, also renaming her Susan.

One of her first recordings for Perry, a cover of Millie Jackson's soul hit, "Hurts So Good" (featuring bassist Boris Gardiner and the Zap Pow horns), was released to little effect in Jamaica on Perry's new 'Perries' record label, but was released in the UK by Dennis Harris's DIP International label, and topped the UK Reggae Chart. Magnet Records picked up the single and it went on to reach the top 5 of the UK Singles Chartcite book
first= David
last= Roberts
year= 2006
title= British Hit Singles & Albums
edition= 19th
publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
location= London
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id= ISBN 1-904994-10-5] , with Cadogan flying to London to promote the single, including a television appearance on "Top of the Pops". Cadogan then signed directly to Magnet, who issued the official follow-up, the Pete Waterman produced "Love Me Baby", which reached number 22 in July 1975, but was her last UK hit Perry, meanwhile, arranged with the Birmingham based label Black Wax to release an unofficial follow-up - a remixed version of "Love My Life". Other singles were released on Klik and Lucky in an attempt to cash in, but none of these charted.

Two mid 1970s albums, "Doing It Her Way" and "Hurt So Good" were released by Magnet and Trojan Records respectively, though with disappointing sales.

Cadogan returned to her library job, but resurfaced as a recording artist in 1982, having a string of hits in Jamaica including covers of "Tracks of My Tears" and "Piece of My Heart", and 1983's "(You Know How To Make Me) Feel So Good" - a duet with Rudy Thomas. After returning again to her library job for most of the 1980s, she returned with the Mad Professor produced album "Soulful Reggae" in 1992. A further album, "Chemistry of Love" followed in 1995.

Cadogan caught the music bug once more in 2001, and she performed live at the "Heineken Startime Series" event in Kingston. [cite web |url=http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20010521/ent/ent1.html |title= Music bug bites Susan Cadogan |accessdaymonth=08 February |accessyear=2008 |author= |year=2001 |month=May |work=Jamaica Gleaner |publisher=Gleaner Company Ltd. |quote= ] More recently, Cadogan has toured together with Glen Adams and The Slackers. [cite web |url=http://www.reggaezine.co.uk/bulletinsusancadogan.html |title=A Generation bridging event bringing together the old and the new school|accessdaymonth=08 February |accessyear=2008 |author= |year= |month= |work=reggaezine.co.uk |publisher= |quote= ]

Album discography

*"Doing It Her Way" (1975) Magnet
*"Susan Cadogan" aka "Hurt So Good" (1976) Trojan
*"Chemistry of Love" (1992) Imp
*"Soulful Reggae" (1992) Ariwa
*"Stealing Love" (1998) Rhino
*"The Rhythm in You" (2003)
*"Sincerely" (2004) Capo
*"Two Sides of Susan" (2008) JVC Japan

Video

* [http://punkcast.com/631 Punkcast#631] live with the Jammyland All Stars - Club Seho, New York City, 3 December 2004. (RealPlayer,mp4)

References

External links

* [http://www.roots-archives.com/artist/72 Susan Cadogan at Roots Archives]