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BIO
Susan Jacks is one of eight children and was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. At the age of 7, Susan began singing on the radio on Saturday afternoons. When she was 9, her family moved to British Columbia. She sang in the school and church choirs and by the time she reached the age of 13, she was featured on her own radio show. Her first professional appearance was at age 14 for a legion dance in Haney, BC for $1.
At 15, Susan auditioned for and became a regular performer on the national Canadian TV show "Music Hop". In 1966, Susan was asked to sing in Hope, B.C. and called Terry Jacks to accompany her on guitar, after which she and Terry began playing several small clubs as a duo. Susan and Terry married in 1967. They would eventually add guitar player, Craig McCaw, and began trying out group names (Powerline and Winkin' Blinkin' and Nob). With the addition of a tabla player, Satwant Singh, they settled on the name The Poppy Family.
After two western Canada hits ("Beyond The Clouds" and "What Can The Matter Be"), The Poppy Family would hit gold worldwide with "Which Way You Goin' Billy?" in 1970. The single became No.1 in Canada, No. 1 in Cashbox and No.2 on Billboard in the USA. Eventually, worldwide sales would total over 2 1/2 million copies. The single won several awards in Canada including 'Best Performance', and 'Outstanding Sales'. The group went on to release several other successful singles including “Where Evil Grows” and “That’s Where I Went Wrong”.
Susan’s solo album, 'I Thought Of You Again', was released in 1973. Singles released from this album were the Juno-nominated track "I Thought Of You Again" as well as "I Want You To Love Me" and “You Don’t Know What Love Is”.
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In 1975, Susan’s album entitled “Dream” was released, producing successful singles including the Juno nominated “Anna Marie” as well as “Love Has No Pride”.
She took time off during the late 70s to have a son but returned to the studio and live performing in 1979.
In 1980 she recorded 'Ghosts' for CBS Records and was again nominated for a Juno award for “All The Tea in China” from that album. Other hits from the album were "Evergreen" and "Fool Such As I". Susan continued to release several singles in the following two years and in 1982, hooked up with Bruce Allen Management who brought in Prism's Tom Lavin to produce the 'Forever' album.
Susan moved to Nashville in 1983 with second husband CFL player Ted Dushinski and their son, Thad, after signing a recording contract with Compleat Records, a Nashville based record label.
With the 1984 release of 'Tall Dark Stranger' she was nominated for another Juno and won 'Best New Female Country Artist' in Oklahoma. When the label folded a couple of years later, Susan began to hone her songwriting skills and became a staff songwriter for a Nashville publishing company. Many of her songs have been recorded by Canadian artists.
In 2004, after spending several years in the corporate world, Susan left Nashville, returning to the Northwest and the music industry, and is now working as a consultant for other artists as well as working on her own recording projects and live performances.
Susan continues songwriting and recently co-wrote a song for the Lifetime movie “Last Chance Café” as well as making a guest appearance in the movie.
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 To read an insightful interview in San Francisco's Scram Magazine with Susan and to learn more about her early career, partnership with Terry Jacks and her role in the Poppy Family
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Sweet 16
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