Susanna Hoffs

Susanna Hoffs (born January 17, 1959) is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, author, and actress. She, Debbi Peterson, and Vicki Peterson founded the Bangles in 1981. They released their first album ''All Over the Place'' on Columbia Records in 1984. Their second album, ''Different Light'', contained the US number two single "Manic Monday" and number one "Walk Like an Egyptian". The group's third album, ''Everything'' (1988), included the US top-ten hit "In Your Room" and number one "Eternal Flame", both written by Hoffs with Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly. Following tensions and resentment of Hoffs's perceived leadership, the band split in 1989, reformed in 1999 and released albums in 2003 and 2011.

Hoffs appeared in the films ''Stony Island'' (1978) and ''The Haircut'' (1982), both written by her mother, Tamar Simon Hoffs. She starred in the comedy movie ''The Allnighter'' (1987), directed by her mother, which was a commercial and critical failure. Her first solo album, ''When You're a Boy'' (1991), was followed by ''Susanna Hoffs'' (1996). Neither of the releases proved to be as popular as the Bangles' albums, although they yielded two charting singles in the US, the Top-40 hit "My Side of the Bed", and "All I Want". She later recorded several songs for movies, and formed the faux British 1960s band Ming Tea, with Mike Myers and Matthew Sweet, which performed in all three ''Austin Powers'' movies. Hoffs teamed with Sweet to produce three albums of cover songs. Her next solo album ''Someday'' (2012) was followed by the cover albums ''Bright Lights'' (2021) and ''The Deep End'' (2023).

Hoffs's first novel, ''This Bird Has Flown'', a romantic comedy about a struggling musician, was published by Little Brown in 2023. It received favorable reviews, and Universal Pictures purchased the rights to the novel for a screen adaptation. Provided by Wikipedia