Susan Christie is an American singer from
Philadelphia
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,
Pennsylvania
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. She is best known for a minor hit folk song “I Love Onions” (1966) and for her critically acclaimed solo psychedelic-folk album ''Paint A Lady'' (2006).
Early career
A gifted child, Susan Christie met music producer and director John Hill while the two were involved in a junior-high play.
Most of her future music was produced in collaboration with Hill, with whom she was also romantically involved.
Following high school, the two studied together at
Berklee College of Music
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in
Boston
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.
During this time, they came to the attention of
Cameo-Parkway
Cameo-Parkway Records was the parent company of Cameo Records and Parkway Records, which were major American Philadelphia-based record labels from 1956 (for Cameo) and 1958 (for Parkway) to 1967. Among the types of music released were doo-wop, d ...
record producer Dave Appell, which inspired both Christie and Hill to begin seriously pursuing music as a career.
Their first collaboration was a folk group called The Highlanders, who performed live at various folk festivals during the mid 1960s.
Although Susan Christie is not credited as a songwriter, several songs were written specifically with her in mind, most notably by John Hill, David Cochrane, and Bill Soden. In 196