Graham McPherson

Suggs
Suggs performing live with Madness in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2005
Born	Graham McPherson (1961-01-13) 13 January 1961 (age 56) Hastings, Sussex, England
Occupation	Singer-songwriter musician radio personality actor
Years active	1978–present
Spouse(s)	Bette Bright (m. 1981–present)
Musical career
Genres	Ska pop new wave 2-Tone
Instruments	Vocals keyboards guitar percussion
Labels	Warner Music Cherry Red Atlantic Universal Music TV
Associated acts	Madness The Farm Morrissey Audio Bullys Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra
Website	suggsmcpherson.co.uk
Suggs's voice from the BBC programme FrontRow, 2 May 2013

Graham McPherson (born 13 January 1961), better known as Suggs, is an English singer-songwriter, musician, radio personality and actor.

In a music career spanning more than 30 years, Suggs came to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead singer of the ska band Madness, which released fifteen singles that entered the Top 10 charts in the United Kingdom during the 1970s, 1980s and the 1990s, including "My Girl", "Baggy Trousers", "Embarrassment", "It Must Be Love", "House of Fun", "Driving in My Car", "Our House", "Wings of a Dove" and "Lovestruck". Suggs began his solo career in 1995, while still a member of Madness. Since then, he has released two studio albums, and two compilation albums. His solo hits include "I'm Only Sleeping", "Camden Town", "Cecilia" and "Blue Day".

Suggs has also been an actor, with roles in films, theatre and television. He has married once and is the father of two children.

Graham McPherson was born on 13 January 1961, in Hastings, Sussex, England, the son of William Rutherford McPherson (1935–1975) and jazz singer Edith Gower. The couple married in Paddington in 1960 and Suggs was raised in Hastings by his mother. His father had left by the time Suggs was aged three. In a 2009 interview when asked about what happened to his father:

I don't know, but what I've heard hasn't been good: heroin, injecting his eyeballs with paraffin, being sectioned. He must be dead now. I mean, he would have got in touch if he was alive, wouldn't he? Yeah, he must be dead, poor bugger.