Susan Jacks

Susan Jacks was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She is a Canadian singer/songwriter who shot to international fame as part of the Poppy Family with then-husband Terry Jacks, a member of the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame. Her first recording “Which Way You Going Billy” sold 3 million records worldwide and became #1 in Canada and #2 on Billboard in the USA. A string of hits followed. She and Terry met on the set of the National television show Let’s Go which originated in Vancouver. She has been nominated for a number of Juno Awards (“Anna Marie”, “Love Has No Pride” “All the Tea in China”). In 1980 she recorded “Ghosts” for CBS records which also received a Juno nomination. Jacks moved to Nashville in 1983. While there she recorded “Tall Dark Stranger” which gave her another Juno nomination and won her Best New Country Artist in Oklahoma. She became a staff songwriter for a Nashville Publishing Company. In 2004, she returned to Vancouver and has resumed her singing career.