Suzanne Vega
publication date: Saturday, June 27, 2020 (part of Summer 2020)
category: 
Music
clue: This left-leaning folk artist wrote a song about Jerry Seinfeld's favorite restaurant, and became the first artist in the mp3 format.
explanation: Suzanne Vega is known for the hits "Left of Center" and "Tom's Diner," the latter of which is about Tom's Restaurant in New York City that was used for exterior shots of the restaurant in Seinfeld. "Tom's Diner" was used to test compression during development of the mp3 audio file format. more…
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Denise Sawicki, and Erik Bates
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