Suzette Charles

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Suzette Charles (born Suzette DeGaetano; March 2, 1963) is an American singer, songwriter, performer and actress. Suzette DeGaetano "Charles" was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is an only child to her American mother (of French–West Indian descent) who was a school teacher and Italian father who was a salesman. She attended The Performing Arts School and as a high school graduate was awarded in 1981 a Presidential Scholar in the Arts. President Ronald Reagan awarded her and 141 others the Presidential medallion. Charles graduated Temple University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and went on to being named Miss America 1984. As Miss New Jersey, she competed in the Miss America 1984 pageant held in Atlantic City on September 17, 1983. Earlier in the week, she had won a Preliminary Talent Award for her performance of "Kiss Me in the Rain" by Barbra Streisand While she originally placed as first runner-up, after the reigning Miss America Vanessa Williams was forced to resign, Suzette replaced her as the new Miss America. Charles was also the second Black woman to win the title after Williams.[2] Charles worked from a young age in singing, modelling and acting on stage and television. She appears on the original soundtrack of film adaptation of the musical 'Hair'. Charles was cast in the role of Crissy singing the song 'Frank Mills' but was ultimately cut from the film production. She acted on the ABC soap opera Loving, CBS television series Frank's Place and performed o

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Free To Love Again

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Free to Love Again (Mr. Mig & Gino Caporale Mixes)

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Whenever You're Around

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Suzette Charles

Hair

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Free To Love Again - CDsingle

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Maxi - Free To Love Again

Unpolished Diamonds

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Hair [Original Soundtrack]

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Unreleased

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The Best Of NRG For The 90's Volume 6

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Stock Aitken Waterman Diamonds

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