Susan Holland

Susan Holland was born in 1957 in London. Her

father was a mixed American Indian and Affro-Carribean

Baptist preacher, her mother from Ireland.



Susan began her prolific artistic career at an early age and

attended at the Arts Educational

School in London

where she studied ballet and acting. This led her to

 performing a lead role in the English National Ballet as Clara in

the ‘Nutcracker’ on several occasions. During this time she also made some

small film and television appearances and did some modelling work too.



At the age of thirteen she went to stay with her father in

Michigan USA where she began to sing Gospel songs at religious ceremonies.



Very unfortunately at the age of 17 her father committed suicide and Susan returned to England

to start a new life and develop her musical career.  She studied at The

London Academy of Music and collaborated with Professor Richard Stoker and

created some Jazz Albums.  They performed a tribute to Hoagy Carmichael at the

Purcell Rooms as well as other venues.  Susan continued to perform cover

singles nationally and worked with a number of bands but at the same time

continued to write her own material from experiences from her rugged and

tortured life.



In 1994 Susan

formed a group which got together to work on and perform her own material in

the London venues. Unfortunately

Susan suffered a double Cerebral Haemorrhage

which she fortunately survived and continued performing after her

recovery.  It was during this time that she developed a taste for alcohol

which unfortunately opened the door for ‘Crack’ to enter her life. This was a

terrible time in her life which she recognised and admitted herself into

rehab.  She successfully completed her rehabilitation programme and was

able to leave behind her bad habits.



On 5th of August 2001 her body was found in the back garden of the hotel that she

was staying in. Under very suspicious circumstances she had fallen from the

fifth floor.



“Great forces from above bless

and protect her soul.”