The Suzanne Show, Episode 4

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Special Guests: Judy Dlugacz – President, Founder and Entrepreneur Olivia Records/Olivia Travel; Musical Guest LP. Filmed Saturday, February 20th, 2021.

Suzanne welcomes long time friend and colleague for this special one-on-one interview! How do you sum up the life and achievements of human rights pioneer and successful entrepreneur Judy Dlugacz? In one simple sentence: she is an extraordinary woman who was born to bring awareness to LGBTQ+ causes and create opportunities that enable lesbians throughout the world to live in freedom. Over the past 40 years, Judy has helped achieve groundbreaking victories for the LGBTQ+ community.

While living in Washington D.C. in 1973, her singer/songwriter friend Cris Williamson suggested that Judy and 9 friends start a record company featuring female artists. Together they took a leap of faith and founded Olivia Records, which grew to become one of the industry’s leading independent labels. Olivia produced 40 albums and sold more than one million records by artists such as Cris Williamson, Meg Christian, Teresa Trull, and Linda Tillery.

Judy’s vision and evolution continued when, in 1990, she combined two of her passions – music and travel – by producing a “concert on a cruise.” She invited women to enjoy the performances of Olivia Records artists and scheduled activities on a completely chartered ship. The response was so overwhelming that she co-founded a company offering vacations exclusively created for women, Olivia Travel, which has today become the premier travel company for the lesbian community. Her next big project? Judy is writing a book that showcases the last 5 decades of lesbian culture through the lens of her life experiences.

LP rose to international fame with 2017’s Lost On You. The album’s hit title track hit No. 1 in 18 countries and has recently surpassed one billion streams. It was certified Diamond in Mexico and France, 4x Platinum in Italy, Platinum in Greece and Poland, Gold in Belgium and, Switzerland. In December 2018, LP released Heart to Mouth featuring the singles “Girls Go Wild” and “Recovery.” “Girls Go Wild,” Italy’s most-played radio hit of all of 2019, again made waves in spring 2020 thanks to a new version of the track featuring Mexican singer Ximena Sariñana.

LP released her new single, The One that You Love in July 2020, already surpassing a combined 25 million combined streams, and How Low Can You Go in November 2020, already surpassing 6 million combined streams in less than three months.