Ion Suruceanu was born in the village of Suruceni, Ialoveni District, of Moldova.

He started his singing career in 1968 as a solo singer in the ensemble "Noroc" where he sang until 1970.

From the mid 80s Suruceanu became one of Moldova's most famous singers whose fame spread outside the republic.

From 1994 to 1998, Suruceanu was a parliamentarian in the Moldovan parliament where he was a deputy chairman of the committee for culture, science, education, and media.

In November 2023, he has been diagnosed with pneumonia, his health condition got worse and he was transferred to a hospital in Germany.