Suzi Quatro ~ The Wild One
Suzi Quatro, although American by birth, achieved greater success as a recording artist in the UK and Australia during the 1970s than she did in the USA.
While she had been recording as part of the Detroit based garage band The Pleasure Seekers during the Sixties, it was not until her move to the UK in 1971 that she found fame and fortune. She was paired up with hit songwriters Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, and soon became the most prominent female representative of the British Glam Rock boom.
Between 1973 and 1975, she achieved seven UK Top 40 hits, including two #1 songs, "Can the Can" and "Devil Gate Drive", and has since gone on to see further success as an actress and radio presenter.
Major acclaim appeared to elude Suzi in the US, with most people only remembering her either as Leather Tuscadero from the TV comedy "Happy Days", or for the hit song "Stumblin' In", a duet with Chris Norman.
But for some she will always be fondly recalled as the leather-clad, diminutive Queen of Glam from the 1970s, brandishing an electric guitar almost as big as herself.
As one of her songs noted - Suzi Quatro was "The Wild One".
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(Suzi Quatro's Birthday is June 3, 2010)
Suzi Quatro Pictured in 1974
Suzi Quatro: Can the Can
May 1973 saw the beginning of Suzi Quatro's phenomenal success as her second single release, "Can the Can" hit #1 in both the UK and Australia, and achieved further good fortune across Europe.
Strangely, the record bombed in the USA.
Spotlight on Suzi Quatro
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In this candid autobiography, Suzi tells the behind-the-scenes story of her life, including her years spent working, partying, and rocking alongside such legendary figures as Noddy Holder, Alice Cooper, and Iggy Pop.
Brilliantly personal and funny, this is the thrilling account of a life lived going hell for leather.
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Suzi Quatro as Leather Tuscadero
Suzi Quatro Stars in Happy Days
In 1977, Suzi Quatro joined the cast of "Happy Days", and over the next two years appeared in seven episodes as Leather Tuscadero. She played the sister of Pinky, an ex-girlfriend of the Fonz, and was also the lead singer of her band, The Suedes.
Quatro made her last appearance in 1979 and rumor has it that she was offered a spin-off series based around the character of Leather, but turned it down.
The Suzi Quatro Bio
Suzi Quatro (born Susan Kay Quatro,Unzipped (Autobiography) June 3, 1950, in Detroit, Michigan) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress.
She scored a string of hit singles in the 1970s that found greater success in Europe than in her homeland, and had a recurring role on the popular American sitcom Happy Days.
Suzi Quatro With Chris Norman
Song: Stumblin' In
In 1979, Suzi Quatro had her first and only major American hit record, in a duet with Chris Norman of the successful British band, Smokie.
Written by the team of Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, who had penned her earlier UK hits, the single reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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- BevsPaper BevsPaper Sep 23, 2009 @ 8:36 pm
- Great lens! She was really good back then.
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- TrinaSonnenberg TrinaSonnenberg Sep 23, 2009 @ 6:24 am
- Nice job! 5* for sure!
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- Mickie_G Mickie_G Sep 18, 2009 @ 7:51 pm
- Nice lens. What is it about Glam Rock that keeps us interested in it?
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- The_Party_Animal The_Party_Animal Sep 16, 2009 @ 11:58 am
- Nicely done
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- debnet debnet Sep 15, 2009 @ 6:46 am
- Happy memories of bopping to 'Can the can' and Devil Gate Drive just came flooding back. Another great lens Bonnie ;)
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- bdkz bdkz Sep 13, 2009 @ 8:36 pm
- I remember her! how cool!
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- oztoo oztoo Sep 13, 2009 @ 5:43 pm
- Love Suzie, brings back memories. I was always a fan. Great stuff.
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- roysumit roysumit Sep 13, 2009 @ 12:06 pm
- This is a great lens on Suzi Quatro. Well done. Thanks for sharing.
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- TylaMac TylaMac Sep 11, 2009 @ 11:19 pm
- I was a kid in the 70s and I loved Happy Days. I thought Suzi was very cool as Leather Tuscadero. I really don't know why American radio stations didn't play her music. I'm sure she would have had a lot of hits if we had gotten to hear more of her songs back then. She came along way before Joan Jett or any of the female rockers of the 80s and it's obvious that they all emulated her.
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