Suzi Quatro
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Susan Kay "Suzi" Quatro is an American singer-songwriter
, bass player
, and actor
.
She scored a string of hit single
s in the 1970s that found greater success in Europe and Australia than in her homeland, and had a recurring role on the popular American sitcom
Happy Days
.
in the all-female bands The Pleasure Seekers and Cradle with her sisters Patti, Nancy, and Arlene. Also, according to her autobiography, her first bass guitar was a 1957 Fender Precision, given to her by her father. Patti Quatro later joined the band Fanny
, one of the earliest all-female rock bands to gain national attention. She has a brother, Michael Quatro
, who is also a musician.
Quatro moved to England in 1971 after being discovered in Detroit by the record producer Mickie Most
, who produced The Animals
, Jeff Beck
, Lulu
, and Donovan
. By this time he had started his own label RAK Records
, which made stars of Hot Chocolate and Mud
.
Quatro's first single "Rolling Stone
" did not achieve popularity except in Portugal, where it hit number one on the charts. Most introduced Quatro to the songwriting and production team Nicky Chinn
and Mike Chapman. Following a support slot on a UK tour with Thin Lizzy
and headliners Slade
, her second single "Can the Can
" (1973) was a number one hit throughout Europe and in Australia. It was followed up by three further hits: "48 Crash
" (1973), "Daytona Demon" (1973), and "Devil Gate Drive
" (1974) on RAK Records
. "Can the Can", "48 Crash" and "Devil Gate Drive" each sold over one million copies, and were each awarded gold discs
.
These recordings met little success in her native United States, despite tours in the mid-1970s supporting Alice Cooper
on his 'Welcome to my Nightmare' tour. With the exception of Australia, from 1975 onwards, Quatro's popularity declined. In the interim, she did enjoy some success as a session player. None the less, her singles after 1975 made it no higher than the top 20 in the UK for the next three years.
Quatro's big charting success got a second wind 1978, "If You Can't Give Me Love" became a hit in the United Kingdom
and Australia. This did nothing to prompt Stateside success, but "Stumblin' In
", a duet recorded that same year for RSO Records
with Chris Norman
of the band Smokie
reached a #4 peak in the U.S. Both tracks featured on the If You Knew Suzi
album. A year later, Quatro released Suzi... and Other Four Letter Words, which she called her favourite album. This featured singles such as "She's in Love With You", which made number 11 in Britain, "Mama's Boy" (34), and "I've Never Been in Love" (56).
In 1980, her song "Rock Hard" was featured on the soundtrack of the cult film
Times Square
, along with some punk and new wave bands like Talking Heads
, Ramones
, XTC
, and The Pretenders
. The album and single "Rock Hard" both went platinum in Australia. 1980 also saw the release of Suzi Quatro's Greatest Hits, which peaked at number 4 on the UK charts. This record was promoted with TV and radio promotions from the record label. This was her highest charting album in the UK, peaking at #4 in the UK Albums Chart
. This success period proved brief however, and her last UK hit was "Heart of Stone" in late 1982.This made the top 75 and a second single Main Attraction failed to chart, but however was a sizeable airplay hit. She commented in an article in Kerrang!
in 1983, after playing a successful slot at Reading Festival on 27 August, that she did not care about being in the charts, but was more interested releasing what she wanted; commenting that she started in 1964, and did not become famous for nine years "I would never accept having my career moulded by other people... I've kept working consistently even though I've not been in the charts." In 1985, Quatro collaborated with Bronski Beat
and members of The Kinks
, Eddie and the Hot Rods, and Dr. Feelgood
on the Mark Cunningham produced version of David Bowie
's "Heroes", released the following year as the 1986 BBC
"Children In Need" single.
In December 2005, a documentary chronicling Quatro's life, Naked Under Leather named after a 1975 bootleg
album, recorded in Japan, directed by former member of The Runaways
, Victory Tischler Blue
, appeared.
In February 2006, Quatro released Back to the Drive
, produced by Sweet
guitarist Andy Scott
. The album's title track was written by her former collaborator Mike Chapman
.
In March 2007, Quatro released a version of the Eagles song "Desperado
", followed by the publication of her autobiography, Unzipped.
In April 2009, BBC TV selected Quatro as one of twelve Queens of British Pop.
Mark Cooper, the Executive Producer of "Queens of British Pop", said that female stars were selected because their songs, experiences, and impact best wrote the story of the last fifty years.
Radio DJ David Jensen
said that Quatro took rock music by the scruff of the neck and empowered women by becoming a major rock star. She would appear live on a bill full of males and very much hold her own. Playing a long-necked bass guitar and stomping the floor, her attitude was that (if she were taken on) she would take no prisoners. As a personality, she still endures. Her recorded music is memorable and will continue to endure.
On 11 June 2010, she headlined the 'Girls night out' at the Isle of Wight Festival.
On 5 August 2011, Quatro released her fifteenth studio album, In the Spotlight
(and its single "Spotlight") in Australia. This album was a mixture of new songs written by her original producer Mike Chapman (or herself) and covers.
The album was released in Germany on August 22, 2011.
On 29 August 2011 the album was released in the rest of the world (including the USA) and its second single, Whatever Love Is, was released world-wide.
In September 2011, the BBC stated on their website that Quatro had sold "over 50 million records" and continues to perform live, "doing over 100 shows worldwide a year".
In November 2011, Quatro announced on her official Facebook page that a music video for "Strict Machine
" was in production by Victory Tischler-Blue, formerly Vicky Blue of The Runaways
. This track is from Quatro's album In the Spotlight
. It is a cover of Goldfrapp
's "Strict Machine
", but Quatro's version contains two lines from her own number one hit "Can the Can
" to show the similarity of the tunes for the two songs.
The video was released on 16 November 2011 onto the SUZI QUATRO OFFICIAL YouTube channel.
show Happy Days
. Show producer Garry Marshall
offered the role without an audition after seeing her on his daughter's bedroom wall. Leather was the younger sister of Fonzie's girlfriend, hot-rod driver Pinky Tuscadero. Leather fronted an all-girl rock band joined by principal character Joanie Cunningham
. The character returned in other cameo roles, including once for a date to a fraternity formal with Ralph Malph
. Marshall offered Quatro a Leather Tuscadero spin-off
, but she refused, saying she did not want to be typecast. The indie rock band, Tuscadero
, was named after her character.
Other acting roles include a 1982 episode of British comedy-drama series Minder
called "Dead Men Do Tell Tales", as the singer girlfriend of Terry's (Dennis Waterman
). In 1985, she starred as a mentally disturbed ex-MI5 operative in Dempsey and Makepeace - "Love you to Death". In 1986, Quatro appeared as Annie Oakley in a London production of Annie Get Your Gun
.
In 1991, Quatro wrote and performed in a musical about the life of actor Tallulah Bankhead
. Entitled "Tallulah who?" it was adapted from a book by Willie Rushton
and ran from 15 February – 19 March at the Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch (Greater London - Essex). Suzi co-wrote the music and adapted the book with Shirlie Roden.
In 1994, she made a cameo appearance in an episode of the comedy Absolutely Fabulous
. She also was filmed in the 1990 Clive Barker horror film Nightbreed
, but the studio cut out her character.
In 2006, Quatro performed the voice of Rio in the Bob the Builder
film Built To Be Wild, and appeared in an episode of the second season of Rock School
, in Lowestoft
. She also appeared in the episode "The Axeman Cometh" of Midsomer Murders
alongside Phil Grainger in the role of Mimi Clifton.
In October 2006, Quatro was a contestant on the British reality television show Trust Me – I'm a Beauty Therapist'.
In addition to touring, Quatro has hosted weekly rock and roll
programmes on BBC Radio 2
. The first one was Rockin' with Suzi Q. Her second programme called "Wake Up Little Suzi". It aired on Thursdays.
musical family, in Detroit, Michigan
. Her father, Art, a part-time jazz musician, was of Italian descent, while her mother, Helen Sanislay, was Hungarian. Quatro stated in her autobiography that her paternal grandfather, whose last name was Quattrocchi, shortened the family name to "Quatro" before she was born. She is the aunt of actor Sherilyn Fenn
, whose mother is Quatro's sister Arlene.
Quatro married her longtime guitarist
Len Tuckey in 1976. They had two children together (Laura in 1982 and Richard Leonard in 1984) and divorced in 1992. Before 1993, Quatro lived in a manor house
in Essex that she and Tuckey bought in 1980, with her two children and grandchild. She married German concert promoter Rainer Haas in 1993. Toward the end of 2008, Quatro's children moved out of the house, and she put it up for sale, but later she decided to remain in England. She explained that she had empty nest syndrome
. Quatro continues to live in Essex, England.
and Joan Jett
. She also inspired Chrissie Hynde
, the singer for rock band The Pretenders
, and The White Stripes
.
rock band called Suzy & los Quattro released two albums on No Tomorrow in 2006 and 2008; in the tradition of Ramones
and the Donnas
, all of the bandmembers except for Suzy Chain list their last name as Quattro.
(1973), RAK Records
– Can the Can in Australia. No 32 UK, No 5 Austria, No 40 Holland, No 72 Italy, No 2 Australia Quatro
(1974), RAK Records
– No 1 Australia, No 5 Holland, No 15 Germany, No 5 Norway, Top 150 in USA Your Mamma Won't Like Me (1975) – No 21 Norway Aggro-Phobia (1976) If You Knew Suzi
(1978), RSO Records
– No 32 USA, No 24 Sweden Suzi... and Other Four Letter Words (1979) – No 117 USA, No 36 Sweden, No 4 Norway Rock Hard (1980) – No 22 Norway Main Attraction (1982) Annie Get Your Gun1986 London Cast (1986), First Night Records Oh Suzi Q. (1990) What Goes Around (1996) Unreleased Emotion (1998) Free the Butterfly (1998) Back to the Drive
(2006), EMI
– No 78 Switzerland In the Spotlight
(2011), Cherry Red
† Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
, bass player
Bassist
A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
, and actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
.
She scored a string of hit single
Hit single
A hit single is a recorded song or instrumental released as a single that has become very popular. Although it is sometimes used to describe any widely-played or big-selling song, the term "hit" is usually reserved for a single that has appeared in an official music chart through repeated radio...
s in the 1970s that found greater success in Europe and Australia than in her homeland, and had a recurring role on the popular American sitcom
Situation comedy
A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue...
Happy Days
Happy Days
Happy Days is an American television sitcom that originally aired from January 15, 1974, to September 24, 1984, on ABC. Created by Garry Marshall, the series presents an idealized vision of life in mid-1950s to mid-1960s America....
.
Music
Quatro began her musical career at the age of fourteen. She played the bass guitarBass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
in the all-female bands The Pleasure Seekers and Cradle with her sisters Patti, Nancy, and Arlene. Also, according to her autobiography, her first bass guitar was a 1957 Fender Precision, given to her by her father. Patti Quatro later joined the band Fanny
Fanny (band)
Fanny was an American girl band, led by June Millington. They were pioneers as one of the first rock bands to feature all women, and the third to sign to a major record label, after Goldie & the Gingerbreads and The Pleasure Seekers...
, one of the earliest all-female rock bands to gain national attention. She has a brother, Michael Quatro
Mike Quatro
Mike Quatro is a singer and songwriter who released several albums in the 1970s. These albums became especially popular in Detroit, Michigan, where Quatro was popular on the club scene. He also received some airplay on FM radio...
, who is also a musician.
Quatro moved to England in 1971 after being discovered in Detroit by the record producer Mickie Most
Mickie Most
Mickie Most was an English record producer, with a string of hit singles with acts such as The Animals, Arrows, Herman's Hermits, Donovan, Suzi Quatro and the Jeff Beck Group often issued on his own RAK Records label....
, who produced The Animals
The Animals
The Animals were an English music group of the 1960s formed in Newcastle upon Tyne during the early part of the decade, and later relocated to London...
, Jeff Beck
Jeff Beck
Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck is an English rock guitarist. He is one of three noted guitarists to have played with The Yardbirds...
, Lulu
Lulu (singer)
Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE , best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, actress, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through to the present day...
, and Donovan
Donovan
Donovan Donovan Donovan (born Donovan Philips Leitch (born 10 May 1946) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist. Emerging from the British folk scene, he developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelia, and world music...
. By this time he had started his own label RAK Records
RAK Records
Rak Records was a British record label, founded by record producer Mickie Most in 1969. Rak was home of artists like Herman's Hermits, Suzi Quatro, Mud, Kenny, Hot Chocolate, Smokie, Arrows, Span, Racey and Kim Wilde. Rak Records were distributed via a licensing deal with EMI, which bought the...
, which made stars of Hot Chocolate and Mud
Mud (band)
Mud were an English glam rock band, formed in February 1968, best remembered for their single "Tiger Feet", which was the UK's best-selling single of 1974...
.
Quatro's first single "Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone (Suzi Quatro song)
"Rolling Stone" is Suzi Quatro's debut solo single released on 7th July 1972 under the name "Susie Quatro". This song is considered to be a flop except for Portual, where it went No.1....
" did not achieve popularity except in Portugal, where it hit number one on the charts. Most introduced Quatro to the songwriting and production team Nicky Chinn
Nicky Chinn
Nicky Chinn born Nicholas Barry Chinn, 16 May 1945, London, UK) is a British songwriter and record producer. Together with Mike Chapman he had a long string of hit singles in the UK and US in the 1970s and early 1980s, including several number-one records...
and Mike Chapman. Following a support slot on a UK tour with Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. Two of the founding members, drummer Brian Downey and bass guitarist/vocalist Phil Lynott met while still in school. Lynott assumed the role of frontman and led them throughout their recording career of thirteen studio albums...
and headliners Slade
Slade
Slade are an English rock band from Wolverhampton, who rose to prominence during the glam rock era of the early 1970s. With 17 consecutive Top 20 hits and six number ones, the British Hit Singles & Albums names them as the most successful British group of the 1970s based on sales of singles...
, her second single "Can the Can
Can the Can
"Can the Can" was a popular single by Suzi Quatro and the name of her debut album in Australia ....
" (1973) was a number one hit throughout Europe and in Australia. It was followed up by three further hits: "48 Crash
48 Crash
"48 Crash" is Suzi Quatro's second single after "Can the Can". It was included on her debut album Suzi Quatro . The single peaked at number three in the U.K. in July 1973, and number one in Australia for one week...
" (1973), "Daytona Demon" (1973), and "Devil Gate Drive
Devil Gate Drive
"Devil Gate Drive" is a popular song by Suzi Quatro. Written and produced by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, "Devil Gate Drive" was Quatro's second number one single in the UK, spending two weeks at the top of the chart in February 1974...
" (1974) on RAK Records
RAK Records
Rak Records was a British record label, founded by record producer Mickie Most in 1969. Rak was home of artists like Herman's Hermits, Suzi Quatro, Mud, Kenny, Hot Chocolate, Smokie, Arrows, Span, Racey and Kim Wilde. Rak Records were distributed via a licensing deal with EMI, which bought the...
. "Can the Can", "48 Crash" and "Devil Gate Drive" each sold over one million copies, and were each awarded gold discs
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
.
These recordings met little success in her native United States, despite tours in the mid-1970s supporting Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
on his 'Welcome to my Nightmare' tour. With the exception of Australia, from 1975 onwards, Quatro's popularity declined. In the interim, she did enjoy some success as a session player. None the less, her singles after 1975 made it no higher than the top 20 in the UK for the next three years.
Quatro's big charting success got a second wind 1978, "If You Can't Give Me Love" became a hit in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and Australia. This did nothing to prompt Stateside success, but "Stumblin' In
Stumblin' In
"Stumblin' In" is a song written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, performed by Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman from the album If You Knew Suzi....
", a duet recorded that same year for RSO Records
RSO Records
RSO Records was a record label, formed by rock and roll and musical theatre impresario Robert Stigwood in 1973. The "RSO" stands for the Robert Stigwood Organisation. The company's main headquarters were at 67 Brook Street, in London's Mayfair...
with Chris Norman
Chris Norman
Chris Norman is an English soft rock singer. Norman was the lead singer of Smokie, an English glam rock band from Bradford, which found success in Europe in the 1970s....
of the band Smokie
Smokie (band)
Smokie is an English rock band from Bradford, Yorkshire who found success in Europe in the 1970s.-Early years:Originally called The Yen, then The Sphynx and later Essence, the band was formed in 1964 at St. Bede's Grammar School in Heaton, Bradford as The Yen. The Yen's first gig was at Birkenshaw...
reached a #4 peak in the U.S. Both tracks featured on the If You Knew Suzi
If You Knew Suzi
If You Knew Suzi... is the sixth regular studio album by Suzi Quatro, released at the end of 1978, with a 1979 copyright date . The credits show it to be a multinational production: tracks were recorded in Cologne, Germany, Paris, France, and Glendale, California...
album. A year later, Quatro released Suzi... and Other Four Letter Words, which she called her favourite album. This featured singles such as "She's in Love With You", which made number 11 in Britain, "Mama's Boy" (34), and "I've Never Been in Love" (56).
In 1980, her song "Rock Hard" was featured on the soundtrack of the cult film
Cult Classic
Cult Classic is a Blue Öyster Cult studio recording released in 1994, containing remakes of many of the band's previous hits.-Track listing:# " The Reaper" - 5:05# "E.T.I...
Times Square
Times Square (film)
Times Square is a 1980 film starring Trini Alvarado, Robin Johnson, and Tim Curry. The plot of the film essentially embodies a punk rock ethic - misunderstood youth forming a band and, through music, articulating their frustrations toward adult authority, personified in the film as parents, the...
, along with some punk and new wave bands like Talking Heads
Talking Heads
Talking Heads were an American New Wave and avant-garde band formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison...
, Ramones
Ramones
The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group...
, XTC
XTC
XTC were a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005. The band enjoyed some chart success, including the UK and Canadian hits "Making Plans for Nigel" and "Senses Working Overtime" , but are perhaps even better known for their long-standing critical success.- Early years:...
, and The Pretenders
The Pretenders
The Pretenders are an English rock band formed in Hereford, England in March 1978. The original band consisted of initiator and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde , James Honeyman-Scott , Pete Farndon , and Martin Chambers...
. The album and single "Rock Hard" both went platinum in Australia. 1980 also saw the release of Suzi Quatro's Greatest Hits, which peaked at number 4 on the UK charts. This record was promoted with TV and radio promotions from the record label. This was her highest charting album in the UK, peaking at #4 in the UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
. This success period proved brief however, and her last UK hit was "Heart of Stone" in late 1982.This made the top 75 and a second single Main Attraction failed to chart, but however was a sizeable airplay hit. She commented in an article in Kerrang!
Kerrang!
Kerrang! is a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music published by Bauer Media Group. It was first published on June 6, 1981 as a one-off supplement in the Sounds newspaper...
in 1983, after playing a successful slot at Reading Festival on 27 August, that she did not care about being in the charts, but was more interested releasing what she wanted; commenting that she started in 1964, and did not become famous for nine years "I would never accept having my career moulded by other people... I've kept working consistently even though I've not been in the charts." In 1985, Quatro collaborated with Bronski Beat
Bronski Beat
Bronski Beat were a popular British synthpop trio who achieved success in the mid 1980s, particularly with the 1984 chart hit "Smalltown Boy". All members of the group were openly homosexual and their songs reflected this, often containing political commentary on gay-related issues...
and members of The Kinks
The Kinks
The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, by brothers Ray and Dave Davies in 1964. Categorised in the United States as a British Invasion band, The Kinks are recognised as one of the most important and influential rock acts of the era. Their music was influenced by a...
, Eddie and the Hot Rods, and Dr. Feelgood
Dr. Feelgood
Dr. Feelgood may refer to:In music:*Dr. Feelgood , an album by American band Mötley Crüe**"Dr. Feelgood" , a single and the title track from that album*"Dr. Feel Good", a song by Travie McCoy on the album Lazarus...
on the Mark Cunningham produced version of David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
's "Heroes", released the following year as the 1986 BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
"Children In Need" single.
In December 2005, a documentary chronicling Quatro's life, Naked Under Leather named after a 1975 bootleg
Bootleg recording
A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. The process of making and distributing such recordings is known as bootlegging...
album, recorded in Japan, directed by former member of The Runaways
The Runaways
The Runaways were an American all-girl rock band that recorded and performed in the second half of the 1970s. The band released four studio albums and one live set during its run. Among its best known songs: "Cherry Bomb", "Queens of Noise", "Neon Angels On the Road to Ruin", "California Paradise"...
, Victory Tischler Blue
Vicki Blue
Victory Tischler-Blue is an American film producer, director, writer, musician and photographer. She was born and raised in Newport Beach, California. Tischler-Blue began working in the entertainment industry at age 17, using the name Vicki Blue in the American all-girl teenage rock band The...
, appeared.
In February 2006, Quatro released Back to the Drive
Back to the Drive
Back to the Drive is an album by Suzi Quatro. Released in 2006, it was the comeback album for Suzi Quatro, her first album since 1990's "Oh Suzi Q" and her eleventh studio album...
, produced by Sweet
Sweet (band)
Sweet was a British rock band that rose to worldwide fame in the 1970s as one of the most prominent glam rock acts, with the classic line-up of lead vocalist Brian Connolly, bass player Steve Priest, guitarist Andy Scott, and drummer Mick Tucker.Sweet was formed in 1968 and achieved their first...
guitarist Andy Scott
Andy Scott (guitarist)
Andy Scott is a British musician and songwriter. He is best known for being the lead guitarist and a vocalist in the band Sweet.-Early years:Scott started out playing bass guitar...
. The album's title track was written by her former collaborator Mike Chapman
Mike Chapman (record producer)
Mike Chapman is an Australian born record producer and songwriter who was a major force in the British pop music industry in the 1970s...
.
In March 2007, Quatro released a version of the Eagles song "Desperado
Desperado (song)
"Desperado" is a soft rock song by the Eagles, an American rock band, written by group members Glenn Frey and Don Henley. It first appeared on the 1973 album Desperado, and has later appeared on numerous compilation albums although it was not a single....
", followed by the publication of her autobiography, Unzipped.
In April 2009, BBC TV selected Quatro as one of twelve Queens of British Pop.
Mark Cooper, the Executive Producer of "Queens of British Pop", said that female stars were selected because their songs, experiences, and impact best wrote the story of the last fifty years.
Radio DJ David Jensen
David Jensen
David "Kid" Jensen , is a Danish Canadian-born, British radio DJ.-Early career:Born in a Danish family residing Victoria, British Columbia, Jensen began his career in his home country at the age of sixteen playing jazz and classical music. He then joined Radio Luxembourg at the age of eighteen in...
said that Quatro took rock music by the scruff of the neck and empowered women by becoming a major rock star. She would appear live on a bill full of males and very much hold her own. Playing a long-necked bass guitar and stomping the floor, her attitude was that (if she were taken on) she would take no prisoners. As a personality, she still endures. Her recorded music is memorable and will continue to endure.
On 11 June 2010, she headlined the 'Girls night out' at the Isle of Wight Festival.
On 5 August 2011, Quatro released her fifteenth studio album, In the Spotlight
In the Spotlight
In the Spotlight is the fifteenth studio album by the American singer-songwriter and bass guitar player Suzi Quatro.Quatro has sold 50 million records worldwide....
(and its single "Spotlight") in Australia. This album was a mixture of new songs written by her original producer Mike Chapman (or herself) and covers.
The album was released in Germany on August 22, 2011.
On 29 August 2011 the album was released in the rest of the world (including the USA) and its second single, Whatever Love Is, was released world-wide.
In September 2011, the BBC stated on their website that Quatro had sold "over 50 million records" and continues to perform live, "doing over 100 shows worldwide a year".
In November 2011, Quatro announced on her official Facebook page that a music video for "Strict Machine
Strict Machine
"Strict Machine" is an electronic dance song written by British group Goldfrapp and Nick Batt for their second studio album Black Cherry . It was produced by Goldfrapp and describes laboratory rats in neuroscience experiments...
" was in production by Victory Tischler-Blue, formerly Vicky Blue of The Runaways
The Runaways
The Runaways were an American all-girl rock band that recorded and performed in the second half of the 1970s. The band released four studio albums and one live set during its run. Among its best known songs: "Cherry Bomb", "Queens of Noise", "Neon Angels On the Road to Ruin", "California Paradise"...
. This track is from Quatro's album In the Spotlight
In the Spotlight
In the Spotlight is the fifteenth studio album by the American singer-songwriter and bass guitar player Suzi Quatro.Quatro has sold 50 million records worldwide....
. It is a cover of Goldfrapp
Goldfrapp
Goldfrapp are an English electronic music duo, formed in 1999 in London, England, that consists of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory ....
's "Strict Machine
Strict Machine
"Strict Machine" is an electronic dance song written by British group Goldfrapp and Nick Batt for their second studio album Black Cherry . It was produced by Goldfrapp and describes laboratory rats in neuroscience experiments...
", but Quatro's version contains two lines from her own number one hit "Can the Can
Can the Can
"Can the Can" was a popular single by Suzi Quatro and the name of her debut album in Australia ....
" to show the similarity of the tunes for the two songs.
The video was released on 16 November 2011 onto the SUZI QUATRO OFFICIAL YouTube channel.
Acting and radio hosting
She is known in the United States for her role as Leather Tuscadero on the TVTelevision
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
show Happy Days
Happy Days
Happy Days is an American television sitcom that originally aired from January 15, 1974, to September 24, 1984, on ABC. Created by Garry Marshall, the series presents an idealized vision of life in mid-1950s to mid-1960s America....
. Show producer Garry Marshall
Garry Marshall
Garry Kent Marshall is an American actor, director, writer and producer. His notable credits include creating Happy Days and The Odd Couple and directing Nothing In Common, Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, Valentine's Day, and The Princess Diaries.-Early life:Marshall was born in the New York City...
offered the role without an audition after seeing her on his daughter's bedroom wall. Leather was the younger sister of Fonzie's girlfriend, hot-rod driver Pinky Tuscadero. Leather fronted an all-girl rock band joined by principal character Joanie Cunningham
Joanie Cunningham
Joanie Louise Cunningham Arcola is a fictional character, played in an episode of the anthology series Love, American Style by Susan Neher and on the sitcoms Happy Days and Joanie Loves Chachi by Erin Moran. She was the daughter of Howard and Marion Cunningham, and the younger sister of Chuck...
. The character returned in other cameo roles, including once for a date to a fraternity formal with Ralph Malph
Ralph Malph
Ralph Malph is a character on Happy Days played by Don Most.-Background of Character:He usually had two things on his mind, girls and jokes...
. Marshall offered Quatro a Leather Tuscadero spin-off
Spin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
, but she refused, saying she did not want to be typecast. The indie rock band, Tuscadero
Tuscadero
Tuscadero was an indie rock band from Washington, DC, one of the most prominent on the Washington-based TeenBeat Records roster. The band, which took its name from the Happy Days character Leather Tuscadero, crafted a blissful pop punk influenced by girl groups and the pop culture of its members'...
, was named after her character.
Other acting roles include a 1982 episode of British comedy-drama series Minder
Minder (TV series)
Minder is a British comedy-drama about the London criminal underworld. Initially produced by Verity Lambert, it was made by Euston Films, a subsidiary of Thames Television and shown on ITV...
called "Dead Men Do Tell Tales", as the singer girlfriend of Terry's (Dennis Waterman
Dennis Waterman
Dennis Waterman is a British actor and singer, best known for his tough-guy roles in television series including The Sweeney, Minder and New Tricks.-Early life:...
). In 1985, she starred as a mentally disturbed ex-MI5 operative in Dempsey and Makepeace - "Love you to Death". In 1986, Quatro appeared as Annie Oakley in a London production of Annie Get Your Gun
Annie Get Your Gun (musical)
Annie Get Your Gun is a musical with lyrics and music written by Irving Berlin and a book by Herbert Fields and his sister Dorothy Fields. The story is a fictionalized version of the life of Annie Oakley , who was a sharpshooter from Ohio, and her husband, Frank Butler.The 1946 Broadway production...
.
In 1991, Quatro wrote and performed in a musical about the life of actor Tallulah Bankhead
Tallulah Bankhead
Tallulah Brockman Bankhead was an award-winning American actress of the stage and screen, talk-show host, and bonne vivante...
. Entitled "Tallulah who?" it was adapted from a book by Willie Rushton
Willie Rushton
William George Rushton, commonly known as Willie Rushton was an English cartoonist, satirist, comedian, actor and performer who co-founded the Private Eye satirical magazine.- School and army :William George Rushton was born 18 August 1937 in the family home at Scarsdale Villas,...
and ran from 15 February – 19 March at the Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch (Greater London - Essex). Suzi co-wrote the music and adapted the book with Shirlie Roden.
In 1994, she made a cameo appearance in an episode of the comedy Absolutely Fabulous
Absolutely Fabulous
Absolutely Fabulous, also known as Ab Fab, is a British sitcom created by Jennifer Saunders, based on an original idea by her and Dawn French, and written by Saunders, who plays the leading character. It also stars Joanna Lumley and Julia Sawalha, along with June Whitfield and Jane Horrocks...
. She also was filmed in the 1990 Clive Barker horror film Nightbreed
Nightbreed
Nightbreed is a 1990 American fantasy horror film written and directed by Clive Barker, based on his 1988 novella Cabal. The film features Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby and David Cronenberg. The story centers in a community of mutant outcasts that hides from humanity, known as the...
, but the studio cut out her character.
In 2006, Quatro performed the voice of Rio in the Bob the Builder
Bob the Builder
Bob the Builder is a British children's animated television show created by Keith Chapman. In the original series Bob appears as a building contractor specialising in masonry in a stop motion animated programme with his colleague Wendy, various neighbours and friends, and their gang of...
film Built To Be Wild, and appeared in an episode of the second season of Rock School
Rock School
Rock School is a British reality TV series starring Gene Simmons , in which he has a short time to turn a class of school children into a fully fledged rock band, at the end of which they must perform in a supporting slot for a leading rock band.Rock School is made by British production company...
, in Lowestoft
Lowestoft
Lowestoft is a town in the English county of Suffolk. The town is on the North Sea coast and is the most easterly point of the United Kingdom. It is north-east of London, north-east of Ipswich and south-east of Norwich...
. She also appeared in the episode "The Axeman Cometh" of Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The lead character is DCI Tom Barnaby who works for Causton CID. When Nettles left the show in 2011 he was...
alongside Phil Grainger in the role of Mimi Clifton.
In October 2006, Quatro was a contestant on the British reality television show Trust Me – I'm a Beauty Therapist'.
In addition to touring, Quatro has hosted weekly rock and roll
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
programmes on BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...
. The first one was Rockin' with Suzi Q. Her second programme called "Wake Up Little Suzi". It aired on Thursdays.
Personal life
Quatro was born into a CatholicCatholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
musical family, in Detroit, Michigan
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
. Her father, Art, a part-time jazz musician, was of Italian descent, while her mother, Helen Sanislay, was Hungarian. Quatro stated in her autobiography that her paternal grandfather, whose last name was Quattrocchi, shortened the family name to "Quatro" before she was born. She is the aunt of actor Sherilyn Fenn
Sherilyn Fenn
Sherilyn Fenn is an American actress and filmmaker. She came to international attention for her performance as Audrey Horne on the 1990 cult TV series Twin Peaks...
, whose mother is Quatro's sister Arlene.
Quatro married her longtime guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
Len Tuckey in 1976. They had two children together (Laura in 1982 and Richard Leonard in 1984) and divorced in 1992. Before 1993, Quatro lived in a manor house
Manor house
A manor house is a country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor, the lowest unit of territorial organisation in the feudal system in Europe. The term is applied to country houses that belonged to the gentry and other grand stately homes...
in Essex that she and Tuckey bought in 1980, with her two children and grandchild. She married German concert promoter Rainer Haas in 1993. Toward the end of 2008, Quatro's children moved out of the house, and she put it up for sale, but later she decided to remain in England. She explained that she had empty nest syndrome
Empty nest syndrome
Empty nest syndrome is a general feeling of loneliness that parents or guardians may feel when one or more of their children leave home; it is more common in women...
. Quatro continues to live in Essex, England.
Influences
Quatro proved it was possible for a woman of small stature to proudly and raunchily wear leather, sing and play bass. She had a direct influence on The RunawaysThe Runaways
The Runaways were an American all-girl rock band that recorded and performed in the second half of the 1970s. The band released four studio albums and one live set during its run. Among its best known songs: "Cherry Bomb", "Queens of Noise", "Neon Angels On the Road to Ruin", "California Paradise"...
and Joan Jett
Joan Jett
Joan Jett is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer and actress.She is best known for her work with Joan Jett & the Blackhearts including their hit cover "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", which was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 from March 20 to May 1, 1982, as well as for their other popular...
. She also inspired Chrissie Hynde
Chrissie Hynde
Christine Ellen "Chrissie" Hynde is an US musician best known as the leader of the rock/new wave band the Pretenders. She is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist, and has been the only constant member of the band throughout its history.-Early life and career:Hynde is the daughter of a part-time...
, the singer for rock band The Pretenders
The Pretenders
The Pretenders are an English rock band formed in Hereford, England in March 1978. The original band consisted of initiator and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde , James Honeyman-Scott , Pete Farndon , and Martin Chambers...
, and The White Stripes
The White Stripes
The White Stripes was an American rock band, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan. The group consisted of the songwriter Jack White and drummer Meg White . Jack and Meg White were previously married to each other, but are now divorced...
.
Satire
A SpanishSpain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
rock band called Suzy & los Quattro released two albums on No Tomorrow in 2006 and 2008; in the tradition of Ramones
Ramones
The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group...
and the Donnas
The Donnas
The Donnas are an American all-female rock band from Palo Alto, California. They draw inspiration from The Ramones, The Runaways, AC/DC, Bachman–Turner Overdrive and Kiss. Rolling Stone has stated that "the Donnas offer a guileless take on adolescent alienation; they traffic in kicks, not...
, all of the bandmembers except for Suzy Chain list their last name as Quattro.
Studio albums
Suzi Quatro (album)
Suzi Quatro is Suzi Quatro's 1973 debut album. The title of the album in Australia is "Can the Can".-Side one:# "48 Crash" - 3:54# "Glycerine Queen" - 3:47# "Shine My Machine" - 3:49...
(1973), RAK Records
RAK Records
Rak Records was a British record label, founded by record producer Mickie Most in 1969. Rak was home of artists like Herman's Hermits, Suzi Quatro, Mud, Kenny, Hot Chocolate, Smokie, Arrows, Span, Racey and Kim Wilde. Rak Records were distributed via a licensing deal with EMI, which bought the...
– Can the Can in Australia. No 32 UK, No 5 Austria, No 40 Holland, No 72 Italy, No 2 Australia Quatro
Quatro (album)
Quatro is Suzi Quatro's second album released in October 1974 from Rak Records as SRAK 509. It spent 6 weeks at the top of the Australian album charts.Released in Australia on the EMI RAK label as catalogue no 8319792.-Track listing:...
(1974), RAK Records
RAK Records
Rak Records was a British record label, founded by record producer Mickie Most in 1969. Rak was home of artists like Herman's Hermits, Suzi Quatro, Mud, Kenny, Hot Chocolate, Smokie, Arrows, Span, Racey and Kim Wilde. Rak Records were distributed via a licensing deal with EMI, which bought the...
– No 1 Australia, No 5 Holland, No 15 Germany, No 5 Norway, Top 150 in USA Your Mamma Won't Like Me (1975) – No 21 Norway Aggro-Phobia (1976) If You Knew Suzi
If You Knew Suzi
If You Knew Suzi... is the sixth regular studio album by Suzi Quatro, released at the end of 1978, with a 1979 copyright date . The credits show it to be a multinational production: tracks were recorded in Cologne, Germany, Paris, France, and Glendale, California...
(1978), RSO Records
RSO Records
RSO Records was a record label, formed by rock and roll and musical theatre impresario Robert Stigwood in 1973. The "RSO" stands for the Robert Stigwood Organisation. The company's main headquarters were at 67 Brook Street, in London's Mayfair...
– No 32 USA, No 24 Sweden Suzi... and Other Four Letter Words (1979) – No 117 USA, No 36 Sweden, No 4 Norway Rock Hard (1980) – No 22 Norway Main Attraction (1982) Annie Get Your Gun1986 London Cast (1986), First Night Records Oh Suzi Q. (1990) What Goes Around (1996) Unreleased Emotion (1998) Free the Butterfly (1998) Back to the Drive
Back to the Drive
Back to the Drive is an album by Suzi Quatro. Released in 2006, it was the comeback album for Suzi Quatro, her first album since 1990's "Oh Suzi Q" and her eleventh studio album...
(2006), EMI
EMI Records
EMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide...
– No 78 Switzerland In the Spotlight
In the Spotlight
In the Spotlight is the fifteenth studio album by the American singer-songwriter and bass guitar player Suzi Quatro.Quatro has sold 50 million records worldwide....
(2011), Cherry Red
Cherry Red
Cherry Red is a London-based independent record label formed in 1978.-History:Cherry Red grew from the rock promotion company founded in 1971 to promote rock concerts at the Malvern Winter Gardens...
Live albums
Compilation albums
- The Suzi Quatro Story - 12 Golden Hits (1975) – No 33 Sweden
- Suzi Quatro's Greatest Hits (1980) – No 4 UK, No 38 Sweden
- The Best of... (1984) – limited to RSO years
- Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 6Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 6Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 6 is a compilation album in the Highs in the Mid-Sixties series, featuring recordings that were released in Michigan...
(1984), AIP RecordsAIP RecordsAIP Records is a record label that was started by Greg Shaw's Bomp! Records, being launched in 1983 to continue the Pebbles series. The abbreviation AIP stands for "Archive International Productions". The first 10 volumes in the Pebbles series had been released by BFD Records of Kookaburra,...
– The Pleasure Seekers - The Wild One - the Greatest Hits (1990)
- The Gold Collection (1996)
- The History (2010), Cradle – distributed by CD BabyCD BabyCD Baby is an online music store specializing in the sale of CDs and digital music downloads from independent musicians to consumers. The company is also a digital aggregator of independent music recordings, distributing content to several online digital music retailers.CD Baby has achieved recent...
- What a Way to Die (2011), The Pleasure Seekers – distributed by CD BabyCD BabyCD Baby is an online music store specializing in the sale of CDs and digital music downloads from independent musicians to consumers. The company is also a digital aggregator of independent music recordings, distributing content to several online digital music retailers.CD Baby has achieved recent...
Singles
| Year | Title | B-side A-side and B-side A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or... |
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
Australia Kent Music Report The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1998... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | "Rolling Stone Rolling Stone (Suzi Quatro song) "Rolling Stone" is Suzi Quatro's debut solo single released on 7th July 1972 under the name "Susie Quatro". This song is considered to be a flop except for Portual, where it went No.1.... " |
"Brain Confusion" | - | - | - |
| 1973 | "Can the Can Can the Can "Can the Can" was a popular single by Suzi Quatro and the name of her debut album in Australia .... " |
"Ain't Ya Something Honey" / "Don't Mess Around" (US) | 1 | 56 | 1 |
| 1973 | "48 Crash 48 Crash "48 Crash" is Suzi Quatro's second single after "Can the Can". It was included on her debut album Suzi Quatro . The single peaked at number three in the U.K. in July 1973, and number one in Australia for one week... " |
"Little Bitch Blue" | 3 | - | 1 |
| 1973 | "Daytona Demon" | "Roman Fingers" | 14 | - | 4 |
| 1974 | "All Shook Up All Shook Up "All Shook Up" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Elvis Presley Music and composed by Otis Blackwell. Elvis Presley's single topped the U.S. Pop chart on April 13, 1957, staying there for eight weeks. It also topped the R&B chart for four weeks, becoming Presley's second single to... " |
"Glycerine Queen" | - | 85 | - |
| 1974 | "Devil Gate Drive Devil Gate Drive "Devil Gate Drive" is a popular song by Suzi Quatro. Written and produced by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, "Devil Gate Drive" was Quatro's second number one single in the UK, spending two weeks at the top of the chart in February 1974... " |
"In The Morning" | 1 | - | 1 |
| 1974 | "Too Big" | "I Wanna Be Free" | 14 | - | 13 |
| 1974 | "The Wild One" | "Shake My Sugar" | 7 | - | 2 |
| 1975 | "Your Mamma Won't Like Me" | "Peter, Peter" | 31 | - | 14 |
| 1975 | "I Bit Off More Than I Could Chew" | "Red Hot Rosie" | - | - | - |
| 1975 | "Michael" | "Savage Silk" | - | - | 100 |
| 1975 | "I May Be Too Young" | "Don't Mess Around" | - | - | 50 |
| 1977 | "Tear Me Apart" | "Close Enough For Rock 'n' Roll" | 27 | - | 25 |
| 1977 | "Make Me Smile" | "Same As I Do" | - | - | - |
| 1977 | "Roxy Roller" | "I'll Grow on You" | - | - | - |
| 1978 | "If You Can't Give Me Love" | "Cream Dream" / "Non-Citizen" (US) | 4 | 45 | 10 |
| 1978 | "Stumblin' In Stumblin' In "Stumblin' In" is a song written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, performed by Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman from the album If You Knew Suzi.... " † |
"Stranger With You" | 41 | 4 | 2 |
| 1979 | "The Race Is On" | "Non-Citizen" | 43 | - | 28 |
| 1979 | "Don't Change My Luck" | "Wiser Than You" | - | - | 72 |
| 1979 | "She's in Love With You" | "Space Cadets" / "Starlight Lady" (US) | 11 | 41 | 30 |
| 1980 | "Mama's Boy" | "Mind Demons" | 34 | - | - |
| 1980 | "I've Never Been in Love" | "Starlight Lady" / "Space Cadets" (US) | 56 | 44 | - |
| 1980 | "Rock Hard" | "State of Mind" | 68 | - | 9 |
| 1981 | "Glad All Over Glad All Over "Glad All Over" is a song written by Mike Smith and recorded by The Dave Clark Five. In January 1964, it became the British group's first big hit, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart. In April 1964, it reached number 6 on the American U.S. pop singles chart, becoming the first British... " |
"Ego In The Night" | - | - | - |
| 1981 | "Lipstick" | "Woman Cry" | - | 51 | 46 |
| 1982 | "Heart of Stone" | "Remote Control" | 60 | - | 99 |
| 1983 | "Down At The Superstore" | "Half Day Closing (Down At The Superstore) " | - | - | - |
| 1983 | "Main Attraction" | "Transparent" | - | - | - |
| 1984 | "I Go Wild" | "I'm A Rocker" | - | - | - |
| 1985 | "Tonight I Could Fall in Love" | "Good Girl (Looking For A Bad Time)" | - | - | - |
| 1986 | "Heroes" | "A Long Way To Go"/"The County Line" | - | - | - |
| 1986 | "I Got Lost in His Arms I Got Lost in His Arms "I Got Lost in His Arms" is a song from the 1946 musical Annie Get Your Gun, written by Irving Berlin. It was performed by Ethel Merman in the original production of the musical.... " |
"You Can't Get A Man With A Gun" | - | - | - |
| 1986 | "Wild Thing" | "I Don't Want You" | - | - | - |
| 1987 | "Let It Be" | "Let It Be (Gospel Jam Mix)" | - | - | - |
| 1988 | "We Found Love" | "We Found Love" (Instrumental) | - | - | - |
| 1989 | "Baby You're A Star" | "Baby You're A Star" (Instrumental) | - | - | - |
| 1991 | "Kiss Me Goodbye" | "Kiss Me Goodbye" (Instrumental) | - | - | - |
| 1991 | "The Great Midnight Rock 'n' Roll House Party" | "Intimate Strangers" | - | - | - |
| 1992 | "Love Touch" "Love Touch" (Single Version) |
"We Found Love" | - | - | - |
| 1992 | "Hey Charley" | - | - | - | - |
| 1992 | "I Need Your Love" | "The Growing Years" | - | - | - |
| 1993 | "Fear of the Unknown" (Radio Version) | "And so to Bed" | - | - | - |
| 1994 | "If I Get Lucky" (Radio Version) | "If I Get Lucky" (Long version) | - | - | - |
| 1994 | "Peace on Earth" (Radio edit) "Peace on Earth" (Album Version) |
"Frosty the Snowman" | - | - | - |
| 1995 | "What Goes Round" (Radio Edit) "What Goes Round" (Album Version) |
"Four Letter Words" (Remix version) | - | - | - |
| 2006 | "I'll Walk Through the Fire with You" | - | - | - | - |
| 2009 | "Singing with Angels" (Australian September tour limited edition) | - | - | - | - |
† Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman
Chris Norman
Chris Norman is an English soft rock singer. Norman was the lead singer of Smokie, an English glam rock band from Bradford, which found success in Europe in the 1970s....
Television
- DiscoDisco (TV series)Disco was a pop music program that aired in Germany on the ZDF network from 1971 to 1982. It generally aired on the first Saturday of each month at 7:30PM, each show running 45 minutes. 133 shows were produced. The show was hosted by German actor and comedian Ilja Richter...
(eleven episodes plus one retrospection, 1973–1980) - Happy DaysHappy DaysHappy Days is an American television sitcom that originally aired from January 15, 1974, to September 24, 1984, on ABC. Created by Garry Marshall, the series presents an idealized vision of life in mid-1950s to mid-1960s America....
(seven episodes, 1977–1979) - MinderMinder (TV series)Minder is a British comedy-drama about the London criminal underworld. Initially produced by Verity Lambert, it was made by Euston Films, a subsidiary of Thames Television and shown on ITV...
(one episode, 1982) - Rod and Emu's Saturday Special (one episode, 1983)
- The Krankies Klub (one episode, 1983)
- Dempsey & MakepeaceDempsey & MakepeaceDempsey & Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for ITV, created and produced by Ranald Graham...
(one episode, 1985) - Absolutely FabulousAbsolutely FabulousAbsolutely Fabulous, also known as Ab Fab, is a British sitcom created by Jennifer Saunders, based on an original idea by her and Dawn French, and written by Saunders, who plays the leading character. It also stars Joanna Lumley and Julia Sawalha, along with June Whitfield and Jane Horrocks...
(one episode, 1994) - CountdownCountdown (game show)Countdown is a British game show involving word and number puzzles. It is produced by ITV Studios and broadcast on Channel 4. It is presented by Jeff Stelling, assisted by Rachel Riley, with regular lexicographer Susie Dent. It was the first programme to be aired on Channel 4, and over sixty-five...
(six episodes, 1997) - Gene Simmons' Rock School (one episode on series two, 2006)
- Bob the BuilderBob the BuilderBob the Builder is a British children's animated television show created by Keith Chapman. In the original series Bob appears as a building contractor specialising in masonry in a stop motion animated programme with his colleague Wendy, various neighbours and friends, and their gang of...
- Built to be wild (voice of Rio, 2006) - Midsomer MurdersMidsomer MurdersMidsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The lead character is DCI Tom Barnaby who works for Causton CID. When Nettles left the show in 2011 he was...
(one episode, 2007) - Australian IdolAustralian IdolAustralian Idol is a Logie Award-winning Australian singing competition, which began its first season on July 2003 and ended its run in November 2009. As part of the Idol franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program Pop Idol, which was created by British entertainment executive...
(one episode as guest judge, 2009) - RocKwizRocKwizRocKwiz is an Australian television quiz show series, focused on rock music, and broadcast on SBS One. It premiered in 2005.-Summary:The forty minute program airs on Saturday at 9:20 pm, and is hosted by Julia Zemiro. It is shot in The Gershwin Room at St Kilda's Esplanade Hotel, commonly...
(one episode as performer and quiz contestant, 2011)
External links
- Detailed Suzi Quatro discography
- The Pleasure Seekers band info
- SUZI QUATRO – UNZIPPED! - Suzi Quatro reads from her autobiography on BBC Radio 2BBC Radio 2BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...
- streaming audio - Suzi R&R Hall of Fame Mission, Authorized by Suzi Quatro
- Queen's Theatre listing