Suzi Quatro

For her 1973 eponymous album, see Suzi Quatro (album).

Suzi Quatro
Quatro performing in 2017
Background information
Birth nameSusan Kay Quatro
Born (1950-06-03) June 3, 1950 (age 74)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • musician
  • songwriter
  • actress
  • radio host
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • bass guitar
  • keyboards
Years active1964–present
Labels
Formerly ofThe Pleasure Seekers
Websitesuziquatro.com

Susan Kay Quatro[1] (born June 3, 1950)[2] is an American singer, bass guitarist, songwriter and actress. In the 1970s, she scored a string of singles that found success in Europe and Australia, with both "Can the Can" (1973) and "Devil Gate Drive" (1974) reaching No. 1 in several countries.

Quatro released her self-titled debut album in 1973. Since then, she has released fifteen studio albums, ten compilation albums, and one live album. Other songs, including "48 Crash", "Daytona Demon", "The Wild One", and "Your Mama Won't Like Me", also charted highly overseas. Following a recurring role as bass player Leather Tuscadero on the popular American sitcom Happy Days, her duet "Stumblin' In" with Smokie's lead singer Chris Norman reached No. 4 in the US, her only song to chart in the Top 40 in her homeland.

Between 1973 and 1980, Quatro was awarded six Bravo Ottos, an award given to musicians as voted in the German teen magazine Bravo. In 2010, she was voted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends online Hall of Fame. She is reported to have sold over 50 million records worldwide,[3] and continues to perform live. Quatro's most recent studio album, Face to Face, was released in 2023 and follows the 2021 collaboration The Devil in Me with her son Richard Tuckey who had already taken part in No Control in 2019.[4][5] Quatro also remains active in radio broadcasting.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Unzipped was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 2020. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  3. ^ Pukas, Anna (July 25, 2013). "Suzi Quatro: the original rock chick". Daily Express.
  4. ^ Pingitore, Silvia (March 8, 2021). "Interview with the queen of 1970s rock 'n' roll and Happy Days star Suzi Quatro". the-shortlisted.co.uk. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  5. ^ Andy Thorley (March 27, 2019). "REVIEW: SUZI QUATRO - NO CONTROL (2019)". Maximum Volume Music. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  6. ^ Everett True (September 6, 2017). "Suzi Quatro – Legend album review". Louder Sound. Retrieved February 11, 2019.