Suzi Quatro: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

'''Susan Kay ~~Quatro’(Quattrocchi)~~Quatro'''<ref name="Unzipped" /> (born June 3, 1950)<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=2020}}</ref> is an American singer, bass guitarist, songwriter and actor. 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 (band)|Smokie]]'s lead singer [[Chris Norman]] reached No. 4 in the US, her only song to chart in the Top 40 in her homeland.

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Between 1973 and 1980, Quatro was awarded six [[Bravo Otto]]s, an award given to musicians as voted in the German teen magazine ''[[Bravo (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,<ref name=EX>{{cite web|title=Suzi Quatro: the original rock chick|work=[[Daily Express]]|author=Pukas, Anna|date=July 25, 2013|url=http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/417295/Suzi-Quatro-the-original-rock-chick}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Pingitore |first=Silvia |date=2021-03-08 |title=Interview with the queen of 1970s rock 'n' roll and Happy Days star Suzi Quatro |url=https://the-shortlisted.co.uk/suzi-quatro-interview/ |access-date=2021-10-11 |website=the-shortlisted.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Andy Thorley|date=2019-03-27|title=REVIEW: SUZI QUATRO - NO CONTROL (2019)|url=https://maximumvolumemusic.com/review-suzi-quatro-no-control-2019/|access-date=2021-10-11|newspaper=Maximum Volume Music|language=en-US}}</ref> Quatro also remains active in radio broadcasting.<ref name="legend">{{cite web |url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/suzi-quatro-legend-album-review |title=Suzi Quatro – Legend album review |author=Everett True |date=September 6, 2017 |work=[[Louder Sound]]|access-date=February 11, 2019}}</ref>

== Early life ~~and family~~ ==

Quatro was born and raised in [[Detroit, Michigan]], United States.<ref name="LarkinGE"/><ref>Jack Lloyd. "Image is Tough for Suzi Quatro." ''Lexington (KY) Herald'', April 25, 1974, p. 20.</ref> Her father, Art, was a semi-professional musician and worked at [[General Motors]]. Her paternal grandfather was an [[Italian Americans|Italian immigrant to the U.S.]] and her mother, Helen, was [[Hungarians|Hungarian]] and she died in 1992. Her family name of "Quattrocchi" ("four eyes", meaning "bespectacled") was shortened to Quatro.<ref>{{cite book |last=Quatro |first=Suzi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LJQcmcHqqpkC&q=Quatro,+Suzi+Unzipped |title=Unzipped |orig-year=2007 |year=2008 |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |location=London |isbn=978-0-340-93751-8 |page=10}}</ref> Quatro's family was living in Detroit when she was born. She has three sisters, a brother ([[Michael Quatro]]), and one older half-sister. Her parents fostered several other children while she was growing up. Quatro grew up to be an "extrovert but solitary," according to Philip Norman of ''[[The Sunday Times]]'', and she only became close to her mother after leaving the U.S. for Britain.<ref name="SundayTimesNorman1974" />

Her sister Arlene is the mother of actress [[Sherilyn Fenn]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/42/Sherilyn-Fenn.html |title=Sherilyn Fenn |publisher=Film Reference |access-date=July 20, 2011}}</ref> Her sister Patti joined [[Fanny (band)|Fanny]], one of the earliest all-female rock bands to gain national attention.<ref>{{cite news |last=Anderman|first=Joan |title=Rocking the Boat|work=Boston Globe |date=April 20, 2007 |url=http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2007/04/20/rocking_the_boat/?page=3}}</ref> Her brother, [[Michael Quatro]], is also a musician.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.quatrophonic.com/michael.htm |title=Michael |publisher=Quatrophonic.com |access-date=July 20, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715135754/http://www.quatrophonic.com/michael.htm |archive-date=July 15, 2011}}</ref>

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In 2017, Quatro released her sixteenth studio album backed by [[Andy Scott (guitarist)|Andy Scott]] from [[Sweet (band)|Sweet]] on guitar and [[Don Powell]] from [[Slade]] on drums.<ref name="legend" />

In August 2023, Quatro ~~release~~released an album of duets with [[KT Tunstall]] entitled ''Face to Face''. After discovering they were mutual fans of each other, they were put in touch with each other by a mutual friend.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Graff |first1=Gary |title=Suzi Quatro gets 'Face to Face' with KT Tunstall on new duo album |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/08/suzi-quatro-gets-face-to-face-with-kt-tunstall-on-new-duo-album.html |website=cleveland.com |access-date=11 August 2023 |date=2023-08-09}}</ref>

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