Suzi Quatro
 

Suzi Quatro, the fourth of five children, was born under the star sign Gemini on 3rd June in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.   

The Quatro family were all musically talented, in fact Suzi made her stage debut at the tender age of eight, playing bongos in her father's band, the Art Quatro Trio.   

From an early age Suzi studied classical piano, drum and percussion, and at the age of 14, along with her sisters she formed "The Pleasure Seekers", with whom she played bass guitar and drum as well as featuring as lead vocalist.   

The band were successful and in 1969, following a change of name to "Cradle", they played extensive tours of Canada and the USA.

MICKIE MOST

In 1971, at the invitation of Mickey Most, Suzi flew to England to make an album.
Shortly after, Suzi began working with songwriter-producers Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman in what was to prove to be one of the most successful of all singer-songwriter-producer-record company associations!  

CAN THE CAN

In May 1973, the Suzi Quatro single Can the Can smashed its way to the top of the British pop charts and gave Suzi her first No 1 hit record, others were to follow!   

HIT AFTER HIT

During the period 1973-79, Suzi Quatro featured in the British charts for no less than 101 weeks, her hit records . . .

. . . all featured in the Top Twenty of the British Charts, in fact, throughout the world Suzi Quatro has sold in excess of 40 million albums and singles!

HAPPY DAYS

In 1977-78, Suzi decided to spread her wings and invited interest from areas other than pop and rock music.  
Interest proved to be positive as Suzi quickly received an invitation to appear in 16 episodes of the No 1 American TV show Happy Days, playing the part of "Leather Tuscadero" opposite Henry Winkler's classic interpretation of "Fonzie".

ACTING ROLES

Suzi soon found that there was interest in her acting abilities in England too and roles in Minder and Dempsey & Makepeace were immediately offered and duly accepted.

MUSICALS

In 1986, Suzi was enticed into making her West End acting debut, playing the part of sharp-shooter "Annie Oakley" in the Irving Berlin Musical Annie Get Your Gun, for which she received great critical acclaim.

OWN SHOWS

1988 dawned as did yet another facet of Suzi's talent, when at the invitation of Central Television, Suzi agreed to host her own networked Chat Show Gas Street, which gained her even more commendations.

1989 - TOURING

The following year 1989, Suzi decided to get back to her roots and undertook months of extensive worldwide touring, part of which included a venture behind the Iron Curtain for much publicised tour of the Soviet Union, during which she played to in excess of 500,000 fans in just 6 weeks!

1991 - SUZI's OWN MUSICAL

In 1991, Suzi was triumphant yet again, when she realised a long held ambition by starring in a Musical that she herself had written.  Talullah Who? is the story of Hollywood film star Talullah Bankhead, it ran for it's full season of five weeks and Suzi Quatro received accolades which by this time had become the norm.

Two decades of worldwide chart-topping now behind her, an acknowledged career as an actress (and playwright) well and truly established, Suzi Quatro from Detroit, Michigan has taken her rightful place as one of the world's foremost and best-loved entertainers.

Suzi Quatro is an exceptional talent as well as being a very daring lady!   

LATEST ALBUM

In recent years Suzis’ lastest album What Goes Around has been a great success throughout Europe featuring an interesting mix of new and legendary material brought bang up to date with revitalised arrangements.  

SUZI's RADIO SHOW
On January 7th Suzi began her own radio show for BBC’s Radio 2 entitled Rocking with Suzi Q the show has been extremely well received and is yet another string to this versatile artists bow.

Whenever she has decided to venture into a different area of the entertainment business, or decided to try something totally new, she has boldly put her own reputation at stake and dared to go for it, and she has succeeded as only she knows how.....maybe it's a touch of the pioneer spirit, maybe a case of sheer bravado.......whatever it is, it sure makes life around Suzi Quatro an exciting and interesting place to be!