Suzi Quatro *She Made it in the UK But not so much in America* Why? (mini doc)
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- Suzi Quatro Vocalist/Bass player documentary. She started out with her sister's garage band The Pleasure Seekers in Detroit and ended up a queen of rock & roll in England but not so much so in America. #suziquatro #classicrock #happydays #minidoc #documentary
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I'm Canadian. Suzi was Huge in Canada. We always loved her.
I only remember her from Happy Days when I was a kid in The 70s. I only found out she was a big deal in the UK years later. Great video as always.
I saw her and her brother Michael at Pine Knob here in the Detroit area back in the early 70's. I was really impressed with the stage show Michael put on, he was playing a flute and would swing it toward the stage floor and big sparks would fly, looked really cool! Suzi was the headliner and I really liked her sound and show too...
When I was stationed in Baumholder, Germany during the early 70's, I ran the company lounge/bar we built upstairs across from the day room. Basically, that floor was the r&r part of the barracks. Suzi was well like up there. Her songs were play on our jukebox a lot. Especially 48 Crash and Can the Can. I got home, and no one had even heard of her.
I remember watching her on English television while we were stationed there. I still have that issue of Rolling Stone with her on the cover. I have several of her records through the years.
I think Suzi Quattro had lots of success in America. She had a very successful single called Stumbling In, which was a collaboration with Chris Norman from the English glam rock band Smokie. She was also a huge influence on both Joan Jett and Susanna Hoffs.
Yeah, she influenced many, but the point of this video is that she was not so successful in America. Most Americans do not know she is. Most Americans (of a couple generations) know Susanna Hoff & Joan Jett
Suzi Q was massive in Australia back in the day.
Thank you for this upload … Have shared it to a Suzi Quatro group where the Lady herself will be able to watch it too .. 😊 Suzi is heading back to Australia for a tour in Feb through to end of March 2024 ..
You're welcome and thank you for watching and sharing!
She had great success here in Germany! I was a great fan back in the day as well as of The Sweet. Of course I had Can the Can as a single in my collection.
Who cares about the critics. She had and obviously still has great fun in what she did and continues to do. And we as teenagers did party along with her leather looks...
Like Suzy there was a lot of glam rock bands that made it very big in Europe and Australia but not in the US. Bands like Sweet and Slade sold millions of albums in Europe but not in the states.
It is a mystery why she never broke big in the US. I enjoyed your video and thanks for the information.
I remember first seeing her, but not knowing who she was, on Happy Days. Just a few years ago I saw a rerun episode with Suzi and that got me to looking her up and learning more about her. I really had never heard anything or seen anything on her through all those years since Happy Days.
I was talking with a friend in the UK a few years ago that brought her up. It got me interested again and I started finding some of her music. He told me that America got Joan Jett and Europe got Suzi Quattro :-)
Keep up the good work!
Brian in Fort Worth 🎶
We still love Suzie here in Australia. Suzie toured here in 2023 and it was sold out.
As an Aussie I have always wondered why Suzie didn't make it big back in the States. We loved her here.
Huge succes in Europe and Australia. More than 55 million records sold worlwide🎉 Still touring❤
I`m amazed to learn Quatro is her real name,it looked and sounded like the perfect Glam Rock name,it was perfect!!
a lot of great artists succeed in europe while being virtually ignored in the us. she did pave the way for joan and other female rockers and that is enormous. she was probably too far ahead of time and might have scared the record companies. their loss!
RIP keyboardist Alastair McKenzie and drummer Dave Neal (who was her drummer through the early -mid 70s hits 1972-77). He toured with her again in the 2000s.
Suzie Quatro was also popular in Canada which never got mentioned strangely. I was a teenager through the 70s and we loved all her hits. Definitely she got airplay here and deserves a mention. Other than that, nice to hear more about her. Love the women rockers!!! Keep on Suzie!
It's hard to get, the people closest to you to believe in you. Without outsiders approve of you first. In any occupation. The band Abba wasn't so big until they made it in Australia. I can guarantee you the professional artists, here in the US knew how good she was. And now the world knows , what an articulate artist she really is . Keep on rocking Susie
You`re kidding,Abba were huge in England way before they ever went to Australia!!
Abba - a *Swedish* band ... does not compute?
Or do you mean Abba was not big in Sweden before they made it in Australia? Which is simply not the case.
@@mjh5437 exactly ! They won the Eurovision in Brighton UK in 1974 and became huge here then most everywhere else after.
🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺 Australia loved this woman
& still do … She’s heading back down under early 2024
I loved her on the TV show "Happy Days."
Me too!!!
Howard almost lost Marion because of her.
The same happened with Bobbie Gentry. She was more popular in the UK than in her own country. To this day, the UK listens to her songs more than in America. 🤷♀
You're right. I never thought of that until you just now mentioned it.
Only remember her playing that female fonzi character in happy days. I'm thinking part of her appeal in England may have been her Rocker look.
I'm glad she found success over there.
Glad I found your channel! I just subscribed 😎
Awesome! Thank you!
She was on Happy Days as Leather Tuscadero the little sister of Pinkie Tuscadero -so because she didn’t have a lot of visual exposure in the music industry I think people who knew her from Happy Days just confused her as being a TV musical character
I know I did because I was too young at the time to realize she was ‘real’ as a lead/solo singer
When Suzi worked with Mickie Most at RAK records , she recorded with legendary drummer Cozy Powell who was Most’s top studio drummer….
Suzi's responsible for me picking up bass back in 75 and for cutting up all my tops and sewing zippers in...
In her documentary her former ex lead guitarist and husband said that they when they were in the US touring in 1974 they would travel all over to the radio stations heaps of them in the states and some comments were made if you keep providing us with cocaine then we will play your records
They never took her seriously as a bass player and as a woman rocker in the US as it was such a male dominated arena at the time. Also in her documentary Suzi said that her UK record label magnate Mickie Most released her albums there but he kept changing distribution deals so Suzi once said they could never get traction. It was never meant to be that Suzi's early hits made it in the US. If you look at a lot of the glam acts from the UK. They never had hits in the US some did but it mostly never transferred over.
I’ve always felt that Joan Jett owes a lot to Suzi.
Chrissie Hynde too.
Yep. It's called a career.
I loved Susie here in Minnesota, USA. I just had to import her vinyl over from the UK. I followed her from the pleasure seekers. I still love Suzie and would love to get my vinyl listening hands on her last 15 years worth of lps. If someone knows how to, please respond. Thanks. Cancer treatment has put me out of the loop.😊❤😊
Enjoyed this Thx
Saw that young lady open for Uriah Heep in the early 70’s. She was a ball of fire and I swear that P-bass was bigger than she was. She launched into Your Momma Won’t Like me and every fellow in that hall wanted to make their momma unhappy.
Another cool Doc ,,R/D. Her carrier kinda reminds me of Mothers Finest. From Here, but Have held Strong in Europe. Radio in the early 70s Said they were too black for white radio, and too white ,for black radio. They were FUNK ROCK,,,before Punk Rock .LOL Rock_on Doc.
This is very true in the business. Thanks for watching Dennis!
This certainly shows the difference in musical tastes between USA & other English speaking countries. If Suzi Quatro already had #one hits in England & Europe for a few years, and then she was hit on Happy Days for several episodes, (a #1 show in America). That would certainly boost anyone’s career. Yet she still was barely known in America.
The US was a weird market musically in the 70s. We didn't really know who the good rock bands were, unless we scoured the magazine stand, bought records in music sections of stores that had a "cool" album cover, and then word of mouth as a result. A few prog rockers caught on, but big radio kept us in disco, motown or pop. The fans figured it out themselves. Only way I knew of Suzi was by an older friend (I'm 59, he was three yrs older) I shopped and traded cool music with, before Suzi was on Happy Days. Rarely would there be someone on late night tv.
@@Into_the_void64 i’m the same age as you. I don’t think we had problems knowing good rock bands in the 70s Sure, there was different types of genres, rock ‘n’ roll & disco and singer songwriters.
But it’s just amazing. I never heard of Suzi Quatro myself, & I watch Happy Days (but we were young when she probably was on the show)
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It’s just amazing, that she was so popular in England, and featured number one TV show in America, yet hardly anyone of our age knew who she was. Happy days was so powerful. Even made a loser like Scott B. super popular. (but couldn’t make a talented person like Suzi, a household name)
I only know her name because she was a "judge" on some crappy british tv "talent show" some years ago but if i heard her on the radio i would not have a clue it was her
Suzi was hot stuff in New Zealand.
Happy Days was a career killer.
Was waiting for Henry's comment at the end. Did I miss it?
You can trace this back to the blues---often what America discards as rubbish, Europeans embrace! Bands who have no prayer of making it in their own American backyard often find surprising cult followings in far off places like Sweden and the Czech republic. You find it surprising that someone in the world likes your music, and it often is somewhere you never expect.
It sounds like she was the American Kylie Minogue (or vice versa) Kylie was super popular all over the English, speaking world, except for North America.
America treated Kate Bush horribly too. It’s insane how many people here think Kate is a one hit wonder from Stranger Things. Suzi and Kate were icons in 70s Europe.
Ditto in Australia.
Saw her with Alice Cooper 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
It may be a matter of timing. She had shown that she had the capability to do excellent work in multiple styles but somehow didn't capitalize on it like others such as Debbie Harry and Linda Ronstadt.
Ten years later her hard driving Punk would probably done the trick here.
She was hotter than Georgia asphalt on an August afternoon. And the girl could play. It's the song choices that killed her fame. She coulda been a superstar.
Dave Neal was the predominant drummer. rip
I saw her open for Black Sabbath in 74 or 75. I remember her playing down in Devils gate road. The crowd was pretty tepid towards Suzi. Not the best pairing. I was very aware of her, she was written up a lot in all the music magazines of the time. I think most people thought of her as too gimmicky and not a real rocker. Nonetheless Suzi's had a long career doing what she loves. So good on her!
America's loss, our gain.
Always enjoy your videos same here I never understood why she didn't catch on kind of like the worthless Rock and Roll Hall of Fame it's a joke there's people that should be in there that are not and don't get me wrong I like Dolly Parton but why is she in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame life's mysteries I guess
Great video and yep I'm just as confused why she never really broke globally.
Thanks. I think she actually sold more albums in Canada than she did America.
america isn't 'globally'
Amazing BEAUTY!!
in australia and new zealand, suzi is royalty. and i dont agree that she didnt make it in the usa...she was on happy days, and everyone KNOWS suzi...duet with smokie, and videos on rotation...makin it?
she had instant security crew here, like meatloaf who got a escort of hells angels everywhere he went ...the payola roster of the usa is just one market...💋devil gate drive?bass playin daytona demon.
1) Born of the rock scene in Detroit ( Is Mike Quattro related ? )
[ Honest question, don't tear my head off, OK? ]
Weren't Joan Jett and her performing/ recording about the time?
IF she was born of the "Detroit Audience", as informed as it was -
" There ain't enough room in this town for both Suzi Quattro and Joan Jett..." and Joan got more air- time on radio, so Suzi came- in "2nd place"...
- I'm just sayin'...
My college roommate was enamored with her. He had her albums. I listened, but just couldn't get into it. I know she is talented, no doubt, but her music never made a connection with me: but I am just one person and tastes vary. I still try to listen to her music just to see what I am missing and to give her a fair shot. I know she had/has a lot of influence on Joan Jett. I connect more with Joan's music: In a round about way, I owe that to Suzi Quatro.
To be honest I kind of feel the same way. She was very talented but like you Jett's music was more of my flavor that Suzi's. Thanks for watching and your comment.
I had one friend at the time who liked Suzy Quatro and the rest of us wondered why. She was way too pop and commersh for the general taste of my other friends and I. I even paused this video to have a re-listen to Can on Can and she is very bubblegum at the end of the day. Obviously Stumblin' In was just straight up Top 40. She didn't seem genuine to rock. Seeing that she eventually did traditional Broadway tells me she was more about being on a stage than she ever was about rock and roll.
Interesting, although, nobody seem to know why she is not popular in America...
A real talent!
Well i can think of a few reason she never made it big in the US.
She was too retro. The US likes the newest next thing and her music had too much of a throw back vibe to it. Europe and other countries like older American culture , music and artist. Thats why many older acts went to Europe once their limelight dimmed in the US. It was rock bands from England that turned many US kids onto older blues men like Howlin Wolf for example.
Her instrument of choice was a bass. If she would have used a lead or Rhythm guitar I think that would have helped her become more popular.
Her song choices again had too much of a retro vibe. If she would have done some more edgy songs. More of her songs were one part rock and one part bubble gum.
You know though she always did what she liked and what songs she liked. She never tried to go mainstream on purpose and just keep on going to her own beat. I respect that and it seems to have gave her longevity. She never burned out and seems to have a good time and enjoy life and accepts what she is. You can like her or not it does not bother her in the least.
Her influence on women in rock and roll can not be denied.
Well said! Thanks for watching and your comment!
First time I came across this channel, good reporting but you need to play some of the music you are talking about, just my opinion, need to hear what you are talking about and not just your voice, Im sure you would get more hits if you did that
It would also get me copyright strikes and youtube would shut down my channel. You can't just play someone's music without paying for it first. Thanks for watching.
No worries, just there is another channel I also watch and he plays snippets of the songs and bands (original artists),how does he get away with it? Is it because he doesn't play the whole song just snipppets?@@RiverDocs
It's hard to explain and I really don't have the answer for you only my own experience. I have had videos out for 6 months with no problems. Then all of a sudden BAM strike..no warning, no notice. I used a 3 second video clip with music. I ended up getting two strikes last year. I decided unless I was positive on the clip I would not use them anymore..so far no strikes this year. I know of two people who lost their channels over it last year. Now you can actually pay a fee and use music of some artists but this is just a hobby for me, so that isn't an option...Maybe that other channel pays for licensing? But I really don't know about the channel and can't give you an honest answer how they do it.
Well explained, totally understand, great channel anyway, thank you@@RiverDocs
Turning down an invitation from Elvis Presley. That's not the kind of move one makes in the music business and still hope to be successful.
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She opened for Alice Cooper in 1975 in Chicago for the Welcome to My Nightmare tour. She just wasn’t that great
The US did the same thing to Hendrix
Umm, no.
@@timpatrick2109 Hendrix was bigger in the UK than he was in the US initially. The Brits appreciated his guitar skills way before the US did. In fact Hendrix came to London and players like Clapton, Townsend, Beck, Page, Pink Floyd, the Beatles etc all loved him.
Remember Mr Patrick Hendrix died in London.
@PetraKann
I know all that. His popularity is legendary and Hendrix played concerts and festivals in the US and was highly regarded. No comparison.
@@timpatrick2109 Different artists, I agree. Different gender and ethnic background too. The US was extremely racist in that period too.
But the shunning of Hendrix and Quatro by the US Music Industry and their initial success in other countries like the UK and Australia etc is symptomatic of something culturally deeper - something toxic and corrupt.
You need to look in the mirror Mr Patrick3107 and face the truth about US tyranny and corruption.
Then you will understand and be able to apologise
@@PetraKannI agree but would remind you many countries past are not something to be proud of.... the UK is a prime example
TBH she wasn't stratospherically popular in the UK. It all seemed too manufactured and she's was never that charismatic on TV - more like a chirpy female truck mechanic than a music idol.
I think you are on to something here. There is a reason she never hit in America. Thanks for watching and your comment!
To me Happy Days ruined her. I'm an opinionated music fan and I'll admit, a lot of my views are extremely anal. Something about Happy Days really turned me off, at the time that it was most popular. I to this day wouldn't watch the reruns. I just plain never liked the show. In my rebellious young rock mind, Leather Tuscadero was a total sell out. Especially at a time that was on the brink of punk and new wave. Which sucked me in like a giant vortex.