Susan Kay "Suzi" Quatro (born 3 June 1950, Detroit) is an American glam rock singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actress. She was the first female bass player to become a major rock star, breaking a barrier to women's participation in rock music.
In the 1970s Quatro scored a string of hit singles that found greater success in European and Australian territories than in her homeland. Following a recurring role as bass player Leather Tuscadero on the popular American sitcom Happy Days, her duet "Stumblin' In" with Chris Norman reached number 4 in the USA in 1979.
Quatro released her self-titled debut album in 1973. Since then, she has released fifteen studio albums, ten compilation albums, and one live album. Her solo hits include "Can the Can", "48 Crash", "Daytona Demon", "Devil Gate Drive", and "Your Mamma Won't Like Me".
Between 1973 and 1980 Quatro was awarded six Bravo Ottos. In 2010 she was voted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends online Hall of Fame. Quatro has sold over 50 million albums and continues to perform live, worldwide. Her most recent album was released in 2011 and she also continues to present new radio programmes.
Suzi Quatro is the debut solo studio album by the American rock singer-songwriter and bass guitarist Suzi Quatro. It was originally released in late 1973, by the record label Rak. The album was titled Can the Can in Australia.
In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau gave the album a "B" and wrote that "nothing in her own songwriting equals the one-riff rock of the two Chapman-Chinn singles, especially "48 Crash," and the last time I got off on someone dressed entirely in leather was before John Kay started repeating himself." In a retrospective review for AllMusic Dave Thompson gave the album four and half stars and wrote that "Suzi Quatro remains one of the most nakedly sexual albums of the entire glam rock epoch -- and one of the hottest debuts of the decade."
All tracks composed by Suzi Quatro and Len Tuckey; except where indicated
(QuatroAndrews)
Standing on the edge of nowhere
Wishing I could chase these blues away
Got to find a reason somewhere
Try to live my life another way
Who can make me alright
The candy man can
Who can please me all night
The candy man can
Drifting, lost, and in confusion
Like I'm rolling down a mountainside
Got to find a new solution
Try get off this roller coaster ride
Who can make me alright
The candy man can
Who can please me all night
The candy man can
Standing on the edge of nowhere
Wishing I could chase these blues away
Got to find a reason somewhere
Try to live my life another way
Who can make me alright
The candy man can
Who can please me all night
The candy man can
The candy man can
The candy man can
The candy man can
The candy man can
The candy man can
The candy man can
Wish that I could chase these blues away
Wish that I could chase these blues away
Wish that I could chase these blues away