Suzi Quatro Glad All Over
PLEASE NOTE: I divided my uploads between multiple channels, Bookmark this link in your browser for instant access to an index with links to all of John1948 s oldies classics. LINK: It s pretty farfetched, as some revisionists are now claiming, to view Suzi Quatro as a precursor to the riot grrrls of the 90s. Her brand of mid 70s glam pop was far more innocuous and, in any case, often supplied by professional songwriters. What she did prove was that it was possible for a petite woman to play bass, sing, and wear leather with a reasonable degree of raunch and pride. That, with enough musical hooks to draw in the teen pop crowd, was enough to reel off a series of big British hit singles just before the advent of punk, although she remained virtually unknown in her native U. S. To the British audience, it seemed as if Quatro emerged out of nowhere in 1973, but in fact she d been playing professionally for nearly a decade. Whil
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