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Quatro is the first female [[Bassist#Electric bass players|bass guitar player]] to become a major rock star. This broke a barrier to women's participation in rock music.<ref name="I Wanna Be Your Man"> |
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| last = Auslander |
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| first = Philip |
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| date = 28 January 2004 |
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| title = I Wanna Be Your Man: Suzi Quatro's musical androgyny |
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| journal = Popular Music |
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| volume = 23 |
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| issue = 1 |
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| location = United Kingdom |
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| publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]] |
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| format = PDF |
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| doi = 10.1017/S0261143004000030 |
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| accessdate = 12 July 2012 |
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| url = http://lcc.gatech.edu/~auslander/publications.html#music |
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| title = BBC Queens of British Pop, Suzi Quatro - David Jensen film clip 2009 |
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| location = London, UK |
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| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/musictv/queensofbritishpop/artists/suziquatro/3/?3 |
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If you feel that Quatro did not break a barrier to women's participation in rock music (or was not the first female bass player to become a major rock star), please join the discussion on the talk page at [[Talk:Suzi Quatro#Empowering women?]]. |
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The song "Rolling Stone" was initially written by Phil Dennys (the person who did arrangements for [[Jade (UK band)|Jade]]). The lyrics were rewritten by [[Hot Chocolate (band)|Hot Chocolate]] front man [[Errol Brown]] (and Quatro herself, uncredited) to be more suitable for Quatro.<ref name="Suzi Quatro (album) CD booklet" />{{rp|7}} |
The song "Rolling Stone" was initially written by Phil Dennys (the person who did arrangements for [[Jade (UK band)|Jade]]). The lyrics were rewritten by [[Hot Chocolate (band)|Hot Chocolate]] front man [[Errol Brown]] (and Quatro herself, uncredited) to be more suitable for Quatro.<ref name="Suzi Quatro (album) CD booklet" />{{rp|7}} |
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This single went to number 1, but only in Portugal. |
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Quatro is notable for breaking a barrier to women's participation in rock music. Before she become a major rock star, rock was dominated by men. In his paper ''I Wanna Be Your Man: Suzi Quatro's musical androgyny'', Philip Auslander points out that the many women in rock by the late 1960s mostly performed only as singers, "a traditionally feminine position in popular music". For example, since [[Janis Joplin]] did not play guitar on stage, even she "cannot be seen as a powerful figure in the context of the rock culture of her time". Though some women (like Quatro herself) played instruments in American all-female garage rock bands, none of these bands achieved more than regional success. So they "did not provide viable templates for women's on-going participation in rock".<ref name="I Wanna Be Your Man" />{{rp|2–3}}<!-- |
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This single went to number 1, but only in Portugal. So it made Quatro a rock star, not a major rock star. Quatro's next single, "[[Can the Can]]", made her a major rock star in 1973. For "Can the Can" she had her own band, the band had toured the United Kingdom as the warm-up act for [[Slade]] and [[Thin Lizzy]], and they had new songwriters/producers [[Nicky Chinn]] and [[Mike Chapman]].<ref name="Suzi Quatro (album) CD booklet" />{{rp|9}} When Quatro emerged in 1973, "no other prominent female musician worked in rock simultaneously as a singer, instrumentalist, songwriter, and bandleader".<ref name="I Wanna Be Your Man" />{{rp|2}}<!-- |
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Revision as of 16:56, 2 January 2014
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| B-side | "Brain Confusion (For All the Lonely People)" |
"Rolling Stone" is Suzi Quatro's debut solo single released on 7 July 1972. Quatro's name was misspelled Susie Quatro on the initial packaging. The single did not achieve popularity except in Portugal, where it went to number 1.[1]: 7
Background
This is Quatro's first solo single and was released after she moved from the United States to Britain. In the United States she had already released two singles with all-female band The Pleasure Seekers.[2]
The song "Brain Confusion (For All the Lonely People)" was written by Quatro and initially recorded when she was part of The Pleasure Seekers.[3] The Pleasure Seekers became Cradle. It was when Mickie Most saw Quatro perform the song with Cradle that he decided to sign her as a solo act. The version of the song on this ("Rolling Stone") single is a re-recording with Quatro and session players.[1]: 5–7
The song "Rolling Stone" was initially written by Phil Dennys (the person who did arrangements for Jade). The lyrics were rewritten by Hot Chocolate front man Errol Brown (and Quatro herself, uncredited) to be more suitable for Quatro.[1]: 7
This single went to number 1, but only in Portugal.
Personnel
- Suzi Quatro - bass, lead vocals
- Peter Frampton - guitar
- Micky Waller - drums
- Errol Brown - backing vocals
References
- ^ a b c
Hendriks, Phil (2011). Suzi Quatro (Media notes). London, United Kingdom: 7T's Records.
{{cite AV media notes}}:|format=requires|url=(help); Unknown parameter|albumlink=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|artist=ignored (|others=suggested) (help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|publisherid=ignored (help) - ^ "Michigan Rock and Roll Legends - SUZI QUATRO". www.michiganrockandrolllegends.com. Michigan, United States: Michigan Rock and Roll Legends. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
- ^ "The Pleasure Seekers, What a Way to Die, CD Baby". www.cdbaby.com. Portland, Oregon, United States: CD Baby. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
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