Suzi Quatro

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Suzi Quatro was six years old when she saw Elvis Presley perform on the Ed Sullivan Show and had what she calls her “lightbulb moment,” knowing that was what she was going to do with her life. She started playing bass at 14 when her sisters formed an all-female garage band called The Pleasure Seekers. A poster of the band in Gary Marshall’s daughter's room years later lead to one of her best-known roles as Leather Tuscadero in Happy Days. Suzi has topped the charts worldwide with hits such as “Can The Can,” “48 Crash” and “Devil Gate Drive.”