Born June 3, 1950, 4th child out of 5, 4 girls one boy, in Detroit Michigan. 1964. aged 14, started first all girl band with her sister's, teaching herself bass guitar. The Pleasure Seekers, sisters Patti on guitar, Arlene on Organ Toured successfully for 8 years. Suzi was the main vocalist/ bass player, and focal point of band. 1969 they disbanded and reformed as Cradle, adding baby sister Nancy as main vocalist. Suzi took a back seat, playing bass and only singing lead on a few songs . They wrote their own material.1971 Mickie Most saw the band in Detroit, and immediately offered Suzi a solo contract. In October , 1971 , she flew to London to begin recording. Success did not come immediately. 1972, Suzi formed her first English band. They went on the road and were the support group on Slade's first nationwide tour, performing Suzi's original material. Mickie Most got his new signing to Rak, hit songwriting team, Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, to go see a show, with the possibility of writing Suzi a hit single based around her own material. Can the Can, a number 1 in many countries around the word, was the result, which went onto sell 2 and half million singles . Between 1973 and 1980 she featured in the British charts for 101 weeks and has sold over 55 million records to date. 1977, Suzi began a 3 year stint as Leather Tuscadero on Happy Days opposite the Fonz. She has also appeared in Minder with Denis Waterman, Dempsey and Makepeace, Midsumer Murders, and Absolutely Fabulous 1986, she starred in the West End as Annie Oakley in 'Annie Get your Gun', to great critical acclaim. 1988 She hosted her own t.v. talk show for a year, 'Gas Street'. 1989, the first Western act to go to Russia once Glastnost had begun, playing to over half a million people. 1991, She wrote the music and lyrics for, ' Talullah Who?' (Talullah Bankheaad), with Shirlie Roden, book by Willie Rushton and played the leading role, and again, great critical acclaim. 1999 Suzi began her career on BBC radio 2, latest ongoing series, Quatrophonic, and was nominated for music broadcaster of the year at the Sony Radio awards in 2006 1999 Suzi was honoured on 'this is your life', begin caught out at the end of her concert at the London Palladium. 2006 Suzi wrote and released her autobiography UNZIPPED. She made an appearance alongside Charles Dance in the West End in Exonerated. 2012 Suzi turned her autobiography into a one woman show, performing at London's Hippodrome, and again at th...
