The Eighth Tribe, 1980 (7. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1980-08-01 / 8. szám
August, 1980 THE EIGHTH TRIBE Page 5 world of rock and roll, hut she persevered. Her career even took her to Vietnam where, at the age of 17, she was entertaining troops in the casualty wards. In 1969, The Pleasure Seekers broke up and Suzi and her sisters formed a new band called Cradle. In 1971, with Cradle on the verge of breaking up, one of Britain’s leading record producers, Mickie Most, in Detroit for a recording session, visited a local dance hall where the band was performing. He was particularly impressed by the effect Suzi seemed to have on both girls and boys in the audience. After the show, he talked to her and in her own words, made her an offer she couldn’t refuse: that if she ever decided to go solo she should contact him in London. It was a difficult decision, and one that affected her emotionally for several years after, but within a few weeks Suzi was on a plane bound for England. Since then, she and the band she formed in England have had numerous international hit records and successful world tours but never managed to hit in the United States. Her big break here came in the role of Leather Tuscadero on Happy Days, playing an ex-juvenile delinquent turned, appropriately enough, rock singer. Stories on how she got the job abound; from one that describes how the woman who was casting the show saw Suzi’s picture, in leather garb, on the wall of her daughter’s bedroom, to one that claims Gary Marshall, the show’s producer, first spotted her on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. Whatever the reason, Marshall called her in London and asked if she would like to audition for the part. She was happy to and won the role which was originally supposed to be for only one two-part episode. Her performance, though, led to a contract for 15 addi-Mrs. Ilona Quatro. Nyírbátor, Hungary. Home of John and Mary Szaniszlai. tional shows and talk of more, perhaps a movie-for-TV. In addition to her TV ventures, her musical career in this country has also taken a big step forward with her signing by a major record label and a top 10 hit, making her now a truly international star. These days, Suzi and her husband Len Tuckey, her band’s guitarist, are in the process of moving to a larger estate, farther from London than their present home, while taking time out for commuting to Hollywood and touring with the band. Suzi’s Hungarian background was provided to us first by her aunt (her mother’s sister) Mrs. Isa-Mrs. Ilona Quatro with a waitress, Hungary, 1976.
