Suzi Quatro has spent more than five decades as a rock star, but one of the biggest missed opportunities of her career involved the man who inspired her to become a musician: Elvis Presley.
In recent interviews surrounding her new album Freedom, Quatro, 76, has revisited her lifelong connection to Presley, including a remarkable phone call she received from him in 1974.
Elvis Presley Invited Suzi Quatro to Graceland
Quatro recalled the story in a recent interview with New Idea, explaining that Presley called her after hearing her version of his song “All Shook Up.”
“He called me in 1974,” Quatro said, recalling that Presley told her he thought her version was the best he’d heard since his own.
Then came an invitation: Elvis asked her to visit him at Graceland.
She didn’t go.
“I was so busy,” Quatro explained, adding that she now feels she may simply never have been meant to meet her idol.
The missed opportunity is particularly meaningful because Presley had inspired Quatro’s entire musical career.
Elvis Inspired Suzi Quatro to Become a Rock Star
Quatro has recalled watching Presley perform “Don’t Be Cruel” on The Ed Sullivan Show when she was about 5 years old. She immediately knew she wanted to do what he was doing.
That inspiration eventually helped lead to her groundbreaking career as a bass-playing female rock frontwoman, with hits including “Can the Can,” “48 Crash” and “Devil Gate Drive.”
She also became known to TV audiences as Leather Tuscadero on Happy Days.
Now 75, Quatro is still making music. Her 18th studio album, Freedom, includes a version of the MC5’s “Kick Out the Jams” featuring longtime friend Alice Cooper.
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