''Rockin' with Suzi Q'' was a weekly radio programme broadcast on
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It is the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 15 million weekly listeners. Since launching in 1967, the station broadcasts a wide range of content. ...
, featuring
Suzi Quatro playing her favourite
blues
Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the Afr ...
,
rock, and
soul tunes from
independent record labels.
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As well as researching and presenting radio programmes, Quatro is the first female
bass guitar player to become a major rock star. This broke a barrier to women's participation in rock music.
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Format
''Rockin' with Suzi Q'' was a weekly BBC Radio 2
music radio programme. It was researched and presented by Quatro.
Programmes started with
Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller". In one programme, Quatro said "I've been doing this song for 30 years. It's what I was. It's what I am. It's what I always will be."
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Next, Quatro would play her favourite blues, rock, and soul tunes from independent record labels, relating them back to her own life and experiences.
She would also read out feedback received from listeners. An example was:
"Suzi is back with the music we love,
though many of the artists are in heaven above."
Reception
References
BBC Radio 2 programmes
Rock music radio programs
British music radio programmes
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