'I gave women world wide permission to be different' - Quatro

Bursting on to the scene in 1973 with a run of thunderous rock and roll singles that began with Can The Can, Suzi Quatro was one of the first women to become a rock superstar.

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The 75-year-old grew up in Detroit, alongside fellow rock pioneers Alice Cooper, The Stooges and the MC5, and began her career fronting all-girl garage band the Pleasure Seekers alongside her sisters Patti and, later, Arlene.

Their song What A Way To Die is seen as a forerunner to punk with its chorus of "I may not live past 21, but woo what a way to die", but the band never found mainstream success in the US.

However, Quatro was spotted by producer Mickie Most, who brought her to England in 1971 to join his RAK label.