Leonard Cohen's Muse Suzanne Verdal

Suzanne Verdal inspired Leonard Cohen's song "Suzanne".

Here is her story. 

This is an excerpt from the ARTE documentary "Girls in Pop Songs" shot in 2011. 

More information here: http://www.spoonfilm.com/germany.htm?...

Songs like Buddy Holly's Peggy Sue , Leonard Cohen's Suzanne, Beach Boys Barbara Ann and The Knack's My Sharona wrote Pop History. But who is behind these songs, that moved entire generations? We met the women who inspired Buddy Holly, Leonhard Cohen, Lou Reed, Bruce Springsteen and the Rolling Stones to their world hits. They tell us the story of these songs from their own personal perspective. We found out, that Immortality has pretty faces and great stories to tell.

CAST Peggy Sue Gerron, Joachim Hentschel, Donna Ludwig Fox, Suzanne Verdal, Holly Woodlawn, Diane Lozito, Amanda Lear, Helô Pinheiro, Fred Fassert, Pat Rizzo, Sharona Alperin.

CREW Commissioning Editor rbb/ARTE: Christian von Behr; Writer: Markus Heidingsfelder; Camera: Benjamin Wistorf; Editor: Oliver Brand; Created by: Joerg Daiber; Color Correction: Benjamin Wistorf; Archive research USA: Rosemary Rotondi; Brazil Crew: Olive Tree Studio - Caroline Mendonça; Disposition Voice Over recording: Gjulnas Schuch; Mix: Vadim Kompatzki; Voice Over Director: Michael Struck; Production assistent: Leonard Kos-Grabar; Producer rbb: Rainer Baumert; Producer : Joerg Daiber.

Pictures courtesy of Sharona Alperin, Donna Ludwig Fox,Peggy Sue Gerron,Diane Lozito, Helô Pinheiro, Pat Rizzo, Suzanne Verdal, Holly Woodlawn.

Archive footage courtesy of: Calpartners LLC - Getting the Knack; Corbis Images; Historic films archive LLC - Bruce Springsteen; Radio Bremen - Amanda Lear; Reelin’ in the Years Productions LLC - Lou Reed, Ritchie Valens, Andy Warhol, The Beach Boys, The Knack, The Rolling Stones; Sony Music - Leonard Cohen – Live at the Isle of Wight 1970, Bruce Springsteen – The complete Video Anthology / 1978-2000 & The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town & Wings for Wheels : The Making of Born to Run.

Experpts of “The Ed Sullivan Show“ courtesy of it's coyright owner SOFA Entertainment and Historic films archive LLC

EP Labels courtesy of EMI Music Germany, Universal Music Group.

Thanks Steve Campioni, Little Boom Records, Hansa Studios Berlin, Joachim Hentschel, Radio KDAV 1590 AM Lubbock, Texas