Girls in Pop Songs

Songs like Buddy Holly’s Peggy Sue , Leonhard 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. They all became immortal and have 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