Best
known as a recording artist, Helen Reddy had more fifteen singles on the Top 40
Billboard Hot 100 – six of which hit the Top 10, with three reaching No. 1 –
including her signature hit, “I Am Woman.” In addition to Billboard chart
success, Reddy was the first recording artist to win a “Favorite Pop/Rock
Female” American Music Award, the first Australian to win a Grammy Award and to
have three No. 1 hits in the same year.
Reddy’s
hit songs “I Am Woman,” and “Delta Dawn” have been a part of numerous
television and film soundtracks: “Sex and the City 2,” “Cold Case,” “My Best
Friend’s Wedding” and “The Simpsons,” among others.
On
television, Reddy was the first Australian to host her own hour-long weekly
primetime variety show on an American network, along with several specials that
were seen in more than forty countries. She has also acted on the large and
small screens with roles in “Airport 1975,” “Pete’s Dragon,” “Sgt. Pepper’s
Lonely Hearts Club Band,” “The Love Boat,” “Fantasy Island” and “Diagnosis
Murder.”
In
theater, Helen starred in the musical “Blood Brothers” on London’s West End and
on Broadway. As a solo concert artist, she has played at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln
Center in New York, as well as the Royal Albert Hall and the Palladium in
London.
In
2006, Reddy released what became a best-selling memoir “The Woman I Am.” “The
Woman I Am: The Definitive Collection” and many of her early recordings
continue to be downloaded worldwide.
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