Description
Helen Reddy was an Australian recording artist and television personality who enjoyed international success in the 1970s,
particularly in the United States, where she had several Top 10 singles and hosted her own program,
The Helen Reddy Show. The collection consists of sheet music for arrangements used in Helen Reddy's television series.
Background
Helen Reddy (born October 25, 1941) is an Australian- American singer and actress, best known for her hit song, "I Am Woman".
She was the first Australian to win a Grammy Award and to have three No. 1 hits in the same year. In the 1970s, she enjoyed
international success, especially in the United States, where she placed fifteen singles in the Top 10 on the Billboard Charts,
eight of which reached No. 1. She was a frequent guest on talk shows and variety programs of the 1970s and early 1980s, including
The Bobby Darin Show,
The Carol Burnett Show and
The Muppet Show. In 1973, Reddy helmed the NBC summer replacement series for
The Flip Wilson Show. The series,
The Helen Reddy Show, had guests such as George Carlin, Redd Foxx, Albert Brooks, Gloria Steinem, and Flip Wilson, who often appeared as his alter
ego, Geraldine Jones. Reddy was also a semi-regular host of the NBC late night variety show
The Midnight Special from 1973 to 1975.
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