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I Am Woman: How Helen Reddy Wrote the Anthem Nobody Would Give Her
I Am Woman: How Helen Reddy Wrote the Anthem Nobody Would Give Her Helen Maxine Reddy was born into show business the way other children are born into religion — completely, and without being asked. She arrived on October 25, 1941, in Melbourne, Australia, while her father was away in New Guinea serving with the…
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Helen Reddy: The Heart Behind the Hits — A Showbiz Family, Three Marriages, and the Daughter Who Sang
Helen Reddy was born into show business the way other people are born into religion: it wasn’t a choice, it was the air. Her parents were vaudeville performers. Her half-sister was a star before Helen was a teenager. Her children grew up backstage. And her marriages — three of them — traced the full arc…
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How Helen Reddy Turned “Angie Baby” Into the Strangest No. 1 of 1974
Helen Reddy had already conquered the world by the autumn of 1974. “I Am Woman” had become a feminist anthem. “Delta Dawn” and “Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)” had both hit number one. She was, by any measure, the biggest female singer in America. She didn’t need a weird song about a disturbed girl…
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The Untold Story of Helen Reddy: The Single Mother Who Roared for a Generation
“I am woman, hear me roar.” Four words that became the battle cry of a movement — and they were written by a divorced single mother from Melbourne who arrived in New York with two hundred dollars, a three-year-old daughter, and a talent-show prize that turned out to be worthless. Helen Reddy didn’t set out…