Helen Reddy

Helen Maxine Reddy (born 25 October 1941) is an Australian-American singer, actress and activist. Born in Melbourne to a show-business family, Reddy started her career as an entertainer at age four. She sang on radio and television, and won a talent contest on a television programme Bandstand[a] in 1966 for a ticket prize to New York City and an unsuccessful record audition. She pursued her international singing career by moving to Chicago and, subsequently, Los Angeles, where she made her debut singles One Way Ticket and I Believe in Music in 1968 and 1970, respectively. The B-side of the latter single, I Don\'t Know How to Love Him reached No. 13 in Canadian pop chart RPM and she was signed to Capitol Records a year later.\n', '

During the 1970s, she enjoyed international success, especially in the United States where she placed 15 singles in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. Six m…