October 25th marks Helen Reddy’s 76th birthday. The Australian singer and actress came to the U.S. to find fame and fortune and had 15 Top 40 hits, with 6 songs in the Billboard Top 10. 3 of them reached Number one,
Including her signature song “I Am Woman”, which became a feminist anthem in 1972. Helen retired from show business for a number of years after 2002, but was drawn back into some live performing in recent years. There have been reports that Helen has had some health issues lately, but she was recently interviewed and said she was feeling fine. In honor of her birthday, Wayback Wednesday
features one of her most memorable hits…the beautiful Paul Williams song “You And Me Against The World”.