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Helen Reddy: Australian singer of feminist anthem I Am Woman dies
BBC News ^
| 29 September 2020
Posted on 09/29/2020 8:18:48 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Helen Reddy, the Australian singer behind feminist anthem I Am Woman, has died aged 78.
Reddy died on Tuesday in Los Angeles, her family said in a statement on Facebook.
Her children, Traci Donat and Jordan Sommers, described her as a wonderful mother, grandmother, and a truly formidable woman.
Our hearts are broken. But we take comfort in the knowledge that her voice will live on forever.
Reddy had a string of pop and rock hits in the 1970s, but is best known for the 1972 anthem I Am Woman a rousing tune which became prominent in the womens liberation movement.
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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: helenreddy; iamwoman; obituary; reddy
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To: A_perfect_lady; workerbee
[You and Me Against the World.]
Now that was a pretty good song. Took me back to the 1970’s.
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posted on
09/29/2020 11:15:36 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Olog-hai
Oh God, I hated that song.
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posted on
09/29/2020 11:16:24 PM PDT
by
McGruff
(Polls are for dancing)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
09/30/2020 12:21:51 AM PDT
by
Trillian
To: Olog-hai
How sad. I remember how my mother like to play Reddy’s music on our stereo. Reddy was a classy woman with a very nice voice. Makes me think of the 70’s. A long vanished America.
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posted on
09/30/2020 12:41:32 AM PDT
by
jmacusa
(If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
To: Olog-hai
With due respect to Helen’s roar, I’d rather get walked all over by Nancy Sinatra.
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posted on
09/30/2020 12:59:14 AM PDT
by
kevao
(BIBLICAL JESUS: Give your money to the poor. SOCIALIST JESUS: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
To: Atticus
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posted on
09/30/2020 3:04:12 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(Transmission tone, Selma)
To: Edgar3
I think he did a song for Dexter’s Lab.
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posted on
09/30/2020 3:05:24 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(Transmission tone, Selma)
To: dfwgator; PghBaldy
Airport 1975 and Airplane!, two of my favourite movies. And Lorna Patterson being a TV crush of mine in 1981-82 when she was Private Benjamin.
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posted on
09/30/2020 3:41:21 AM PDT
by
OttawaFreeper
("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
The women’s lib movement in the 70’s was a a royal pain in the ass which lingers to this day. Not for the ultimate goals but for the the rank obnoxiousness of the major proponents.
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posted on
09/30/2020 3:46:23 AM PDT
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneow)
To: wally_bert
I loved that show! Used to watch it when my kids were little.
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posted on
09/30/2020 5:03:28 AM PDT
by
Edgar3
(Libnorance is a mental disease, and it's getting Progressively worse!)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
“I am woman, hear me snore.”
To: Olog-hai
Ahhh yes....what memories....
Here’s a great video of when she appeared on the show Rock Concert With Big Jim McBride and Billy Saul Hirock:
https://youtu.be/3k4tBPsP4mY?t=120
Blow’d up real good!
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posted on
09/30/2020 5:33:51 AM PDT
by
mkleesma
(`Call to me, and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.')
To: Olog-hai
Helen George Burns and Olivia Newton-John
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posted on
09/30/2020 5:36:31 AM PDT
by
xp38
To: xp38
Wow, those were the days!
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posted on
09/30/2020 12:28:47 PM PDT
by
ncdrumr
(Oooh, SarahCUda!)
To: Fiji Hill
My favorite Paul Williams tune is Hucklebuck My favorite Paul Williams song is "Old Fashioned Love Song" as sung by Three Dog Night.
Old Fashioned Love Song
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posted on
09/30/2020 12:33:49 PM PDT
by
KevinB
(Quite literally, whatever the Left touches it ruins.)
To: Olog-hai
WOW, they’re dropping like flies.
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posted on
09/30/2020 12:36:09 PM PDT
by
1Old Pro
(FILL THE SEAT)
To: jmacusa
Makes me think of the 70s. A long vanished America.All the songs I heard on the kitchen Am radio for news and weather before going to K-12.
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posted on
09/30/2020 12:38:38 PM PDT
by
1Old Pro
(FILL THE SEAT)
To: 1Old Pro
“WOW, theyre dropping like flies.”
And Keith Richards is laughing.
5.56mm
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posted on
09/30/2020 12:38:48 PM PDT
by
M Kehoe
(DRAIN THE SWAMP! Finish THE WALL!)
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