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Capitol Records issued "Leave Me Alone" as the follow-up single to Reddy's No. 1 hit "Delta Dawn" despite the misgivings of Reddy herself who felt "Leave Me Alone" was a thematic retread of "Delta Dawn" as both songs concern a Southern woman - alliteratively named - whose reason has been undermined by an ill-fated tryst. As well, Reddy found ...
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Despite her late 1970s decline on the music charts, Reddy still had sufficient star power in 1979 to host The Helen Reddy Special, broadcast that May on ABC-TV, of which Jeff Wald was the producer. In September 1981, Reddy announced she would be shooting the pilot for her own TV sitcom, in which she would play a single mother working as a ...
"Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" was released as a single on October 29 of that year [8] and had 16 weeks on the pop chart that began in the November 3 issue and eventually included two weeks at number three. [9] It also spent 16 weeks on the Easy Listening chart that started in the November 10 issue and included four weeks at number one. [10]
Capitol Records executive Artie Mogull sensed that a hit record could be made with the song "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from the 1970 musical Jesus Christ Superstar, and since Reddy's then-husband/manager, Jeff Wald, was tenacious in contacting him about getting Reddy her first recording session in the United States, he decided to give Reddy her big break. [8]
Allmusic's Bruce Eder notes that this compilation, "has the virtue of a very low list price (especially as a 20-song disc) and good sound -- plus the presence of one song that Reddy isn't much known for doing, but which she did extremely well, 'How Can I Be Sure,' cut on her (largely ignored) very first LP."
Since 2004, the song has been sung by Theo "Gridiron" Spight, a Detroit native and the man in the video above, who has served as one of the voices for the Lions in the modern era.
Absolutely the Best of Helen Reddy is a compilation album by Australian-American pop singer Helen Reddy that was released in 2003 by Varèse Sarabande and includes both the original and hit single versions of "I Am Woman" in addition to several of her other popular recordings.