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The song was the subject of a nationwide contest in America in which listeners would submit to their local radio station their estimation of how many times Reddy sang the phrase "leave me alone" in the song; submissions of the correct answer - which Reddy states is 43 - were eligible for a trip for two to see Helen in concert. [3]
"Peaceful" is a song written by Kenny Rankin, and recorded by several artists.It is best known as hit singles for Georgie Fame (1969) and Helen Reddy (1973).. Introduced by Rankin on his 1967 debut album Mind Dusters on Mercury Records, "Peaceful" was recorded by Bobbie Gentry for her 1968 album Local Gentry on Capitol Records.
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]
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]
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - One day in July, Rafiq slipped out of the world's largest refugee settlement in southern Bangladesh and crossed the border into Myanmar on a small boat.
Senegal is a member state of the African Union, the United Nations, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, and the Community of Sahel–Saharan States. In the world of motor sports, Senegal is known for the Paris–Dakar Rally. [25]
In Canada's RPM magazine it reached number 9, [7] and on the album chart in the UK (where it was renamed The Best of Helen Reddy) it matched its number five US showing. [ 8 ] In 1987 an expanded edition that was given the title Helen Reddy's Greatest Hits (And More) was the first release of the original compilation on compact disc, [ 9 ] and on ...