Five years after coming to the United States, Helen Reddy signed with Capitol Records. The very first track she cut was not only her first hit single but also the first hit single for Andrew Lloyd Webber, "I Don't Know How To Love Him."

However, it was a song Helen Reddy penned "I Am Woman," that became her first number one record. Helen won a Grammy Award for her performance and the song is now recognized as the anthem for the feminist movement.

More top ten singles followed and songs like "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)," "Angie Baby," "Delta Dawn" and "You And Me Against The World," on gold and platinum selling albums led to Helen Reddy's international multi-media career. Reddy's television specials have been seen in over forty countries while her starring role in the Disney film, "Pete's Dragon," continues to attract a new generation of fans.

In the mid-8O's, Helen Reddy returned to her theatrical roots with starring roles in productions of Cole Porter's "Anything Goes," Irving Berlin's "Call Me Madam," and "The Mystery of Edwin Drood." In January, 1995, Reddy made her Broadway debut in "Blood Brothers," Willy Russell's long-running West End musical. Later that year, Helen was thrilled to take the show back to Liverpool, its city of origin. She then spent the fall and winter touring the U.S. in another Willy Russell play, "Shirley Valentine," winning rave reviews for her performance.

Helen Reddy still travels the world with her band, performing at one point, on three continents in one week. During the summer of 1996, she toured in the American premiere of an Australian comedy, "Love, Julie" with Millicent Martin. Helen Reddy rang in 1997 with her debut at Rainbow and Stars, New York City's premier cabaret venue for a four week, sold-out engagement. Later that spring, Reddy reprised her critically acclaimed performance as "Shirley Valentine" for ten weeks in Toronto, followed by a summer spent in London where she made her West End debut in "Blood Brothers," celebrating its' 10th year. In the Fall of 1998, Helen Reddy will be back in the United States touring the West Coast as "Shirley Valentine.".

Along with her world travels, Helen Reddy recorded her last album, "Feel So Young" on her own label using new, environmentally-sensitive packaging.

Active in community affairs, Helen Reddy served for three years as Commissioner of Parks and Recreation for the State of California. Of the many honors she has received, Reddy is most proud of the tulip named for her in Holland and she grows the reddish-violet bulbs in her garden in Santa Monica, CA.