Happy birthday HELEN REDDY! The star of Pete's Dragon turns 66 today and I am celebrating by posting a cover of her hit song Candle on the Water covered by ANNELIESE VAN DER POL.
Helen Reddy was one of the most successful female recording artists of the seventies and when she joined the cast of Pete's Dragon it was obvious that there would be a song written with her in mind. Candle on the Water was a smash hit and was nominated for a "Best Song" Oscar in 1977. It was competing with another Disney song, the Rescuers song Someone's Waiting For You, but both lost to You Light Up My Life. Reddy recorded her own version of Candle on the Water and released it as a single. It reached #27 on the Adult Contemporary charts.
The cover, by Anneliese van der Pol, is nothing really special. It pretty much sounds like how it would sound if the song was written today. A cheesy, adult contemporary piece of pop fluff. Anneliese does have a nice voice and, along with her theatre experience, it proves to me that she was a good choice to play Belle in the Broadway production of Beauty and the Beast. In fact, she was the last girl to play Belle before the show ended its thirteen year run in July.
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