Holly Sherwood is an American rock vocalist, best known for her work
with Jim Steinman, providing both lead and backing vocals.At the age
of three, Holly Sherwood began her professional career as the star of
Procter and Gamble's "Rosemary's Reflects" Ivory Soap commercials. As
she grew, she and four of her sisters were cast in a production of
Richard Rodgers' The Sound of Music, which led to appearances in no
less than eighteen other productions of the show. In , she was cast in
the Broadway revival of Annie Get Your Gun, where her talent was
noticed by the show's composer Irving Berlin, who added a new song
tailored to her abilities. This was followed by an appearance in the
Los Angeles premiere of Leonard Bernstein's MASS.Later in her career,
she appeared on television in Steven Bochco's Cop Rock for ABC, and
was at one point part of the musical support for Saturday Night Live,
performing comical jingles; she also provided background vocals for
Olivia Newton-John's performance of "Physical"In March , she embarked
on a solo career with her first single, "Day by Day", a cover of a
song from the popular Broadway musical Godspell (which also
incorporated a medley of two other numbers from the show), produced by
Tony Orlando for Rocky Road Records. Her version went to # on the
Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot chart, and also charted in the
United Kingdom. In , she released the song "Yesterday and You", a Top
single on the Easy Listening chart and # on the Bubbling Under chart.
with Jim Steinman, providing both lead and backing vocals.At the age
of three, Holly Sherwood began her professional career as the star of
Procter and Gamble's "Rosemary's Reflects" Ivory Soap commercials. As
she grew, she and four of her sisters were cast in a production of
Richard Rodgers' The Sound of Music, which led to appearances in no
less than eighteen other productions of the show. In , she was cast in
the Broadway revival of Annie Get Your Gun, where her talent was
noticed by the show's composer Irving Berlin, who added a new song
tailored to her abilities. This was followed by an appearance in the
Los Angeles premiere of Leonard Bernstein's MASS.Later in her career,
she appeared on television in Steven Bochco's Cop Rock for ABC, and
was at one point part of the musical support for Saturday Night Live,
performing comical jingles; she also provided background vocals for
Olivia Newton-John's performance of "Physical"In March , she embarked
on a solo career with her first single, "Day by Day", a cover of a
song from the popular Broadway musical Godspell (which also
incorporated a medley of two other numbers from the show), produced by
Tony Orlando for Rocky Road Records. Her version went to # on the
Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot chart, and also charted in the
United Kingdom. In , she released the song "Yesterday and You", a Top
single on the Easy Listening chart and # on the Bubbling Under chart.
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