Sharon Redd

Sharon Redd - Can You Handle It (1980)

Lip sync to the BBC TOTP's orchestra. Sharon Redd (October 19, 1945 - May 1, 1992) was an American urban contemporary singer from New York. Her father, Gene Redd, was an executive producer at King Records and her stepfather performed with the Benny Goodman band. Her brother was a writer and producer for Kool & the Gang and BMP, her sister Pennye Ford is also a singer with two albums to her credit.

In her mid-twenties, she was a budding actress. She also recorded four singles in 1968 for United Artists, three written and all four produced by songwriter and record producer, Bobby Susser. Susser chose the Hank Williams song, "Half As Much" for Sharon's first single. Redd's vocals against Susser's bass pounding musical track, made Sharon's presence very quickly known in the music industry, though it was not a big hit. Sharon got a major break starring in an Australian production of Hair .

She also appeared in her own television special and, in 1974, traveled to London performing in an American production of The Wedding Of Iphigenia.
ork. She is the sister of R&B singer Pennye Ford.