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May 13, 2018 · “Changes,” a tender acoustic track about the realities of divorce, wasn’t released as a single, but it is so effective that MCA Records eventually included it on her 1977 Greatest Hits collection, and Newton-John has often included it in her set list over the years.
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Aug 31, 2022 · Olivia Newton-John’s breakthrough country hits sound like Hank Williams compared to “Behind Closed Doors” and “The Most Beautiful Girl,” both of which were also major pop hits.
Oct 19, 2006 · Not to be confused with MCA's American release of the samename that features hits from 1978-1983, this 14 trackretrospective on Festival focuses on her hits prior to then, including 'Sam', 'Making a Good Thing Better', 'Don't StopBelievin' and 'Please Mr. Please'. All tracks are digitally remastered. 1998 release.
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Newton-John was born on 26 September 1948 in Cambridge, United Kingdom, to Welshman Brinley "Bryn" Newton-John (1914–1992) and Irene Helene (née Born; 1914–2003). Her Jewish maternal grandfather, the Nobel Prize–winning physicist Max Born, fled with his wife and children to Britain from Germany before World War II to escape the Nazi Regime. Newton-...
Career beginnings
At age 14, Newton-John formed Sol Four, a short-lived all-girl group, with three classmates, often performing in a coffee shop owned by her brother-in-law. She became a regular on local Australian television shows including Time for Terry and HSV-7's The Happy Showwhere she performed as "Lovely Livvy". She also appeared on The Go!! Show where she met future duet partner, singer Pat Carroll, and her future music producer, John Farrar (Carroll and Farrar would later marry). In 1965 she entered...
Early success
Newton-John released her first solo album, If Not for You (US No. 158 Pop), in 1971. (In the UK, the album was known as Olivia Newton-John.) The title track, written by Bob Dylan and previously recorded by former Beatle George Harrison for his 1970 album All Things Must Pass, was her first international hit (US No. 25 Pop, No. 1 Adult Contemporary/"AC"). Her follow-up single, "Banks of the Ohio", was a top 10 hit in the UK and Australia. She was voted Best British Female Vocalist two years in...
Grease
Newton-John's career soared after she starred in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Grease in 1978. She was offered the lead role of Sandy after meeting producer Allan Carr at a dinner party at Helen Reddy's home. Disillusioned by her Toomorrow experience and concerned that she was too old to play a high school senior (she was 28 during the filming of Grease), Newton-John insisted on a screen test with the film's co-star, John Travolta. The film accommodated Newton-John's Australian...
In 2019, it was announced that Newton-John was among hundreds of artists whose material was destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire. On 2 November 2019, Julien's Auctions auctioned hundreds of memorabilia items from the singer's career. The sale raised $2.4 million. Newton-John's Grease outfit garnered $405,700; her pants and jacket were purchased sep...
Relationships
In 1968, Newton-John was engaged to but never married Bruce Welch, one of her early producers and co-writer of her hit "Please Mr. Please". In 1972, Newton-John ended her relationship with Welch. In 1973, while vacationing on the French Riviera, Newton-John met British businessman Lee Kramer, who became both her new boyfriend and manager. Newton-John lived with Kramer on and off and they stayed a couple until 1979; however, Newton-John called their turbulent pairing "one long breakup". Kramer...
Residences
After relocating to America in 1975, Newton-John set up residence in Malibu, California, where for 40 years she owned several properties, including a horse ranch and beach houses. In June 2009, Newton-John and second husband John Easterling purchased a new $4.1 million home in Jupiter Inlet, Florida. The property was eventually sold in 2015 to a Swedish advertising executive for $5.1 million. In 2015, the couple purchased a $5.3 million 4,750 square foot 12-acre horse ranch in the Santa Ynez...
In May 2017, it was announced that Newton-John's breast cancer had returned and metastasisedto her lower back. Her back pains had initially been misdiagnosed as sciatica. Newton-John subsequently revealed this was actually her third bout with breast cancer, as she had privately battled a recurrence of the disease in 2013 in addition to her initial ...
Headlining Co-headlining 1. The Main Event Tour (with John Farnham and Anthony Warlow)(1998) 2. Two Strong Hearts Tour (with John Farnham)(2015) 3. Liv On In Concert (with Beth Nielsen Chapman and Amy Sky)(2017) Residency show 1. Summer Nights (2014–2016)
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Newton-John meeting Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip at a Sydney concert in 1980; with her there is also Roger Woodward and Paul Hogan(in shorts)Newton-John and Stephan Elliott in January 2012 at the premiere of A Few Best Menin SydneyOlivia Newton-John at the A Few Best Menred carpet film premiere in Sydney, Australia in 2012The success of Physical led to an international tour and the release of her second hits collection, the double-platinum Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (No. 16 Pop), which yielded two more top-40 singles: "Heart Attack" (No. 3 Pop) and "Tied Up" (No. 38 Pop).
Aug 19, 2022 · At 30 years old, Olivia Newton-John went up against industry behemoth MCA records. Her manager, Lee Kramer, suggested the lull was due to MCA’s marketing problems and its inability to live up to its contract with Newton-John.
Not to be confused with MCA's American release of the samename that features hits from 1978-1983, this 14 trackretrospective on Festival focuses on her hits prior to then, including 'Sam', 'Making a Good Thing Better', 'Don't StopBelievin' and 'Please Mr. Please'. All tracks are digitally remastered. 1998 release.
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