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Music video
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A music video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings. There are also cases where songs are used in tie in marketing campaigns that allow them to more than just a song. Tie ins and merchandising could be used in toys or marketing campaigns for food, although the origins of music videos date back to musical short films that first appeared in the 1920s, they came into prominence in the 1980s when MTV based their format around the medium. Prior to the 1980s, these works were described by terms including illustrated song, filmed insert, promotional film, promotional clip, promotional video, song video. Music videos use a range of styles of contemporary videomaking techniques, including animation, live action filming, documentaries. Some music videos blend different styles, such as animation, music, combining these styles and techniques has become more popular because of the variation it presents to the audience. Many music videos interpret images and scenes from the songs lyrics, other music videos may be without a set concept, being merely a filmed version of the songs live performance. Product placement is a technique in music videos, exemplified by the appearance of the Beats Pill in numerous hip hop videos. In 1894, sheet music publishers Edward B, marks and Joe Stern hired electrician George Thomas and various performers to promote sales of their song The Little Lost Child. Using a magic lantern, Thomas projected a series of images on a screen simultaneous to live performances. This would become a form of entertainment known as the illustrated song. In 1926, with the arrival of many musical short films were produced. Vitaphone shorts featured many bands, vocalists and dancers, early 1930s cartoons featured popular musicians performing their hit songs on-camera in live-action segments during the cartoons. The early animated films by Walt Disney, such as the Silly Symphonies shorts and especially Fantasia, the Warner Brothers cartoons, even today billed as Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, were initially fashioned around specific songs from upcoming Warner Brothers musical films. Live action musical shorts, featuring such performers as Cab Calloway, were also distributed to theaters. Blues singer Bessie Smith appeared in a short film called St. Louis Blues featuring a dramatized performance of the hit song. Numerous other musicians appeared in short musical subjects during this period, soundies, produced and released from 1940 to 1947, were musical films that often included short dance sequences, similar to later music videos
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Olivia Newton-John
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Olivia Newton-John, AO, OBE is a British-Australian singer, songwriter and actress. She is a four-time Grammy award winner who has amassed five number-one and ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles, eleven of her singles and fourteen of her albums have been certified gold by the RIAA. She has sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide, making her one of the worlds best-selling artists of all time and she starred in Grease, which featured one of the most successful soundtracks in Hollywood history. Newton-John has been a long-time activist for environmental and animal rights issues, since surviving breast cancer in 1992, she has been an advocate for health awareness becoming involved with various charities, health products and fundraising efforts. Her business interests have included launching several product lines for Koala Blue and she is the mother of one daughter, Chloe Rose Lattanzi, with her first husband, actor Matt Lattanzi. Her second husband is John Easterling, Newton-John was born in Cambridge, England, to Irene Helene, the eldest child of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Max Born and Welsh father, Brinley Bryn Newton-John. Her mothers family had left Germany before World War II to avoid the Nazi regime and she is a third cousin of comedian Ben Elton. Her maternal great-grandfather was jurist Victor Ehrenberg and her matrilineal great-grandmothers father was jurist Rudolf von Jhering. Newton-John is the youngest of three children, following brother Hugh, a doctor, and sister Rona, an actress who was married to Grease co-star Jeff Conaway from 1980 until their divorce in 1985. Newton-Johns father was an MI5 officer on the Enigma project at Bletchley Park who took Rudolf Hess into custody during the Second World War. In 1954, when she was six, Newton-Johns family emigrated to Melbourne, Australia and she attended Christ Church Grammar School, and then University High School, adjacent to Ormond College. At fourteen, Newton-John formed a short-lived all-girl group, Sol Four and she became a regular on local Australian radio and television shows including HSV-7s The Happy Show where she performed as Lovely Livvy. She also appeared on the Go Show where she met future partner, Pat Carroll. Newton-John was initially reluctant to use the prize she had won, a trip to Britain, Newton-John recorded her first single, Till You Say Youll Be Mine Forever, in Britain for Decca Records in 1966. While in Britain, Newton-John missed her then-boyfriend, Ian Turpie, with whom she had co-starred in the Australian telefilm, Newton-John repeatedly booked trips back to Australia that her mother subsequently cancelled. Newton-Johns outlook changed when Pat Carroll also moved to the UK, the two formed a duo called Pat and Olivia and toured nightclubs in Europe. After Carrolls visa expired forcing her to return to Australia, Newton-John remained in Britain to pursue solo work until 1975 and she became engaged to The Shadows guitarist Bruce Welch, but they never married. Newton-John was recruited for the group Toomorrow formed by American producer Don Kirshner, in 1970, the group starred in a science fiction musical film and recorded an accompanying soundtrack album both named after the group
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Concert
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A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience. A recital is a concert by a soloist or small group which follows a program, a recitalist is a musician who gives frequent recitals. The invention of the piano recital has been attributed to Franz Liszt. The performance may be by a musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, choir. Indoor concerts held in the largest venues are sometimes called arena concerts or amphitheatre concerts, informal names for a concert include show and gig. Regardless of the venue, musicians perform on a stage. Concerts often require live event support with professional audio equipment, before recorded music, concerts provided the main opportunity to hear musicians play. The nature of a concert varies by musical genre, individual performers, concerts by a small jazz combo or small bluegrass band may have the same order of program, mood, and volume—but vary in music and dress. In a similar way, a musician, band, or genre of music might attract concert attendees with similar dress, hairstyle. For example, concert goers in the 1960s often had hair, sandals. Regular attendees to a concert venue might also have a style that comprises that venues scene. Other Types of concerts, To plan or arrange by mutual agreement, some performers or groups put on very elaborate and expensive shows. To create a memorable and exciting atmosphere and increase the spectacle, some singers, especially popular music, augment concert sound with pre-recorded accompaniment, back-up dancers, and even broadcast vocal tracks of the singers own voice. Activities during these concerts can include dancing, sing-alongs, and moshing, concerts involving a greater number of artists, especially those that last for multiple days, are known as festivals. Unlike other concerts, which remain in a single genre of music or work of a particular artist, festivals often cover a broad scope of music. Due to their size, festivals are almost exclusively held outdoors, new platforms for festivals are becoming increasingly popular such as Jam Cruise, which is a festival held on a cruise ship, as well as Mayan Holidaze, which is a destination festival held in Tulum. Often concert tours are named, to differentiate different tours by the same artist, different segments of longer concert tours are known as legs. In the largest concert tours it is becoming common for different legs to employ separate touring production crews and equipment
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Video
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Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. Video systems vary greatly in the resolution of the display and refresh rate, video can be carried on a variety of media, including radio broadcast, tapes, DVDs, computer files etc. Video was originally exclusively a live technology, charles Ginsburg led an Ampex research team developing one of the first practical video tape recorder. In 1951 the first video tape recorder captured live images from television cameras by converting the electrical impulses. Video recorders were sold for $50,000 in 1956, however, prices gradually dropped over the years, in 1971, Sony began selling videocassette recorder decks and tapes into the consumer market. The use of techniques in video created digital video, which allowed higher quality and, eventually. After the invention of the DVD in 1997 and Blu-ray Disc in 2006, sales of videotape, the advent of digital broadcasting and the subsequent digital television transition is in the process of relegating analog video to the status of a legacy technology in most parts of the world. PAL standards and SECAM specify 25 frame/s, while NTSC standards specify 29.97 frames, film is shot at the slower frame rate of 24 frames per second, which slightly complicates the process of transferring a cinematic motion picture to video. The minimum frame rate to achieve a comfortable illusion of an image is about sixteen frames per second. Video can be interlaced or progressive, analog display devices reproduce each frame in the same way, effectively doubling the frame rate as far as perceptible overall flicker is concerned. NTSC, PAL and SECAM are interlaced formats, abbreviated video resolution specifications often include an i to indicate interlacing. For example, PAL video format is specified as 576i50, where 576 indicates the total number of horizontal scan lines, i indicates interlacing. In progressive scan systems, each refresh period updates all scan lines in each frame in sequence, when displaying a natively progressive broadcast or recorded signal, the result is optimum spatial resolution of both the stationary and moving parts of the image. Deinterlacing cannot, however, produce video quality that is equivalent to true progressive scan source material, aspect ratio describes the dimensions of video screens and video picture elements. All popular video formats are rectilinear, and so can be described by a ratio between width and height, the screen aspect ratio of a traditional television screen is 4,3, or about 1.33,1. High definition televisions use a ratio of 16,9. The aspect ratio of a full 35 mm film frame with soundtrack is 1.375,1. Therefore, a 720 by 480 pixel NTSC DV image displayes with the 4,3 aspect ratio if the pixels are thin, the popularity of viewing video on mobile phones has led to the growth of vertical video
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HBO
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Home Box Office is an American premium cable and satellite television network that is owned by Time Warner through its respective flagship company Home Box Office, Inc. HBO is the oldest and longest continuously operating pay television service in the United States, in 2014, HBO had an adjusted operating income of US$1.79 billion, compared to the US$1.68 billion it accrued in 2013. HBO has 49 million subscribers in the United States and 130 million worldwide as of 2016, the network provides seven 24-hour multiplex channels, including HBO Comedy, HBO Latino, HBO Signature and HBO Family. It launched the streaming service HBO Now in April 2015, and has over 2 million subscribers in the United States as of February 2017. In addition to its U. S. subscriber base, HBO distributes content in at least 151 countries, HBO subscribers generally pay for an extra tier of service that includes other cable- and satellite-exclusive channels even before paying for the channel itself. Cable providers can require the use of a converter box – usually digital – in order to receive HBO, many HBO programs have been syndicated to other networks and broadcast television stations, and a number of HBO-produced series and films have been released on DVD. The new system, which Dolan named Sterling Information Services, became the first urban underground cable system in the United States. In that same year, Time-Life, Inc. purchased a 20% stake in Dolans company, in the summer of 1971, while on a family vacation in France, Charles Dolan began to think of ideas to make Sterling Manhattan profitable. He came up with the concept for a television service. Dolan later presented his idea to Time-Life management, though satellite distribution seemed only a distant possibility at the time, he persuaded Time-Life to back him on the project. To gauge whether consumers would be interested in subscribing to a pay television service, in a meeting of Dolan and some Time-Life executives who were working on the project, various other names were discussed for the new service. Home Box Office launched on November 8,1972, however, HBOs launch came without fanfare in the press, as it was not covered by any local or national media outlets. Home Box Office distributed its first sports event immediately after the film, Four months later in February 1973, Home Box Office aired its first television special, the Pennsylvania Polka Festival. Home Box Office would use a network of relay towers to distribute its programming to cable systems throughout its service area. Sterling Manhattan Cable continued to lose money because the company had only a small base of 20,000 customers in Manhattan. Time-Life dropped the Sterling name and the company was renamed Manhattan Cable Television under Time-Lifes control in March 1973, Gerald Levin, who had been with Home Box Office since it began operations as its vice president of programming, replaced Dolan as the companys president and chief executive officer. In September 1973, Time-Life, Inc. completed its acquisition of the pay service. HBO would eventually increase its fortunes within two years, by April 1975, the service had around 100,000 subscribers in Pennsylvania and New York state, in 1974, they settled on using a geostationary communications satellite to transmit HBO to cable providers throughout the United States
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Recording Industry Association of America
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The Recording Industry Association of America is a continental North and South American trade organization that represents the recording industry in the United States. Its members consist of record labels and distributors, which the RIAA says create, the RIAA headquarters is in Washington, D. C. The RIAA was formed in 1952 and its original mission was to administer recording copyright fees and problems, work with trade unions, and do research relating to the record industry and government regulations. Early RIAA standards included the RIAA equalization curve, the format of the record groove and the dimensions of 33 1/3 rpm,45 rpm. Since 2001, the RIAA has spent $2 to $6 million each year on lobbying in the United States, the RIAA also participates in the collective rights management of sound recordings, and it is responsible for certifying Gold and Platinum albums and singles in the United States. Cary Sherman has been the RIAAs chairman and CEO since 2011, Sherman joined the RIAA as its general counsel in 1997 and became president of the board of directors in 2001, serving in that position until being made chairman and CEO. Mitch Glazier has been the RIAAs senior executive vice president since 2011 and he served as executive vice president for public policy and industry relations from 2000 to 2011. The past RIAA chairman and CEO is Mitch Bainwol, who served from 2003 to 2011 and he left in 2011 to become president and CEO of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. The board of directors consists of 26 members of the board, the RIAA operates an award program for albums that sell a large number of copies. The program originally began in 1958, with a Gold Award for singles, the criterion was changed in 1975 to the number of copies sold, with albums selling 500,000 copies awarded the Gold Award. In 1976, a Platinum Award was added for one million sales, the awards are open to both RIAA members and non-members. Since 2000, the RIAA also operates a program for Latin music sales. Currently, a Disco De Oro is awarded for 30,000 units, the RIAA defines Latin music as a type of release with 51% or more of its content recorded in Spanish. In 2006, digital ringtones were added to branch of certification. In the same year, the RIAA introduced the Latin Digital Award for digital recordings in Spanish and this release format includes DVD and VHS releases, and certain live albums and compilation albums. The certification criteria is different from other styles. Gold,50,000 Platinum,100,000 Multi-Platinum,200,000 copies The RIAA opposes unauthorized sharing of its music, studies conducted since the association began its campaign against peer-to-peer file-sharing have concluded that losses incurred per download range from negligible to moderate. The association has commenced high-profile lawsuits against file sharing service providers and it has also commenced a series of lawsuits against individuals suspected of file sharing, notably college students and parents of file sharing children
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Please Mr. Please
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Please Mr. Please is a song from 1975 by the British-Australian singer Olivia Newton-John. The song was written by Bruce Welch and John Rostill, both members of British pop singer Cliff Richards backing band, The Shadows, Welch had originally recorded the song himself in 1974 with no commercial success. The song appears on Newton-Johns album, Have You Never Been Mellow, released as a single in 1975, Please Mr. Please reached the Top 10 on three major Billboard charts in the U. S. that year. On the country chart, the song reached #5, while on the adult contemporary chart, the single was a certified Gold record by the RIAA. Please Mr. Please has been rendered in Czech as Nechci Už Víc recorded by Helena Blehárová and it was also rendered in Spanish, recorded by salvadoran singer Evangelina Sol. It has been rendered in French in 1975 by Claude François under the title, the song begins as an apparent tribute to the jukebox and how one can listen to a lot of great music for a small price. But instead of continuing along those lines, the song picks up on how some songs on the jukebox can trigger bad memories, the song, she cries, was one of the now-broken relationship. The song now triggers such bad memories to the point that she never wants to hear the song again, the refrain sees the woman begging the button-pushin cowboy not to play the undesirable song. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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If You Love Me, Let Me Know
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If You Love Me, Let Me Know is a United States and Canada-only album by singer Olivia Newton-John, released in May 1974. Other than the track, all the material was from her previous albums, Olivia, Music Makes My Day. It is the first of her albums to top the Billboard 200 pop albums chart, two hit singles were issued from the LP in the US, the title song and I Honestly Love You, the latter of which became Newton-Johns first number-one US single. Essentially, this is the second of the two compilation albums released by MCA Records, the other album being the US version of Let Me Be There. The result of MCA picking Newton-Johns stronger tracks plus newer singles in the same vein led to the album earning widespread critical acclaim and strong album sales in North America. It was the first of two Newton-John albums to top the Billboard 200 pop albums chart, the second being Have You Never Been Mellow the following year, the title track ranks as Newton-Johns highest charting single on the country charts, reaching No. 2, although she would have more top 10 hits, the album was certified Gold in the US
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Jolene (song)
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Jolene is a song written and performed by American country music artist Dolly Parton. It was released in October 1973 as the first single and title track from her album of the same name, the song was ranked No.217 on Rolling Stone magazines list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004. According to Parton, Jolene is the song most-recorded by other artists of all the songs she has written. Jolene tells the tale of a woman confronting Jolene, a beautiful woman. Throughout the song, the woman implores Jolene please dont take him just because you can, according to Parton, the song was inspired by a red-headed bank clerk who flirted with her husband Carl Dean at his local bank branch around the time they were newly married. In an interview, she revealed that Jolenes name and appearance are based on that of a young fan who came on stage for her autograph. The song became Partons second solo single on the country charts after being released as a single in late 1973. It reached the top position in February 1974, it was also a pop hit for her. The song has sold 733,000 digital copies in the US since it became available for digital download. The song was released as a later in the UK. The song also re-entered the chart when Parton performed at the Glastonbury festival in 2014, the song has sold 255,300 digital copies in the UK as of January 2017. Jolene was released as a single by American garage rock band The White Stripes. The single reached No.16 in the UK Singles Chart in November 2004, the White Stripes previously released a studio version of Jolene, as the B-side to their 2000 single of Hello Operator, from the album De Stijl. In Australia, the song was ranked No.10 on Triple Js Hottest 100 of 2004, another live performance of the song is featured on the 2010 live album Under Great White Northern Lights. The White Stripes version was voted one of the greatest live covers by readers of Rolling Stone magazine, track listing Jolene Black Math Do Peter James Band Jolene the 8th track on the Livin For The Summer album released August 2015. This is the version done in a country ballad style. Olivia Newton-John Olivia Newton-Johns version of Jolene is featured on her 1976 album Come on Over, Newton-Johns version was released as a single in Japan. Leila Forouhar Leila Forouhar, the Persian pop star, has covered this song in her album called Do Parande in 1976 and she is one of the first popular singers that has sung Jolene
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Magic (Olivia Newton-John song)
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Magic is a 1980 song performed by Olivia Newton-John, from the soundtrack to the film Xanadu. The song was number 1 on the U. S. Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks beginning on August 2,1980, on August 30, it was displaced from the top by Sailing by Christopher Cross. It was her 25th American chart hit, and her 10th of 12 records which went Gold or higher, Magic was also her biggest pop hit until Physical ruled the Hot 100 for ten weeks beginning in November 1981. Billboard magazine ranked Magic as the third most popular single of 1980, behind only Call Me by Blondie and Another Brick in the Wall, in Canada, the song spent two weeks at number one. It also reached number 4 in Australia and number 32 in the UK, the song became Newton-Johns biggest Adult Contemporary hit to date, spending five weeks at the top of the American chart, and also topped the Canadian AC chart for a week. John Lennon commented about Magic shortly before his death in the complete Newsweek interview from September 1980, the only 2 songs he specifically mentions that he likes are Magic and All Over the World both on the album Xanadu. The B-sides vary, depending on the label, Fool Country is the B-side of the MCA release, Whenever Youre Away from Me is the B-side of the Jet release. MCA vinyl single Magic –4,25 Fool Country –2,29 Jet vinyl single Magic –4,25 Whenever Youre Away From Me –4,22 Magic is a remix of the 1980 song. In May 2011, the song was remixed by two Australians, DJ Dan Murphy and Steve Peach, to create a dance version, Olivia went back to the studio to re-sing the vocals. The version was sponsored by WACCI, a humanitarian group, everybody who worked on the project volunteered their time, with all proceeds being donated to Olivias charity, the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre. Olivia was presented the premiere of the song on Australian Dancing with the Stars on Sunday May 22,2011. The song was released exclusively on Australian iTunes, also on Sunday May 22, a video was shot for the new remix in Sydney in an attempt to break the Guinness Book World Record for largest cast in a music video by featuring 350 people. Newton-John does not appear in the video, which was directed by DJ Dan Murphy, the song is included in the film Xanadu and also the Xanadu musical. A version of the song by Stimulator was used in commercials for Macys and this cover was also used in the film Ella Enchanted and appeared on the films soundtrack. Another updated version of the song was performed by Meaghan Martin for the Disney Channel Original Movie Wizards of Waverly Place and it was subsequently included on the television series and the films soundtrack album. In 2015 Newton-John teamed up with her daughter Chloe Lattanzi and Dave Aude to rework the songs chorus into a new recording, the song went to number one on the US Dance Club Songs chart. List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1980 List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1980 Cashbox Top 100 number-one singles of 1980 Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Hopelessly Devoted to You
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Hopelessly Devoted to You is a song written by John Farrar. It was originally performed by Olivia Newton-John in the version of Grease. The song received an Oscar nomination as Best Original Song, losing to Last Dance from Thank God Its Friday at the 51st Academy Awards, halfway through shooting the movie, Newton-Johns contractually-entitled vocal solo had still not been written. Farrar, Newton-Johns personal producer, wrote the song and submitted it to the production team. Though reluctant at first, they approved it, shooting and recording took place after the rest of the film had been completed. Newton-John performed the song at the 21st Grammy Awards and it reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and number seven on the Easy Listening chart. On the country chart, Hopelessly Devoted to You peaked at twenty and was her first top twenty country hit in two years. The song bears similarity to Cilla Blacks I Only Live To Love You, although the song was not part of the original musical production, it was kept for the 2016 Grease, Live performance, sung by Julianne Hough. In 1994, Sonia took over the role of Sandy at a West End production of Grease, in conjunction, she released a cover version of the song. The single was released in June 1994 as a non-album single and it has a double A-side released as a B-side The Anthem Medley. On the 12-inch single, The Anthem Medley was released as the A-side, the music video for Sonias version of Hopelessly Devoted to You features Sonia walking through an old city and singing. The music video for The Anthem Medley features Sonia dancing and singing in a nightclub, the single become her first not to reach top forty in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number sixty-one. In 2001, Swedish teen pop girl group Play covered this song for the album Us Against the World, in 2003, English-Irish girl group Girls Aloud recorded a cover for the TV special Greasemania. A cover of the song was performed by Kristin Chenoweths character Olive Snook in the 2007 Pushing Daisies episode Dummy, the song was featured in the 2012 Glee episode, The Role You Were Born to Play. It was sung by Darren Criss as his character Blaine Anderson, in 2014, The X Factor Australia series 6 winner Marlisa Punzalan performed her version of the song on the third week of the live shows. It was later included on her album, titled Marlisa. In 2016, American Idol contestant Dalton Rapattoni performed his version of the song during the round of Hollywood Week. In 2017, Cornwall teenager, Daisy Clark released the song on Spotify, lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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You're the One That I Want
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Youre the One That I Want is a song written by John Farrar for the 1978 film version of the musical Grease. It was performed by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, upon its release in conjunction with the film, the single became a huge international hit, reaching number 1 in several countries. In the U. S. the single reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and it also topped the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks in the summer of 1978, some months before the film had even been released in that country. As of 2013, it is still the fifth best-selling single of all time in the U. K. where it has sold 2 million copies. A re-released dance version of the single by Almighty Records reached #4 in the UK in 1998, the twentieth anniversary of the films debut. In 1993, Epic Records released the London cast recording, Grease - Original London Cast Recording and it peaked at number thirteen in the UK. British comedians Arthur Mullard and Hylda Baker also released a version of the song in 1978 and their version reached No.22 in the UK. In 1978, the German comedians Dieter Hallervorden and Helga Feddersen released a version under the title Du. The song reached number four in the German charts. In 1982, Alvin and the Chipmunks and Charlene the Chipette covered the song for the album The Chipmunks Go Hollywood, in 2003, teen pop singer Nikki Cleary covered this song with former member of teen pop boy band Dream Street, Chris Trousdale in her self-titled album. The song serves as the source of the title of the American reality TV show Grease, in 2012, a cover version by Angus & Julia Stone was used in commercials for Sky. In 2014, Lo-Fang included a cover on his album Blue Film, in 2015, a cover of the song was added to the song list of Just Dance 2016, the artist is credited as From the Movie Grease. List of best-selling singles List of best-selling singles in France List of best-selling singles in the United Kingdom Grease, – a reality game show where contestants competed to star on a Broadway-style revival of the musical List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1978
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Physical (Olivia Newton-John song)
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Physical is a song by the British-born Australian musician Olivia Newton-John for her twelfth studio album Physical. It was released in September 1981, by MCA Records as the single from the project. The song was written by Steve Kipner and Terry Shaddick, who intended to offer it to British singer-songwriter Rod Stewart. The song reached number 7 on the UK chart in November, the song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and won the Billboard Award for Top Pop Single. Recorded in early 1981, it first rose to one on the Billboard Hot 100 in America in November 1981 and stayed there for 10 weeks. It reached #2 on the Radio & Records CHR/Pop Airplay chart on November 27,1981, in terms of chart placement, it was the most popular single of her career in the U. S. as well as her final number-one. Billboard ranked it as the number one pop single of 1982, the guitar solo was performed by Steve Lukather. Physical was both preceded and followed in the #1 chart position by recordings of the duo Hall & Oates, private Eyes yielded its top spot to Physical in November 1981, and Physical yielded to I Cant Go for That the following January. Physical held Waiting for a Girl Like You by Foreigner at #2, off the top of the Hot 100 for nine weeks, and I Cant Go For That held Foreigners hit at #2 for the tenth and final week. On the other hand, in spite of Newton-Johns status as the queen of soft-rock music at the time. The song was a big hit, crossed over to the Billboard R&B chart peaking at #28 there. In the United Kingdom the single was not nearly as massive a success as in America, the music video was directed by Brian Grant. The video features Newton-John, dressed in a leotard, as trying to make several overweight men healthy. She repeatedly tries to make the men lose weight, but they fail comically, when the men work out on their own, they suddenly transform into muscular, attractive men. A stylistic shot shows one muscular man glancing at his overweight self in a mirror, Newton-John is shocked when she returns to this, and starts to flirt with them. Two of the men go out, holding hands, implying they are gay. This surprises Newton-John, as does the sight of two more of the men leaving with their arms around each other, finally, she finds that the last of the overweight men is straight and they go off to play tennis together. The Olivia Physical video won a Grammy Award for Video of the Year in 1983, the video was featured on Pop-Up Video on VH1 and was the first video to air on Beavis and Butt-head, on which they changed the channel to I Wanna Be Sedated by The Ramones
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I Honestly Love You
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I Honestly Love You was a worldwide pop hit single for Olivia Newton-John in 1974. The song was Newton-Johns first number-one single in the United States, released on the Long Live Love album in the United Kingdom by EMI, it was eventually released on the album If You Love Me, Let Me Know in the United States on MCA. The song was written by Jeff Barry and the Australian composer Peter Allen and it also appears in the musical about Allens life, The Boy from Oz. VH1 placed the song at No.11 on its 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs list, the song won Newton-John both the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 17th Grammy Awards. Andy Williams released a version in 1974 on his album, You Lay So Easy on My Mind, a snippet of the song plays over Chief Brodys radio in the second shark attack in 1975s Jaws, moments before Alex Kitner and Pippet the dog disappear beneath the waves. The song topped the charts in the US on 5 October 1974 and it also reached number one on the Adult Contemporary chart. And number six on the Country charts, the song won bums Grammy Awards for Female Pop Vocal Performance and Record of the Year. The songs success helped propel its parent album, If You Love Me, Let Me Know. By contrast, the failed to reach the top-twenty in the United Kingdom. The song also re-charted on the Adult Contemporary chart at No.49, the 1998 version also charted on the AC chart at No.18 and in Country Music Sales at No.16. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Billboard (magazine)
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Billboard is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries. It publishes pieces involving news, video, opinion, reviews, events and it is also known for its music charts, including the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200, tracking the most popular singles and albums in different genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows, Billboard was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegens interest in 1900 for $500, in the 1900s, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows. It also created a service for travelling entertainers. Billboard began focusing more on the industry as the jukebox, phonograph. Many topics it covered were spun-off into different magazines, including Amusement Business in 1961 to cover outdoor entertainment so that it could focus on music. After Donaldson died in 1925, Billboard was passed down to his children and Hennegans children, until it was sold to investors in 1985. The first issue of Billboard was published in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 1,1894 by William Donaldson, initially, it covered the advertising and bill posting industry and was called Billboard Advertising. At the time, billboards, posters and paper advertisements placed in public spaces were the means of advertising. Donaldson handled editorial and advertising, while Hennegan, who owned Hennegan Printing Co. managed magazine production, the first issues were just eight pages long. The paper had columns like The Bill Room Gossip and The Indefatigable, a department for agricultural fairs was established in 1896. The title was changed to The Billboard in 1897, after a brief departure over editorial differences, Donaldson purchased Hennegans interest in the business in 1900 for $500, to save it from bankruptcy. That May, Donaldson changed it from a monthly to a paper with a greater emphasis on breaking news. He improved editorial quality and opened new offices in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, London and he also re-focused the magazine on outdoor entertainment like fairs, carnivals, circuses, vaudeville and burlesque shows. A section devoted to circuses was introduced in 1900, followed by more prominent coverage of events in 1901. Billboard also covered topics including regulation, a lack of professionalism, economics and it had a stage gossip column covering the private lives of entertainers, a tent show section covering traveling shows and a sub-section called Freaks to order. According to The Seattle Times, Donaldson also published articles attacking censorship, praising productions exhibiting good taste
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Olivia Newton-John videography
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Newton-John first music video was for Follow Me, a promotional single from her 1975 album Have You Never Been Mellow. She released another four music videos before Grease, the singles from Grease had excerpts from the film as music videos, with heavy rotation in television. After Grease, Newton-John image changed from goody-goody Sandy 1 to spandex-clad Sandy 2 and its Olivia first pop studio album, before that, her career was basically focused on country music. Although initially Olivia didnt want to release it, in 1981 Physical came out with a video for the song. The single was a phenomenon, staying for ten weeks on the top of the Billboard Hot 100. The music video was controversial and was banned by several broadcasters. The special was a success and received a video release with two new music videos added, as Olivia Physical. The video won a Grammy Award for Video of the Year, in 1983, another music video collection was released, Twist of Fate. The music videos are from Two of a Kind soundtrack, starring Newton-John, the music video for Twist of Fate was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video. The Soul Kiss video was released in 1985 and features five music videos for the songs of the album of the same name, the last music video collection released by Newton-John, to date, is the musical-style Olivia Down Under. The video premiered in 1988 on HBO and in 1989 on home video, in the video, Olivia travels through Australia, celebrates the country bicentenary and shows more of the Australian culture. In 2011, the video for Magic featured the biggest cast ever for an Australian music video. Beyond the official releases, there are several licensed home video releases by small distributors, with unreleased Newton-John material such as concerts, music videos. Examples of these releases are the DVDs 20th Century Masters, The Best of ONJ, A Million Lights Are Dancing, The Heartstrings Tour, Simply Olivia and Live in Japan 1976
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If Not for You (album)
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If Not for You is the debut studio album by British-Australian singer-songwriter Olivia Newton-John, released in November 1971 by Festival Records. The album was released on the Pye International label in the UK as Olivia Newton-John, as a covers album, If Not for You features mostly songs previously recorded from contemporary artists of the 1960s and early 1970s. She made several performances to promote If Not for You and her album, Olivia. It was her first album released by Festival Records, which would release all her albums in Australia until its dissolution in 2005 and it also has Newton-Johns first works with her long-time musical partner, John Farrar. In 1966, Newton-John released her single, Till You Say Youll Be Mine. Later, she integrated the band Toomorrow, which released a film, after these failed attempts to launch her career, she signed with Festival Records to release an album. If Not for You was titled after its lead single of the same name and was recorded in London. She later stated that she didnt like the song, but praised its production, the majority of musicians who played on If Not for You were linked with the music group Marvin, Welch & Farrar. The group members John Farrar and Bruce Welch produced the album, Farrar would establish a partnership with Newton-John, producing all her studio albums from If Not for You until Soul Kiss, released in 1985. He also composed, played and did vocals on several Newton-John songs. Three additional songs were recorded by Newton-John, but were discarded during the creation process, The Biggest Clown, Its So Hard to Say Goodbye. The album features covers of Roger Miller, Bread, The Band, Lesley Duncan, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Brotherhood of Man, Gordon Lightfoot, Banks of the Ohio is a traditional song that had an arrangement made by Farrar and Welch. Newton-John made several appearances on programs across Europe and her homeland Australia between 1971–72. She also made an appearance on The Dean Martin Show, singing If and a medley featuring Just a Little Lovin / True Love with Dean Martin, which became her first performance in the United States. In 1972, she embarked on a tour across Europe and Japan with Cliff Richard to promote If Not for You and Olivia, Olivia performed some songs and also sang backing vocals on Cliffs songs with Pat Carroll. Richard performances were released on the Cliff Richard Live and she also made performances on Richards program Its Cliff Richard and starred with him in the special Getaway with Cliff and the film The Case, all broadcast on BBC. If Not for You, the track, was released as the lead single. The song peaked at six on the UK Singles Charts
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Olivia (Olivia Newton-John album)
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Olivia is the second studio album by the British-Australian singer-songwriter Olivia Newton-John, released in 1972. Two of its songs were released as singles, in its initial release, it was not issued in the United States, though it was sold there as an import. A digitally remastered version was released in 1995, an American release of the album never materialised. Therefore, the label did not want to risk a release of the album in the United States on Uni Records. Newton-Johns subsequent release, Let Me Be There, would reach number 37 on the UK Albums Chart and earn a Gold certification. The cover art, done in blue tint, was used as the cover of the US release of Let Me Be There on MCA Records in 1973. The album was first released on CD in Japan, on 7 November 1990, the Japanese release did not feature any of the original album artwork. The cover photo was a picture taken from a 1977 live appearance in Japan. Packaging included an obi, and a white, folded insert sheet that included the lyrics for all the songs in English on one side, a digitally-remastered reissue of the 1972 album was released on the Festival label in 1998, complete with the original cover art
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Let Me Be There (album)
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Let Me Be There is the third studio album album by Olivia Newton-John, released in 1973. It consisted of her performances of a collection of 11 cover songs, plus Let Me Be There and it was produced by Bruce Welch, John Farrar and Alan Hawkshaw. The American publication of the album by MCA Records used the art from Olivias 1972 LP record Olivia. Some of its songs were taken for the US publication, such as titles from the British publications of the albums If Not for You. Though the title song was a failure in England, it was Olivia Newton-Johns first American top ten hit. She had previously charted in the Billboard Top 40 with the song If Not for You, the album was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1974, and it peaked at No.54 on the US Pop chart and at No.1 on the Country chart
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Long Live Love (album)
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Long Live Love is a studio album by Olivia Newton-John, released in 1974 by EMI Records. It was not released in the US, the song I Honestly Love You was her first number 1 single in the US, released on the album If You Love Me, Let Me Know. The title track was the song Newton-John performed for the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest when she represented the UK, along with the title track, five other tracks from the LP had been the six shortlisted songs for the UK selection for Eurovision. The song that placed second, Angeleyes, was released on the B-side of the Long Live Love single, the Rivers Too Wide was also recorded by Jim Mundy, whose version was a Top 20 hit on Hot Country Songs in 1973
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Have You Never Been Mellow
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Have You Never Been Mellow is the sixth studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Olivia Newton-John, released on 12 February 1975 by MCA Records. Both the title single and the rose to the top of their respective US charts. The title song and its follow-up, Please Mr. Please, were both top 10 on three Billboard charts, the Hot 100, Adult Contemporary, and Country. Outside the United States, the album was released with the single If You Love Me, Let Me Know, as the single was only released in the United States on the album of the same name. Unlike in the US, Have You Never Been Mellow was not much of a success in countries, and in many notable cases. However, the song was Newton-Johns first single to chart in Japan, where it reached number 26 on the Oricon singles chart. Newton-John received a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her work on the song Have You Never Been Mellow, the album was certified Gold in the US. The album was released on vinyl LP and audio cassette on 12 February 1975. MCA released it on CD in the mid-1980s, in 1990, it was released in Japan on EMI as part of their PASTMASTERS series. This was a release in terms of sonic quality over the MCA release. Included was an obi, and a simple, folded paper insert with all the song lyrics in English on one side. Note, Whereas the original US album contained 11 tracks, in Japan it included a 12th song, I Honestly Love You, in 1998, Festival Records in Australia released the album on CD as part of their Digitally Remastered series. This release featured the original artwork, and no lyrics insert. However, as several other Festival releases, there was an error, as the first drum downbeat of track 7. Also note, The CD contains 12 tracks, in case the 12th being If You Love Me. That is because the song If You Love Me was first released in the US only, in 1974, as the only newly issued song on Olivias 1974 US LP of the same name. In the wake of the singles big US success, many non-US territories opted to include the song on the next Newton-John album, which turned out to be Have You Never Been Mellow
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Clearly Love
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Clearly Love is an album by Olivia Newton-John, released in September 1975. Nevertheless, the album did earn a Gold certification, and both of the singles were Top 20 country chart hits, with Something Better to Do reaching number 19. In the United Kingdom it was a different story, as neither the album nor its singles charted at all there, the market in which the album was most successful in terms of chart position was the Netherlands, where it went to number one. Clearly Love also did well in Japan, reaching number 3 on the Oricon Albums Chart and this song became popular on country music stations, hitting the top 10 on the Country chart
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Come On Over (Olivia Newton-John album)
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Come On Over is the eighth studio album by Olivia Newton-John, released on 29 February 1976. It peaked at number 2 on the US Country albums chart, the albums first track, a cover of Dolly Partons Jolene, was only released as a single in Japan, and it became a hit there, peaking at number 11 on the Oricon Singles Chart. The album itself was also a success in the Japanese market, in the US, the only single released from the album was the title song, written by Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb and originally featured on the Bee Gees 1975 album Main Course. It was a pop hit, peaking at number 23 on the US Billboard Hot 100. In New Zealand, the track reached number 3. The album also included versions of the traditional song Greensleeves and The Beatles The Long and Winding Road, originally featured in the 1973 movie Hurry Up, or Ill Be 30. Besides Partons Jolene the album also covers of recent country hits by Willie Nelson. Produced by John Farrar Orchestra arranged and conducted by Steve Grey Steel guitar, B. J
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Making a Good Thing Better
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Making a Good Thing Better is an album by Olivia Newton-John, released in 1977. The album peaked at No.34 on the US Pop chart and it was Newton-Johns first album not to reach the Country Top 10. The album also ended Olivias streak of six gold albums from 1974s Let Me Be There through 1976s Dont Stop Believin. In the Netherlands, it became her fourth chart-topping album, Newton-John was in a dispute with MCA Records at the time of the recording and was in negotiations to be released from MCA, thus the label did not promote the album. At the time, Newton-John sued for her release from MCA, claiming they had not promoted her music, resulting in diminished chart placement. She attempted to promote the album and single, appearing on the cover of Us Weekly on 23 August 1977 and making a promotional clip of the song that aired on NBCs The Midnight Special. Olivia Newton-John went on to sign on to do the movie Grease, the soul-sounding title track was the album single only reached No.87 on the Pop chart and No.20 on the Adult Contemporary chart. It was Newton-Johns first single not to reach the AC Top 10 since 1972s What Is Life, the cover art is the same as what was re-issued for 2005s Gold CD. The original album featured a cover similar to her greatest hits packages
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Totally Hot
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Totally Hot is Olivia Newton-Johns ninth US and tenth international studio album. Released in November 1978, it became her first solo Top 10 album since 1975s Have You Never Been Mellow, dressed on the album cover all in leather, Newton-Johns transformation was seen to mirror her character Sandys transformation in Grease. The albums singles A Little More Love, Deeper Than the Night, Newton-John filmed promotional videos for all three singles and wrote two of the albums tracks, Borrowed Time and Talk to Me. Although the album de-emphasised Newton-Johns country sound, it still reached No.4 on the Billboard Country Albums chart, Newton-John released the B-side, Dancin Round and Round from the Totally Hot single to Country radio—the first time since her 1975 single, Let It Shine/He Aint Heavy. Hes My Brother, that Newton-John worked both sides of a single to different radio formats, Dancin Round and Round peaked at No.29 on the Country chart and is her last-charted solo Country airplay single to date. The album was certified Platinum in the United States and the single, A Little More Love, was certified gold. The album only reached No.30 in the UK but it was certified Gold and the single A Little More Love reached No.4 on the UK Singles Chart, the album was a Top 10 success in Australia, Canada and Japan. The album was re-released in Japan during 2010 featuring two tracks, an extended version of Totally Hot and Love Is Alive from her 1981 live album
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Physical (album)
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Physical is the ninth full-length studio album by British-Australian singer-songwriter Olivia Newton-John, released on 13 October 1981 by MCA Records. The album was produced and partly written by her record producer John Farrar. Recorded and mixed at David J. Holmans studio in Hollywood, California, Physical became one of Newton-Johns most controversial and sexual records, musically, the album features considerable use of synthesizers and explores lyrical themes such as love and relationships, sex, kinesthetics and environmental protection. Upon its release, the album received positive reviews from music critics. The album charted high in several countries, including the United States, Japan and Newton-Johns native Australia and it also ranks among the best-selling albums by Australian solo artists, selling more than ten million copies worldwide. The albums title track was a phenomenon, staying ten weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, at the time. The song and its video were controversial, having been banned or edited by several radio stations. The single was followed by Make a Move on Me, another top worldwide hit, Landslide, which failed to enter the majority of musical charts, had a music video featuring Newton-Johns boyfriend Matt Lattanzi, to whom she had dedicated the album. A video compilation, Olivia Physical, was produced, featuring videos of all songs from the album. The material was a commercial and critical success, and earned Newton-John a Grammy Award for Video of the Year, the album was promoted with Newton-Johns 1982 North American Physical Tour, performances from which a home video entitled Olivia in Concert was produced. The Physical era marked the height of Newton-Johns solo career, gaining her wide acclaim as one of the most successful artists of the early 1980s. In 1978, Newton-John starred as the lead, Sandy, in the musical film Grease. Before the film, Newton-John was known for pop and adult contemporary songs. Later that same year, Newton-John released the studio album Totally Hot, Physical was recorded and released in 1981, marking the longest gap between Newton-John studio albums at the time, from 1971 to 1978, she recorded at least one studio album per year. Newton-John feared that she could be overexposed with many works released in a short period, Physical followed Newton-Johns new image, perceived as a more sexualized and mature record. It also marked her first studio album without any country tracks, the new music style generated some criticism from the country-music community and Newton-Johns old fans, in a Billboard article, she said, You might lose a few fans but you gain others. You have to do whats comfortable, ive gotten the confidence to be more adventurous whereas in the past I didnt think it was the time. The lead single Physical was written by Terry Shaddick and Newton-Johns longtime friend Steve Kipner, when Newton-Johns then-manager Lee Kramer accidentally heard the demo, he immediately sent the song to her, but initially she didnt want to release the song because it was too cheeky
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Soul Kiss
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Soul Kiss is the thirteenth studio album by Australian pop, adult contemporary singer, Olivia Newton-John, which was released in October 1985. It made No.11 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart, the album was produced by long-time associate, John Farrar, who also co-wrote four tracks, the cover art includes photography of Newton-John by Helmut Newton and Herb Ritts. Although the album was not as successful as her previous efforts it made the Top 30 on the United States Billboard 200. It charted at No.5 in Japan, and peaked at No.11 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart, newton-Johns last US Top 40 Pop single to date, her second-to-last in Canada, and Bubbled Under on the UK singles chart at No.100. It was also remixed into a 12 single mix, which featured a new Carib-influenced percussion overdub, the follow-up single, Toughen Up, failed to chart, except for a top 70 placement in Australia. In the US, Electric was the B side to the first single, matt Lattanzi, her husband at the time, appeared in the Soul Kiss video. Toughen Up Emotional Tangle Culture Shock Soul Kiss The Right Moment
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Gaia: One Woman's Journey
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Gaia, One Womans Journey is an album released by Olivia Newton-John in 1994. For the first time, Newton-John wrote all the songs and co-produced the album, Gaia was Newton-Johns first album since she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992. Many of the songs were written about her experience, such as Why Me and Not Gonna Give into It, Gaia was recorded in Australia during 1993 and 1994 and released by several independent labels internationally, except in Australia where Newton-John was still signed to Festival Records. The album was praised by critics and fans, allMusic called it the most honest and inviting album of her career. The single No Matter What You Do reached the Top 40 in Australia, the albums liner notes contain explanations for the inspiration behind each song written by Newton-John. Dont Cut Me Down - I found this half-finished in a full of tapes I started in the late 80s. It reflects my feelings for the old growth forests that are so threatened by man. Not Gonna Give into It - I wrote this after chemotherapy treatment, los Angeles,1992 Why Me - I wrote this song the night after my surgery, as I was pondering the question why me as everyone does. My father died with dignity of cancer on the day I was diagnosed, the Way of Love - I find it painful that some people are so unaccepting of each others beliefs. In my experience, they all have merit, Chloe and her school sang on this one. Gaia - Gaia - is the spirit of Mother Earth and she is the giver of dreams and the nourisher of plants and young children. This song came to me at 3,00 AM on a winter morning in Byron Bay and I was compelled to write. I feel the spirit of Mother Earth spoke to me, I Never Knew Love - This song was born of joy. I asked for help and received it, do You Feel - To kindred spirits everywhere. Trust Yourself - This song was out of my decision to write, record. In order to do so I had to let some other commitments go, Silent Ruin - The first song that I have ever been asked to write was for a powerful and frightening documentary, The Last Whale. I feel this is the plight of all the planets creatures, No Matter What You Do - This song came to me in the car on the way to the studio. It was during a time when I was having a lot of problems, Pegasus - I saw Pegasus in a meditation so vividly that the next night I woke up with this song in my head
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Back with a Heart
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Back with a Heart is an album released by Olivia Newton-John in 1998. Back with a Heart was recorded in Nashville and marked Newton-Johns return to the US Country chart after an absence of almost twenty years, the album featured the single I Honestly Love You, a re-recording of her 1974 number-one hit, now featuring vocals by Babyface. The song was released in two versions, the version for Pop and Adult Contemporary radio, and a remix for Country radio. The title track was issued as a vinyl 45 RPM single in the United States, Love Is a Gift won a 1999 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song after appearing on As the World Turns. Precious Love was also a single from the album, with the music video getting airplay on Country Music Television
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2 (Olivia Newton-John album)
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Is the nineteenth studio album by Australian pop singer Olivia Newton-John, released on 12 November 2002 in Australia. A duets album, the majority of tracks are with Australian artists, the Peter Allen and Johnny OKeefe duets are built around archive recordings, with new vocals added by Newton-John. The album was planned to include the song True to Yourself, however, the track was dropped at the last minute due to contractual disagreements between Amorosis Transistor Music and Newton-Johns Universal Music labels. Both women declared to feel sad about this situation and have been quick to say that there is no problem between them, but that it is simply a contractual matter. The album was a success in Australia, reaching the top 10 in the ARIA Charts. A TV special for the promotion, A Night with Olivia, also aired in the country, featuring John Farnham. The Australian leg of Newton-Johns Heartstrings World Tour also served in the promotion of album and these were the first solo concerts in Australia of Olivia since 1982 and were very well received by the public and critics. New Idea magazine published an article of the comeback of queen in 2002, highlighting the success of the album and tour, Newton-Johns 2008 duets album, A Celebration in Song, contains two songs originally released on, Never Far Away and Sunburned Country
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Grace and Gratitude
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Grace and Gratitude is the twenty-second studio album by Australian singer Olivia Newton-John. A pink edition of the album also was released in certain territories. The album closing track, Instrument of Peace, was released to radio as a promo single, help Me to Heal, was released as single in 2010, promoting the Renewed re-release. Newton-john embarked on two tours to promote the album, a North American tour of 39 concerts, Grace and Gratitude Tour, and her 2010 World Tour supported the re-release, Renewed. The album was re-released as Grace and Gratitude Renewed on 14 September 2010, the Japan edition also includes the two remixes from pink edition
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Christmas Wish (Olivia Newton-John album)
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Christmas Wish is an album by Olivia Newton-John, released in 2007. It is the original album of Christmas Music recorded by Newton-John after Tis the Season with Vince Gill. It is her album produced by Amy Sky. It featuring versions of classic Christmas songs, the collection features guest appearances from Barry Manilow, Jon Secada, Michael McDonald and others. In 2008, the album was re-released as a Target exclusive and included the bonus track In the Bleak Midwinter
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A Celebration in Song
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A Celebration in Song is the twenty-fourth studio album by Australian pop singer Olivia Newton-John, released on 3 June 2008 by Warner Bros. in Australia. The worldwide release of album was by EMI, on 2 September 2008 and it is her second duets album, following, released in 2002 by Festival Mushroom. On 25 January 2011 the album was re-released by Spring Hill with a new cover, the songs Never Far Away and Sunburned Country originally belong to Newton-Johns 2002 duets album. The song Beautiful Thing was extracted from Belinda Emmetts album So I Am, from the album booklet, The Olivia Newton-John and Friends, Gala Fundraising Concert was a one night only concert based in the album. The concert held at the State Theatre in Sydney, on the date of 30 September 2008, raised funds for the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre Appeal
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Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits
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Olivia Newton-Johns Greatest Hits was the first compilation album released by Olivia Newton-John in the United States. The album collected all of Newton-Johns American Top 40 singles released between 1971 and 1977, Changes was the only track not released as a single, but it was one of Newton-Johns first self-written songs that she recorded. The album was Newton-Johns first platinum certification peaking No.13 Pop and it ended up being certified double Platinum in the US and Platinum in the UK and Canada, and also Gold in Hong Kong. If Not for You -2,50 Big Sky Music - ASCAP Arranged & Produced by Bruce Welch & John Farrar From If Not for You Billboard Pop, AC Changes -2,27 Blue Gum Music, Inc. - ASCAP Produced by Bruce Welch & John Farrar Arranged by Nick Ingman From If You Love Me, Let Me Know Album track Let Me Be There -3,00 Al Gallico Music Corp. - BMI Arranged & Produced by Bruce Welch & John Farrar From Let Me Be There Billboard Pop, Country, AC If You Love Me -3,12 Al Gallico Music Corp. - BMI Arranged & Produced by John Farrar From If You Love Me, Let Me Know Billboard Pop, Country, AC I Honestly Love You -3,36 Irving Music, Inc/Woolnought Music/Broadside Music Inc. - BMI Produced by John Farrar Arranged by Alan Hawkshaw From If You Love Me, Let Me Know Billboard Pop, Country, AC Have You Never Been Mellow -3,28 Irving Music, Inc. - BMI Produced by John Farrar From Have You Never Been Mellow Billboard Pop, Country, AC Please Mr. allmusic. com/album/r14045
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Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2
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Olivias Greatest Hits Vol.2 is the second hits collection from English-born, Australian pop singer Olivia Newton-John released in September 1982. The album compiled most singles released by Newton-John since the release of her 1977 Olivia Newton-Johns Greatest Hits album from her following albums, the album included two new recordings, Heart Attack and Tied Up. Both songs were released as singles and reached number 3 and 38 on the pop charts, Heart Attack was a number one single in France. The album omitted some singles released by Newton-John during this period including songs from Grease, Totally Hot, the album also did not include I Cant Help It, her duet with Andy Gibb from his After Dark album. The album only climbed to No.16 on the Billboard 200 and this was the longest charting album of Newton-Johns career and her first non-soundtrack album to rank in the year-end Top 10. The album was released in the United Kingdom as Olivias Greatest Hits with a different cover. It peaked at number 8 with a 38-week chart run,150,000 were shipped in Canada initially. The album was certified double Platinum by the RIAA in the US and Platinum in the UK
