In 1978, Newton-John co-starred with John Travolta in “Grease,” which catapulted her into super-stardom.
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This Machine has secured full authorized access to Newton-John’s music and personal archives. The feature-length doc will explore Newton-John’s life and work as an iconic entertainer, best-selling music artist, animal rights and environmental activist and health, wellness and plant medicine advocate. Cutler’s production hub This Machine is developing another documentary about a music star - in this case, the late Olivia Newton-John, who died in August 2022. The producers changed her character to an Australian who moved to America with her family.R.J. Olivia was sceptical about the role at first as, at 28, she felt she was too old to play a high school student and she felt that her trying to be American wasn’t going to be convincing. This film changed Olivia’s career as it became the biggest box-office success of 1978 and one of the most loved musical films of all time. In 1978, after winning 3 Grammy Awards and enjoying several hits on the American Country, Pop and Adult Contemporary charts, Olivia was offered the role of Sandy opposite John Travolta as Danny in the film adaptation of the stage musical, Grease. Although this decision did not thrill the Country Music Association, who felt that Olivia was 'not country enough', it did establish her as a bona fide star in the United States. 6 in America and earned her a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocalist. In 1973, Olivia released the country-influenced single 'Let Me Be There', which peaked at No.
Olivia Newton-John publicity image, c.1980. The title track (a cover of the Bob Dylan composition) was a hit in the UK and Australia as well as – more unexpectedly – the US. John and Olivia became musical partners and he produced all of her albums for the next 15 years. This album was produced by one of the founding members of The Shadows, Bruce Welch (who was Olivia’s partner at the time) and John Farrar. When Pat’s visa expired, Olivia stayed to further her career.Īfter limited success initially, she eventually released her first solo album, If Not For You, in 1971. They eventually moved to the UK after Olivia had won a talent contest on the television program Sing Sing Sing, hosted by Johnny O'Keefe. With the former, she formed a duo called Pat and Olivia. NFSA Title: 689782. Courtesy: Seven Network. Right: Johnny O’Keefe announces her as winner of the Sitmar Talent Quest. Left: performing ‘Everything’s Coming Up Roses’. Olivia Newton-John on Sing Sing Sing, 1964. In this clip from the show, she sings ‘Crawl Baby Crawl’: Unlike other shows of the time that featured lip-synched performances, this show had vocalists sing live with a 4-piece band. In 2018 the NFSA acquired episode 7 of Boomeride, which featured Olivia in what is believed to be one of her earliest-known surviving live musical appearances. She also appeared on a now-forgotten show called Boomeride. In 19, she began to focus on a career as a performer and appeared on local television shows including Time For Terry and the children’s movie, Funny Things Happen Down Under. At the age of 5, her family emigrated to Melbourne when her father was appointed master of Ormond College at the University of Melbourne. Olivia was born in Cambridge in the United Kingdom in 1948.
Whether it was in music, movies, as an entrepreneur or as an advocate for breast cancer research, she left an indelible mark on the world around her. Olivia Newton-John was one of the biggest Australian stars to ever make a successful international career.
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