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Olivia Newton-John Order of Australia Order of the British Empire (born 26 September 1948) is a Grammy Award-winning and
Golden Globe-nominated England Australian
pop music singer, songwriter and actor. Her highly acclaimed vocal, musical, and acting talents have made her a globally recognized name. She is also a small business entrepreneur, as well as an avid activist in both environmentalism issues and breast cancer awareness.
Early life
Newton-John was born in
Cambridge, England. Her parents were Brinley Newton-John and Irene Born (b.
25 May, 1914). Irene was the eldest child of Max Born, a
Lutheran Germany Nobel prize-winning
physicist who had fled from Germany with his wife in the 1930s in order to avoid persecution due to his and his wife's part
Jewish heritage. Olivia's father was an MI5 officer attached to the
Enigma machine project at Bletchley Park, and the officer who took Rudolf Hess into custody when he parachuted into
Scotland in May 1941. After
World War II, he became a professor of
German language at the
University of New South Wales annex at Tighes Hill in
Newcastle, Australia.
In 1954, at the age of five, Newton-John, her parents Brin and Irene, and her older siblings Hugh and Rona, emigrated to
Melbourne, Australia, where her father had taken a job at
Melbourne University as the Master of
Ormond College (University of Melbourne).
Career
Early career
By the age of 15, Newton-John had formed an all-girl band, Sol Four, and soon was a regular on local television (such as HSV-7's
The Happy Show as Lovely Livvy) and
radio shows in Australia. She entered a talent contest on the television programme
Sing, Sing, Sing, hosted by 1960s Australian icon
Johnny O'Keefe, and performed the songs "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and "Everything's Coming Up Roses". She won the contest and received a trip to England as the prize. Initially, she did not want to go, but her mother encouraged her to broaden her horizons.
On her return to Australia she appeared on the
Go Show, where she met her lifelong friends, Pat Carroll, singer and
John Farrar. (Carroll and Farrar eventually married.) When she was 16 years old, Newton-John returned to England to live with her mother. Newton-John was homesick in England as she missed Australia and her then boyfriend, Ian Turpie (with whom she co-starred in an independently produced Australian telefilm
Funny Things Happen Down Under). This changed when friend Pat Carroll also moved to England. The two formed a duo and toured
nightclubs in Europe. After Carroll's Visa (document) expired, and she had to return to Australia, Newton-John cut her first solo single, "Till You Say You'll Be Mine" b/w "Forever," for
Decca Records in England in 1966.
Newton-John was recruited for the group, "Toomorrow"—the brainchild of American producer
Don Kirshner, creator of The Monkees. The group recorded an album and starred in a "science fiction musical" both named after the group released in 1970. The project failed and the group was quickly disbanded.
1971-1977
Newton-John released her first solo album,
If Not For You, in 1971. The title track, written by Bob Dylan, was her first international hit (No. 25 Pop, No. 1 Adult Contemporary AC). Her follow-up,
Banks Of The Ohio, was a Top 10 hit in England and Australia, but faltered in the US (No. 94 Pop, No. 34 AC). She was voted Best British Female Vocalist two years in a row by the magazine
Record Mirror. She made frequent appearances on
Cliff Richard's weekly show,
It's Cliff Richard, and starred with him in the telefilm
The Case. In the United States, Newton-John's career floundered after
If Not For You until the release of
Let Me Be There in 1973. The song reached the American Top 10 on the Pop (No. 6), Country (No. 7) and AC (No. 3) charts and earned her a Grammy for Best Country Female. The song also propelled the album
Let Me Be There to No. 1 on the Country Albums chart for two weeks.
In 1974, Newton-John switched from the PYE (PRT) label to EMI and released her next album,
Long Live Love. She represented the United Kingdom in the
Eurovision Song Contest with the title track, a song voted for by the British public that she disliked,O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007. ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3 placing fourth at the contest in
Brighton behind
ABBA's winning
Waterloo. The country success of
Let Me Be There led her to release this album with some different, more country-oriented tracks in the United States as
If You Love Me, Let Me Know. The title track was the first single reaching No. 5 Pop, No. 2 Country (her best country placement ever) and No. 2 AC. The next single,
I Honestly Love You, has become Newton-John's signature song. Written by Jeff Barry and Peter Allen, the ballad became her first No. 1 Pop (two weeks) and second No. 1 AC (three weeks) hit and earned Newton-John two more Grammys for Record of the Year and Best Pop Female. The success of both singles helped the album reach No. 1 on both the Pop (one week) and Country (eight weeks) Albums charts.
Newton-John's country success was reviled by purists who believed a foreigner singing country flavored pop music did not belong in country music. Besides her Grammy for
Let Me Be There, Newton-John was also named the Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year in 1974 defeating nominees
Loretta Lynn, Canadian
Anne Murray, Dolly Parton and
Tanya Tucker. Newton-John's win outraged many country artists leading to the formation of the short-lived Association of Country Entertainers (ACE). Newton-John was eventually supported by most in the country music community. Stella Parton, Dolly's sister, recorded
Ode To Olivia and Newton-John recorded her 1976 album,
Don't Stop Believin' (Olivia Newton-John album), in Nashville.
Encouraged by expatriate Australian singer Helen Reddy, Newton-John left England and moved to the United States. Newton-John topped the Pop (one week) and Country (six weeks) Albums charts with her next album,
Have You Never Been Mellow. The album generated two singles - the title track (No. 1 Pop, No. 3 Country, No. 1 AC) and
Please Mr. Please (No. 3 Pop, No. 5 Country, No. 1 AC). Newton-John's pop career cooled with the release of her next album,
Clearly Love. Her streak of five consecutive gold Top 10 singles ended when the album's first single,
Something Better To Do, stopped at No. 13 (also No. 19 Country and No. 1 AC). Although her albums still achieved gold status and usually charted in the Top 10 on the Country Albums chart, she did not return to the Top 10 on the Hot 100 or Pop Albums charts again until 1978.
Newton-John's singles continued to easily top the AC chart where she ultimately amassed ten No. 1 singles including seven consecutively - from 1974's
I Honestly Love You through 1976's
Don't Stop Believin'. She also continued to reach the Country Top 10 where she tallied seven Top 10 hits through 1976's
Come On Over (No. 23 Pop, No. 5 Country, No. 1 AC). By mid-1977, Olivia's AC and country success also began to wane. Her
Making a Good Thing Better album (No. 34 Pop, No. 13 Country) failed to be certified gold and its only single, the title track, did not even reach the AC Top 10. Although the release that same year of
Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits became her first platinum album, Newton-John was ready to move her career in new directions.
1978-1979
in
Grease.
Newton-John's career soared after starring in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical
Grease (film) in 1978. She was offered the lead role of Sandy after a chance meeting with producer
Allan Carr at a dinner party held by Helen Reddy in her Los Angeles home. Burned by her
Toomorrow experience and concerned that she was too old to play a high school senior (she turned 29 during the latter 1977 filming), Newton-John insisted on a screen test with the film's co-star,
John Travolta. Their chemistry was obvious and Newton-John happily, but cautiously, signed on. The film accommodated Newton-John's Australian accent by recasting her character from the play's original American Sandy Dumbrowski to Sandy Olsson - an Australian who vacations and then moves with her family to the United States.
The film was the biggest box office hit of 1978linkification: http://www.imdb.com/boxoffice/alltimegross, 'IMDB - Top Grossing Movies and remained popular enough that it was re-released in theaters on its 20th anniversary in 1998. The soundtrack spent 12 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 and yielded three Top 5 singles for Newton-John: the No. 1
[You're The One That I Want (with John Travolta), the No. 3
Hopelessly Devoted to You and the No. 5
Summer Nights (with John Travolta and the film's cast). The former two songs were both written by Newton-John's long-time producer,
John Farrar, specifically for the film. Newton-John became the second female (after Linda Ronstadt in 1977) to have two singles,
Hopelessly Devoted to You and
Summer Nights, in the Billboard Top 5 simultaneously. She was nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actress in a Musical and performed the Oscar-nominated
Hopelessly Devoted to You at the 1979
Academy Awards. To this day, the soundtrack still sells several thousand copies per week and often appears on Billboard's Soundtracks chart.
Newton-John's transformation in the film from goody-goody "Sandy 1" to spandex-clad "Sandy 2" emboldened Newton-John to do the same with her music career. In November 1978, she released the pop album,
Totally Hot, which became her first solo Top 10 (No. 7) album since
Have You Never Been Mellow. Dressed on the cover all in leather, the album's singles
A Little More Love (No. 3 Pop, No. 94 Country, No. 4 AC),
Deeper Than The Night (No. 11 Pop, No. 87 Country, No. 4 AC) and the title track (No. 52 Pop) all demonstrated a more aggressive and uptempo sound for Newton-John. Although the album clearly de-emphasized country, it still reached No. 4 on the Country Albums chart. Newton-John released the B-side
Dancin' 'Round And 'Round, of the
Totally Hot single to country radio where it peaked at No. 29 (as well as No. 82 Pop and No. 25 AC). However, this became Newton-John's last charted country airplay single to date.
1980s
Newton-John began 1980 by releasing
I Can't Help It (No. 12 Pop, No. 8 AC), a duet with Andy Gibb from his
After Dark album. Later that year, she appeared in her first film since
Grease, starring in the musical
Xanadu (film) with
Gene Kelly and
Michael Beck. While the movie was a critical failure, it was ultimately profitable and its soundtrack was certified double platinum. The soundtrack boasted five Top 20 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 including Newton-John's
Magic (No. 1 Pop, No. 1 AC),
Suddenly with Cliff Richard (No. 20 Pop, No. 4 AC) and the title-song with
Electric Light Orchestra (No. 8 Pop, No. 2 AC). The film has since become a cult classic and the basis for a well-reviewed Broadway show in 2007. Newton-John received a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame in recognition of her career the following year.
1981 saw the release of Newton-John's most successful studio album, the double platinum
Physical (Olivia Newton-John album). The title track, written by Steve Kipner and Terry Shaddick, spent ten weeks atop the
Billboard magazine Hot 100, matching the then record of most weeks at No. 1 by a female artist held by
Debby Boone's
You Light Up My Life (song). The single was certified platinum and ultimately ranked as the biggest song of the decade. The album spawned two more singles,
Make A Move On Me (No. 5 Pop, No. 6 AC) and
Landslide (No. 52 Pop). To counter the overtly suggestive tone of the title track, Newton-John filmed an exercise-themed video that turned the song into an aerobics anthem (and made headbands a fashion accessory outside the gym). Newton-John became a pioneer in the nascent music video industry by recording a video album for
Physical featuring videos of all the album's tracks as well as three of her older hits. The video album earned her a fourth Grammy and was aired as an ABC prime time special,
Let's Get Physical, becoming a Top 10 Nielsen hit. The 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, which yielded two more Top 40 singles:
Heart Attack (No. 3 Pop) and
Tied Up (No. 38 Pop). The tour was filmed for her
Olivia In Concert television special, which premiered on HBO in January 1983. The special was subsequently released to video, earning Newton-John another Grammy nomination.
Newton-John re-teamed with Travolta in 1983 for the critically and commercially unsuccessful
Two of a Kind (1983 film), redeemed by its platinum soundtrack featuring
Twist Of Fate (No. 5 Pop),
Livin' In Desperate Times (No. 31 Pop) and a new duet with Travolta,
Take A Chance (No. 3 AC). Newton-John released another video package, the Grammy-nominated
Twist Of Fate, featuring videos of her four songs on the
Two of a Kind soundtrack and the two new singles from
Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2. The same year, Newton-John and Pat Farrar founded Koala Blue. The store was originally for Australian imports, but segued into a chain of women's clothing boutiques. The chain was initially successful, but declared bankruptcy and closed in 1992. Newton-John and Farrar would later license the brand name for a line of Australian produced wines and confections.
Newton-John married long-time boyfriend Matt Lattanzi in December 1984. The couple had met four years earlier while filming
Xanadu (film) (They divorced in 1995.). Newton-John resumed recording in 1985 with the release of the gold
Soul Kiss (No. 29 Pop). By this point, fans were tiring of Newton-John's raunchier image. The album's only charted single was the title track (No. 20 Pop, No. 20 AC). Newton-John's pregnancy with daughter
Chloe Rose Lattanzi (b. January 1986) limited her ability to publicize the album. The video album for
Soul Kiss featured videos of only five of the album's ten tracks and the album's second single,
Toughen Up, failed to even chart.
After a three year hiatus to raise Chloe, Newton-John returned with 1988's
The Rumour. The album was promoted by an HBO special,
Olivia Down Under, and its first single, the title track, was written and produced by Elton John. Both the single (No. 62 Pop, No. 33 AC) and album (No. 67 Pop) fizzled as the nearly 40 year-old Newton-John seemed "old" when compared to the teen queens Debbie Gibson and
Tiffany (singer) ruling the charts at that time. The second single,
Can't We Talk It Over In Bed, did not chart. (The song was remade the following year by Grayson Hugh as
Talk It Over becoming his only Top 20 hit.) A year later, Newton-John recorded her "self-indulgent" album,
Warm and Tender (Olivia Newton-John album), featuring lullabies and love songs for parents and their children. This album also did not revive her recording career struggling to only No. 124 Pop.
Later career
Newton-John was primed for another comeback in 1992 when she compiled her third hits collection,
Back To Basics - The Essential Collection, and planned her first tour since her
Physical trek ten years earlier. Shortly after the album's release, Newton-John was diagnosed with breast cancer forcing her to cancel all publicity for the album including the tour. Newton-John received her diagnosis on the same day her father passed away. Newton-John recovered and has since become a tireless advocate of breast cancer awareness. She has been a product spokesperson for the Liv-Kit, a breast self-examination product. She is currently raising funds to build the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Centre in Melbourne, Australia.
Newton-John's cancer diagnosis affected the type of music she recorded. In 1994, she released
Gaia: One Woman's Journey, which chronicled her ordeal. This was the first album on which Newton-John wrote all of the songs encouraging her to become more active as a songwriter thereafter. In 2005, she released
Stronger Than Before which was sold exclusively in the United States by Hallmark. Proceeds from the album's sales benefited breast cancer research. The following year, Newton-John released a healing CD,
Grace And Gratitude. The album was sold exclusively by Walgreens also benefitting various charities and was the "heart" of their "Body - Heart - Spirit" Wellness Collection. The collection also featured a re-branded Liv-Kit and breast health dietary supplements.
Newton-John's more spiritual, contemplative music was complemented by her pop oriented releases. In 1998, she returned to Nashville to record
Back With A Heart. The album returned her to the Top 10 (No. 9) on the Country Albums chart. Its only single was a remake of
I Honestly Love You produced by David Foster and featuring Babyface on background vocals that charted Pop (No. 67) and AC (No. 18). Country radio dismissed the song, although it did peak at No. 16 on the Country Sales chart. The album track,
Love Is A Gift, won Newton-John a 1999 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song after being featured on the daytime serial,
As The World Turns. Newton-John resumed touring in 1999.
Newton-John's subsequent albums were all released overseas primarily in Australia. Newton-John, John Farnham and
Anthony Warlow toured Australia as
The Main Event (concert tour). The live album won an ARIA Music Awards for Highest Selling Australian CD and was also nominated for Best Adult Contemporary Album. She and Farnham performed
Dare To Dream at the Opening Ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 2002, Newton-John released
(2), a duets album featuring mostly Australian singers including
Darren Hayes,
Tina Arena, Jimmy Little, Billy Thorpe and Johnny O'Keefe as well as a heartfelt "duet" with the deceased Peter Allen. The same year, Newton-John was inducted into Australia's
ARIA Hall of Fame. 2004 brought the release of
Indigo: Women of Song, a tribute album covering songs by The Carpenters, Minnie Riperton,
Doris Day, Nina Simone, Joan Baez and others. Newton-John dedicated the album to her mother who died the previous year.
Newton-John acted occasionally during this period. She appeared in a supporting role in the 1996 AIDS drama,
It's My Party - her first feature film since
Two of a Kind (1983 film). In 2000, she appeared in a dramatically different role as Bitsy Mae Harling, a lesbian ex-con country singer, in Del Shores'
Sordid Lives. (Reportedly, Newton-John will reprise this role in Del Shores'
Sordid Lives - The Series from
LOGO scheduled for 2008.) Newton-John has done some television work as well. She starred in the television movies
A Mom For Christmas (1990) and
A Christmas Romance (1994) - both Top 10 Nielsen hits. Her daughter, Chloe Rose Lattanzi, starred as one of her children in both
A Christmas Romance and in the 2001 Showtime film
The Wilde Girls. Newton-John guest-starred as herself in the
sitcoms
Ned and Stacey,
Murphy Brown and
Bette (TV series). In Australia, Newton-John hosted
Wild Life, a show about animals and nature - two major interests for Newton-John. She also guest stared as Joanna on two episodes of the Australian series
The Man from Snowy River (TV series).
After her 1995 divorce from Matt Lattanzi, Newton-John met gaffer (motion picture industry)/
camera operator Patrick McDermott the following year. The couple dated on and off for nine years until he went missing following a 2005 fishing trip off the California coast. Various theories have abounded regarding his disappearance ranging from his death by accident or foul play to McDermott staging his disappearance to avoid child support payments to his ex-wife, actress Yvette Nipar. To date, there have been no credible leads and he remains missing. Newton-John, who was in Australia at her self-owned Gaia Retreat & Spa at the time of his disappearance, was never a suspect
linkification: http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/newtonjohn-frantic/2005/08/22/1124562799885.html?oneclick=true "Newton-John 'frantic'"],
The Sydney Morning Herald, August 22, 2005 and has refused to comment on any speculation. Newton-John returned to the tabloid headlines again in 2007 when it was revealed that her daughter was recovering from anorexia.
Newton-John released her first proper Christmas album,
Christmas Wish, online in September 2007. (The album will retail exclusively at Target beginning November 6, 2007.) She previously released a Christmas album with Vince Gill through Hallmark in 2000 and a compilation album,
Christmas Collection, of seasonal music recorded for various albums and television performances in 2001. Newton-John is also scheduled to release another concert video,
Olivia Newton-John With The Sydney Symphony, in January 2008. An edited version of this concert premiered on PBS station, WLIW (Garden City, New York), in October 2007.
Honours
In 1979, Newton-John was appointed an Officer (OBE) of the
Order of the British Empire by Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
In 2002, she was inducted into the
Australian Music Hall of Fame by the
Australian Recording Industry Association.
In 2006, she was named an Officer (AO) in the Order of Australia for "service to the entertainment industry as a singer and actor, and to the community through organisations supporting breast cancer treatment, education, training and research, and the environment".
Discography
Singles
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Every Face Tells a Story"]" (re-release)|align="center" valign="top"| 48|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 49|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1977|align="left" valign="top"|"Sad Songs"|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 84|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1978|align="left" valign="top"|"Jolene"|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 4|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 11|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1978|align="left" valign="top"|"You're The One That I Want" (w/
John Travolta)]" (w/John Travolta)])|align="center" valign="top"| 12|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 8|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1980|align="left" valign="top"|"Don't Cry for Me Argentina"|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 33|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1980|align="left" valign="top"|"
Magic (Olivia Newton-John song)"|align="center" valign="top"|
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1|align="center" valign="top"| 32|align="center" valign="top"| 6|align="center" valign="top"| 36|align="center" valign="top"| 2|align="center" valign="top"| 4|align="center" valign="top"| 43|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1980|align="left" valign="top"|"Xanadu (Olivia Newton-John/ELO)" (w/
E.L.O.)])|align="center" valign="top"| 20|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 4|align="center" valign="top"| 15|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 26|align="center" valign="top"| 30|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 6|-|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1981|align="left" valign="top"|
Physical (Olivia Newton-John song)|align="center" valign="top"|
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1|align="center" valign="top"| 17|align="center" valign="top"| 4|-|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1982|align="left" valign="top"|"Make A Move On Me"|align="center" valign="top"| 5|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 6|align="center" valign="top"| 43|align="center" valign="top"| 4|align="center" valign="top"| 38|align="center" valign="top"| 15|align="center" valign="top"| 22|align="center" valign="top"| 59|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1982|align="left" valign="top"|"Landslide"|align="center" valign="top"| 52|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 18|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 42|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 25|-|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1982|align="left" valign="top"|"Heart Attack"|align="center" valign="top"| 3|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 46|align="center" valign="top"| 2|align="center" valign="top"| 51|align="center" valign="top"| 17|align="center" valign="top"| 11|align="center" valign="top"| 71|align="center" valign="top"| 30|-|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1983|align="left" valign="top"|"
I Honestly Love You" (re-release)])|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 3|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1984|align="left" valign="top"|"Livin' In Desperate Times"|align="center" valign="top"| 31|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1985|align="left" valign="top"|"Soul Kiss"|align="center" valign="top"| 20|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 20|align="center" valign="top"| 100|align="center" valign="top"| 25|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 12|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1986|align="left" valign="top"|"Toughen Up"|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 69|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1986|align="left" valign="top"|"The Best Of Me" (w/David Foster)])|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 22|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|-|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1998|align="left" valign="top"|"
You're The One That I Want" (w/John Travolta) (re-release)],
Billy Dean, Faith Hill, Neal McCoy, Michael McDonald, Victoria Shaw and Bryan White)]" (re-recording)|align="center" valign="top"| 67|align="center" valign="top"| 16 (Sales)|align="center" valign="top"| 18|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|-|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|2006|align="left" valign="top"|"Instrument of Peace"|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 30|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|-
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Albums
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Toomorrow Soundtrack]|align="center" valign="top"| 54|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 25|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1974|align="left" valign="top"|
Long Live Love]|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1975|align="left" valign="top"|
Have You Never Been Mellow]|align="center" valign="top"| 12|align="center" valign="top"| 6|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 26|align="center" valign="top"| 3|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1976|align="left" valign="top"|
Come On Over (Olivia Newton-John album)|align="center" valign="top"| 13|align="center" valign="top"| 2|align="center" valign="top"| 49|align="center" valign="top"| 30|align="center" valign="top"| 2|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1976|align="left" valign="top"|
Crystal Lady|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 16|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1976|align="left" valign="top"|
Don't Stop Believin' (Olivia Newton-John album)|align="center" valign="top"| 33|align="center" valign="top"| 7|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 44|align="center" valign="top"| 3|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1977|align="left" valign="top"|
Making a Good Thing Better]|align="center" valign="top"| 13|align="center" valign="top"| 7|align="center" valign="top"| 19|align="center" valign="top"| 18|align="center" valign="top"| 5|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1978|align="left" valign="top"|
Grease (soundtrack album)|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| 1|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1979|align="left" valign="top"|
Totally Hot]|align="center" valign="top"| 4|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 2|align="center" valign="top"| 2|align="center" valign="top"| 6|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1981|align="left" valign="top"|
Physical (Olivia Newton-John album)|align="center" valign="top"| 6|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 11|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| 5|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1982|align="left" valign="top"|Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2] Soundtrack|align="center" valign="top"| 26|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 35|align="center" valign="top"| 29|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1985|align="left" valign="top"|Soul Kiss]|align="center" valign="top"| 67|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 15|align="center" valign="top"| 31|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1989|align="left" valign="top"|Warm And Tender|align="center" valign="top"| 124|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 43|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1992|align="left" valign="top"|Back to Basics: The Essential Collection 1971–1992]|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 33|align="center" valign="top"| 7|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1998|align="left" valign="top"|Back With A Heart]|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valig
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Olivia Newton-John Order of Australia Order of the British Empire (born 26 September 1948) is a Grammy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated England Australian pop music singer, songwriter and actor. Her highly acclaimed vocal, musical, and acting talents have made her a globally recognized name. She is also a small business entrepreneur, as well as an avid activist in both environmentalism issues and breast cancer awareness.
Early life
Newton-John was born in Cambridge, England. Her parents were Brinley Newton-John and Irene Born (b. 25 May, 1914). Irene was the eldest child of Max Born, a Lutheran Germany Nobel prize-winning physicist who had fled from Germany with his wife in the 1930s in order to avoid persecution due to his and his wife's part Jewish heritage. Olivia's father was an MI5 officer attached to the Enigma machine project at Bletchley Park, and the officer who took Rudolf Hess into custody when he parachuted into Scotland in May 1941. After World War II, he became a professor of German language at the University of New South Wales annex at Tighes Hill in Newcastle, Australia.
In 1954, at the age of five, Newton-John, her parents Brin and Irene, and her older siblings Hugh and Rona, emigrated to Melbourne, Australia, where her father had taken a job at Melbourne University as the Master of Ormond College (University of Melbourne).
Career
Early career
By the age of 15, Newton-John had formed an all-girl band, Sol Four, and soon was a regular on local television (such as HSV-7's The Happy Show as Lovely Livvy) and radio shows in Australia. She entered a talent contest on the television programme Sing, Sing, Sing, hosted by 1960s Australian icon Johnny O'Keefe, and performed the songs "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and "Everything's Coming Up Roses". She won the contest and received a trip to England as the prize. Initially, she did not want to go, but her mother encouraged her to broaden her horizons.
On her return to Australia she appeared on the Go Show, where she met her lifelong friends, Pat Carroll, singer and John Farrar. (Carroll and Farrar eventually married.) When she was 16 years old, Newton-John returned to England to live with her mother. Newton-John was homesick in England as she missed Australia and her then boyfriend, Ian Turpie (with whom she co-starred in an independently produced Australian telefilm Funny Things Happen Down Under). This changed when friend Pat Carroll also moved to England. The two formed a duo and toured nightclubs in Europe. After Carroll's Visa (document) expired, and she had to return to Australia, Newton-John cut her first solo single, "Till You Say You'll Be Mine" b/w "Forever," for Decca Records in England in 1966.
Newton-John was recruited for the group, "Toomorrow"—the brainchild of American producer Don Kirshner, creator of The Monkees. The group recorded an album and starred in a "science fiction musical" both named after the group released in 1970. The project failed and the group was quickly disbanded.
1971-1977
Newton-John released her first solo album, If Not For You, in 1971. The title track, written by Bob Dylan, was her first international hit (No. 25 Pop, No. 1 Adult Contemporary AC). Her follow-up, Banks Of The Ohio, was a Top 10 hit in England and Australia, but faltered in the US (No. 94 Pop, No. 34 AC). She was voted Best British Female Vocalist two years in a row by the magazine Record Mirror. She made frequent appearances on Cliff Richard's weekly show, It's Cliff Richard, and starred with him in the telefilm The Case. In the United States, Newton-John's career floundered after If Not For You until the release of Let Me Be There in 1973. The song reached the American Top 10 on the Pop (No. 6), Country (No. 7) and AC (No. 3) charts and earned her a Grammy for Best Country Female. The song also propelled the album Let Me Be There to No. 1 on the Country Albums chart for two weeks.
In 1974, Newton-John switched from the PYE (PRT) label to EMI and released her next album, Long Live Love. She represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest with the title track, a song voted for by the British public that she disliked,O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007. ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3 placing fourth at the contest in Brighton behind ABBA's winning Waterloo. The country success of Let Me Be There led her to release this album with some different, more country-oriented tracks in the United States as If You Love Me, Let Me Know. The title track was the first single reaching No. 5 Pop, No. 2 Country (her best country placement ever) and No. 2 AC. The next single, I Honestly Love You, has become Newton-John's signature song. Written by Jeff Barry and Peter Allen, the ballad became her first No. 1 Pop (two weeks) and second No. 1 AC (three weeks) hit and earned Newton-John two more Grammys for Record of the Year and Best Pop Female. The success of both singles helped the album reach No. 1 on both the Pop (one week) and Country (eight weeks) Albums charts.
Newton-John's country success was reviled by purists who believed a foreigner singing country flavored pop music did not belong in country music. Besides her Grammy for Let Me Be There, Newton-John was also named the Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year in 1974 defeating nominees Loretta Lynn, Canadian Anne Murray, Dolly Parton and Tanya Tucker. Newton-John's win outraged many country artists leading to the formation of the short-lived Association of Country Entertainers (ACE). Newton-John was eventually supported by most in the country music community. Stella Parton, Dolly's sister, recorded Ode To Olivia and Newton-John recorded her 1976 album, Don't Stop Believin' (Olivia Newton-John album), in Nashville.
Encouraged by expatriate Australian singer Helen Reddy, Newton-John left England and moved to the United States. Newton-John topped the Pop (one week) and Country (six weeks) Albums charts with her next album, Have You Never Been Mellow. The album generated two singles - the title track (No. 1 Pop, No. 3 Country, No. 1 AC) and Please Mr. Please (No. 3 Pop, No. 5 Country, No. 1 AC). Newton-John's pop career cooled with the release of her next album, Clearly Love. Her streak of five consecutive gold Top 10 singles ended when the album's first single, Something Better To Do, stopped at No. 13 (also No. 19 Country and No. 1 AC). Although her albums still achieved gold status and usually charted in the Top 10 on the Country Albums chart, she did not return to the Top 10 on the Hot 100 or Pop Albums charts again until 1978.
Newton-John's singles continued to easily top the AC chart where she ultimately amassed ten No. 1 singles including seven consecutively - from 1974's I Honestly Love You through 1976's Don't Stop Believin'. She also continued to reach the Country Top 10 where she tallied seven Top 10 hits through 1976's Come On Over (No. 23 Pop, No. 5 Country, No. 1 AC). By mid-1977, Olivia's AC and country success also began to wane. Her Making a Good Thing Better album (No. 34 Pop, No. 13 Country) failed to be certified gold and its only single, the title track, did not even reach the AC Top 10. Although the release that same year of Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits became her first platinum album, Newton-John was ready to move her career in new directions.
1978-1979
in Grease.
Newton-John's career soared after starring in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Grease (film) in 1978. She was offered the lead role of Sandy after a chance meeting with producer Allan Carr at a dinner party held by Helen Reddy in her Los Angeles home. Burned by her Toomorrow experience and concerned that she was too old to play a high school senior (she turned 29 during the latter 1977 filming), Newton-John insisted on a screen test with the film's co-star, John Travolta. Their chemistry was obvious and Newton-John happily, but cautiously, signed on. The film accommodated Newton-John's Australian accent by recasting her character from the play's original American Sandy Dumbrowski to Sandy Olsson - an Australian who vacations and then moves with her family to the United States.
The film was the biggest box office hit of 1978linkification: http://www.imdb.com/boxoffice/alltimegross, 'IMDB - Top Grossing Movies and remained popular enough that it was re-released in theaters on its 20th anniversary in 1998. The soundtrack spent 12 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 and yielded three Top 5 singles for Newton-John: the No. 1 [You're The One That I Want (with John Travolta), the No. 3 Hopelessly Devoted to You and the No. 5 Summer Nights (with John Travolta and the film's cast). The former two songs were both written by Newton-John's long-time producer, John Farrar, specifically for the film. Newton-John became the second female (after Linda Ronstadt in 1977) to have two singles, Hopelessly Devoted to You and Summer Nights, in the Billboard Top 5 simultaneously. She was nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actress in a Musical and performed the Oscar-nominated Hopelessly Devoted to You at the 1979 Academy Awards. To this day, the soundtrack still sells several thousand copies per week and often appears on Billboard's Soundtracks chart.
Newton-John's transformation in the film from goody-goody "Sandy 1" to spandex-clad "Sandy 2" emboldened Newton-John to do the same with her music career. In November 1978, she released the pop album, Totally Hot, which became her first solo Top 10 (No. 7) album since Have You Never Been Mellow. Dressed on the cover all in leather, the album's singles A Little More Love (No. 3 Pop, No. 94 Country, No. 4 AC), Deeper Than The Night (No. 11 Pop, No. 87 Country, No. 4 AC) and the title track (No. 52 Pop) all demonstrated a more aggressive and uptempo sound for Newton-John. Although the album clearly de-emphasized country, it still reached No. 4 on the Country Albums chart. Newton-John released the B-side Dancin' 'Round And 'Round, of the Totally Hot single to country radio where it peaked at No. 29 (as well as No. 82 Pop and No. 25 AC). However, this became Newton-John's last charted country airplay single to date.
1980s
Newton-John began 1980 by releasing I Can't Help It (No. 12 Pop, No. 8 AC), a duet with Andy Gibb from his After Dark album. Later that year, she appeared in her first film since Grease, starring in the musical Xanadu (film) with Gene Kelly and Michael Beck. While the movie was a critical failure, it was ultimately profitable and its soundtrack was certified double platinum. The soundtrack boasted five Top 20 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 including Newton-John's Magic (No. 1 Pop, No. 1 AC), Suddenly with Cliff Richard (No. 20 Pop, No. 4 AC) and the title-song with Electric Light Orchestra (No. 8 Pop, No. 2 AC). The film has since become a cult classic and the basis for a well-reviewed Broadway show in 2007. Newton-John received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in recognition of her career the following year.
1981 saw the release of Newton-John's most successful studio album, the double platinum Physical (Olivia Newton-John album). The title track, written by Steve Kipner and Terry Shaddick, spent ten weeks atop the Billboard magazine Hot 100, matching the then record of most weeks at No. 1 by a female artist held by Debby Boone's You Light Up My Life (song). The single was certified platinum and ultimately ranked as the biggest song of the decade. The album spawned two more singles, Make A Move On Me (No. 5 Pop, No. 6 AC) and Landslide (No. 52 Pop). To counter the overtly suggestive tone of the title track, Newton-John filmed an exercise-themed video that turned the song into an aerobics anthem (and made headbands a fashion accessory outside the gym). Newton-John became a pioneer in the nascent music video industry by recording a video album for Physical featuring videos of all the album's tracks as well as three of her older hits. The video album earned her a fourth Grammy and was aired as an ABC prime time special, Let's Get Physical, becoming a Top 10 Nielsen hit. The 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, which yielded two more Top 40 singles: Heart Attack (No. 3 Pop) and Tied Up (No. 38 Pop). The tour was filmed for her Olivia In Concert television special, which premiered on HBO in January 1983. The special was subsequently released to video, earning Newton-John another Grammy nomination.
Newton-John re-teamed with Travolta in 1983 for the critically and commercially unsuccessful Two of a Kind (1983 film), redeemed by its platinum soundtrack featuring Twist Of Fate (No. 5 Pop), Livin' In Desperate Times (No. 31 Pop) and a new duet with Travolta, Take A Chance (No. 3 AC). Newton-John released another video package, the Grammy-nominated Twist Of Fate, featuring videos of her four songs on the Two of a Kind soundtrack and the two new singles from Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2. The same year, Newton-John and Pat Farrar founded Koala Blue. The store was originally for Australian imports, but segued into a chain of women's clothing boutiques. The chain was initially successful, but declared bankruptcy and closed in 1992. Newton-John and Farrar would later license the brand name for a line of Australian produced wines and confections.
Newton-John married long-time boyfriend Matt Lattanzi in December 1984. The couple had met four years earlier while filming Xanadu (film) (They divorced in 1995.). Newton-John resumed recording in 1985 with the release of the gold Soul Kiss (No. 29 Pop). By this point, fans were tiring of Newton-John's raunchier image. The album's only charted single was the title track (No. 20 Pop, No. 20 AC). Newton-John's pregnancy with daughter Chloe Rose Lattanzi (b. January 1986) limited her ability to publicize the album. The video album for Soul Kiss featured videos of only five of the album's ten tracks and the album's second single, Toughen Up, failed to even chart.
After a three year hiatus to raise Chloe, Newton-John returned with 1988's The Rumour. The album was promoted by an HBO special, Olivia Down Under, and its first single, the title track, was written and produced by Elton John. Both the single (No. 62 Pop, No. 33 AC) and album (No. 67 Pop) fizzled as the nearly 40 year-old Newton-John seemed "old" when compared to the teen queens Debbie Gibson and Tiffany (singer) ruling the charts at that time. The second single, Can't We Talk It Over In Bed, did not chart. (The song was remade the following year by Grayson Hugh as Talk It Over becoming his only Top 20 hit.) A year later, Newton-John recorded her "self-indulgent" album, Warm and Tender (Olivia Newton-John album), featuring lullabies and love songs for parents and their children. This album also did not revive her recording career struggling to only No. 124 Pop.
Later career
Newton-John was primed for another comeback in 1992 when she compiled her third hits collection, Back To Basics - The Essential Collection, and planned her first tour since her Physical trek ten years earlier. Shortly after the album's release, Newton-John was diagnosed with breast cancer forcing her to cancel all publicity for the album including the tour. Newton-John received her diagnosis on the same day her father passed away. Newton-John recovered and has since become a tireless advocate of breast cancer awareness. She has been a product spokesperson for the Liv-Kit, a breast self-examination product. She is currently raising funds to build the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Centre in Melbourne, Australia.
Newton-John's cancer diagnosis affected the type of music she recorded. In 1994, she released Gaia: One Woman's Journey, which chronicled her ordeal. This was the first album on which Newton-John wrote all of the songs encouraging her to become more active as a songwriter thereafter. In 2005, she released Stronger Than Before which was sold exclusively in the United States by Hallmark. Proceeds from the album's sales benefited breast cancer research. The following year, Newton-John released a healing CD, Grace And Gratitude. The album was sold exclusively by Walgreens also benefitting various charities and was the "heart" of their "Body - Heart - Spirit" Wellness Collection. The collection also featured a re-branded Liv-Kit and breast health dietary supplements.
Newton-John's more spiritual, contemplative music was complemented by her pop oriented releases. In 1998, she returned to Nashville to record Back With A Heart. The album returned her to the Top 10 (No. 9) on the Country Albums chart. Its only single was a remake of I Honestly Love You produced by David Foster and featuring Babyface on background vocals that charted Pop (No. 67) and AC (No. 18). Country radio dismissed the song, although it did peak at No. 16 on the Country Sales chart. The album track, Love Is A Gift, won Newton-John a 1999 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song after being featured on the daytime serial, As The World Turns. Newton-John resumed touring in 1999.
Newton-John's subsequent albums were all released overseas primarily in Australia. Newton-John, John Farnham and Anthony Warlow toured Australia as The Main Event (concert tour). The live album won an ARIA Music Awards for Highest Selling Australian CD and was also nominated for Best Adult Contemporary Album. She and Farnham performed Dare To Dream at the Opening Ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 2002, Newton-John released (2), a duets album featuring mostly Australian singers including Darren Hayes, Tina Arena, Jimmy Little, Billy Thorpe and Johnny O'Keefe as well as a heartfelt "duet" with the deceased Peter Allen. The same year, Newton-John was inducted into Australia's ARIA Hall of Fame. 2004 brought the release of Indigo: Women of Song, a tribute album covering songs by The Carpenters, Minnie Riperton, Doris Day, Nina Simone, Joan Baez and others. Newton-John dedicated the album to her mother who died the previous year.
Newton-John acted occasionally during this period. She appeared in a supporting role in the 1996 AIDS drama, It's My Party - her first feature film since Two of a Kind (1983 film). In 2000, she appeared in a dramatically different role as Bitsy Mae Harling, a lesbian ex-con country singer, in Del Shores' Sordid Lives. (Reportedly, Newton-John will reprise this role in Del Shores' Sordid Lives - The Series from LOGO scheduled for 2008.) Newton-John has done some television work as well. She starred in the television movies A Mom For Christmas (1990) and A Christmas Romance (1994) - both Top 10 Nielsen hits. Her daughter, Chloe Rose Lattanzi, starred as one of her children in both A Christmas Romance and in the 2001 Showtime film The Wilde Girls. Newton-John guest-starred as herself in the sitcoms Ned and Stacey, Murphy Brown and Bette (TV series). In Australia, Newton-John hosted Wild Life, a show about animals and nature - two major interests for Newton-John. She also guest stared as Joanna on two episodes of the Australian series The Man from Snowy River (TV series).
After her 1995 divorce from Matt Lattanzi, Newton-John met gaffer (motion picture industry)/camera operator Patrick McDermott the following year. The couple dated on and off for nine years until he went missing following a 2005 fishing trip off the California coast. Various theories have abounded regarding his disappearance ranging from his death by accident or foul play to McDermott staging his disappearance to avoid child support payments to his ex-wife, actress Yvette Nipar. To date, there have been no credible leads and he remains missing. Newton-John, who was in Australia at her self-owned Gaia Retreat & Spa at the time of his disappearance, was never a suspect linkification: http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/newtonjohn-frantic/2005/08/22/1124562799885.html?oneclick=true "Newton-John 'frantic'"], The Sydney Morning Herald, August 22, 2005 and has refused to comment on any speculation. Newton-John returned to the tabloid headlines again in 2007 when it was revealed that her daughter was recovering from anorexia.
Newton-John released her first proper Christmas album, Christmas Wish, online in September 2007. (The album will retail exclusively at Target beginning November 6, 2007.) She previously released a Christmas album with Vince Gill through Hallmark in 2000 and a compilation album, Christmas Collection, of seasonal music recorded for various albums and television performances in 2001. Newton-John is also scheduled to release another concert video, Olivia Newton-John With The Sydney Symphony, in January 2008. An edited version of this concert premiered on PBS station, WLIW (Garden City, New York), in October 2007.
Honours
In 1979, Newton-John was appointed an Officer (OBE) of the Order of the British Empire by Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
In 2002, she was inducted into the Australian Music Hall of Fame by the Australian Recording Industry Association.
In 2006, she was named an Officer (AO) in the Order of Australia for "service to the entertainment industry as a singer and actor, and to the community through organisations supporting breast cancer treatment, education, training and research, and the environment".
Discography
Singles
" a duo with John Travolta, from the 1978 film Grease (film)
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-|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| 7|align="center" valign="top"| 3|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 14|align="center" valign="top"| 8|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 6|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1971|align="left" valign="top"|"Banks Of The Ohio"|align="center" valign="top"| 94|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 34|align="center" valign="top"| 6|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 13|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| 3|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 9|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1972|align="left" valign="top"|"What Is Life"]"|align="center" valign="top"|119|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 15|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 6|align="center" valign="top"| 5|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1973|align="left" valign="top"|"Let Me Be There"]"|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| 6|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| 22|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| 5|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1975|align="left" valign="top"|"Have You Never Been Mellow (song)"|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| 3|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 12|align="center" valign="top"| 9|align="center" valign="top"| 26|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1975|align="left" valign="top"|"Please Mr. Please"|align="center" valign="top"| 3|align="center" valign="top"| 5|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 9|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 28|align="center" valign="top"| 7|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1975|align="left" valign="top"|"Something Better To Do"|align="center" valign="top"| 13|align="center" valign="top"| 19|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 40|align="center" valign="top"| 87|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1976|align="left" valign="top"|"Let It Shine/He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother"|align="center" valign="top"| 30/Flip|align="center" valign="top"| 5|align="center" valign="top"| 1/Flip|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 54|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1976|align="left" valign="top"|"Come On Over"|align="center" valign="top"| 23|align="center" valign="top"| 5|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 62|align="center" valign="top"| 3|align="center" valign="top"| 94|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1976|align="left" valign="top"|"Don't Stop Believin'"|align="center" valign="top"| 33|align="center" valign="top"| 14|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 17|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1976|align="left" valign="top"|"Every Face Tells a Story"]" (re-release)|align="center" valign="top"| 48|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 49|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1977|align="left" valign="top"|"Sad Songs"|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 84|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1978|align="left" valign="top"|"Jolene"|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 4|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 11|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1978|align="left" valign="top"|"You're The One That I Want" (w/John Travolta)]" (w/John Travolta)])|align="center" valign="top"| 12|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 8|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1980|align="left" valign="top"|"Don't Cry for Me Argentina"|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 33|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1980|align="left" valign="top"|"Magic (Olivia Newton-John song)"|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| 32|align="center" valign="top"| 6|align="center" valign="top"| 36|align="center" valign="top"| 2|align="center" valign="top"| 4|align="center" valign="top"| 43|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1980|align="left" valign="top"|"Xanadu (Olivia Newton-John/ELO)" (w/ E.L.O.)])|align="center" valign="top"| 20|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 4|align="center" valign="top"| 15|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 26|align="center" valign="top"| 30|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 6|-|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1981|align="left" valign="top"|Physical (Olivia Newton-John song)|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 29|align="center" valign="top"| 7|align="center" valign="top"| 2|align="center" valign="top"| 4|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| 17|align="center" valign="top"| 4|-|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1982|align="left" valign="top"|"Make A Move On Me"|align="center" valign="top"| 5|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 6|align="center" valign="top"| 43|align="center" valign="top"| 4|align="center" valign="top"| 38|align="center" valign="top"| 15|align="center" valign="top"| 22|align="center" valign="top"| 59|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1982|align="left" valign="top"|"Landslide"|align="center" valign="top"| 52|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 18|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 42|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 25|-|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1982|align="left" valign="top"|"Heart Attack"|align="center" valign="top"| 3|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 46|align="center" valign="top"| 2|align="center" valign="top"| 51|align="center" valign="top"| 17|align="center" valign="top"| 11|align="center" valign="top"| 71|align="center" valign="top"| 30|-|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1983|align="left" valign="top"|"I Honestly Love You" (re-release)])|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 3|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1984|align="left" valign="top"|"Livin' In Desperate Times"|align="center" valign="top"| 31|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1985|align="left" valign="top"|"Soul Kiss"|align="center" valign="top"| 20|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 20|align="center" valign="top"| 100|align="center" valign="top"| 25|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 12|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1986|align="left" valign="top"|"Toughen Up"|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 69|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1986|align="left" valign="top"|"The Best Of Me" (w/David Foster)])|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 22|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|-|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1998|align="left" valign="top"|"You're The One That I Want" (w/John Travolta) (re-release)], Billy Dean, Faith Hill, Neal McCoy, Michael McDonald, Victoria Shaw and Bryan White)]" (re-recording)|align="center" valign="top"| 67|align="center" valign="top"| 16 (Sales)|align="center" valign="top"| 18|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|-|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|2006|align="left" valign="top"|"Instrument of Peace"|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 30|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|-
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Albums
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Grease (soundtrack album)|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| 1|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1979|align="left" valign="top"|
Totally Hot]|align="center" valign="top"| 4|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 2|align="center" valign="top"| 2|align="center" valign="top"| 6|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1981|align="left" valign="top"|Physical (Olivia Newton-John album)
|align="center" valign="top"| 6|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 11|align="center" valign="top"| 1|align="center" valign="top"| 5|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1982|align="left" valign="top"|Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2] Soundtrack|align="center" valign="top"| 26|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 35|align="center" valign="top"| 29|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1985|align="left" valign="top"|Soul Kiss]|align="center" valign="top"| 67|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 15|align="center" valign="top"| 31|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1989|align="left" valign="top"|Warm And Tender|align="center" valign="top"| 124|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 43|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1992|align="left" valign="top"|Back to Basics: The Essential Collection 1971–1992]|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| 33|align="center" valign="top"| 7|align="center" valign="top"| -|-|- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"|align="left" valign="top"|1998|align="left" valign="top"|Back With A Heart]|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valign="top"| -|align="center" valig
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