She was also attracted to the music of more mainstream artists like Olivia Newton-John and The Police, perhaps explaining the contrast in her later music between sweet, melodic " pop " songs and more hard rock oriented material.

Newton-John was recruited for the group Toomorrow formed by American producer Don Kirshner, who was also the music consultant for the earliest recordings of the Monkees.

In addition to her Grammy for " Let Me Be There ", Newton-John was also named the Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year in 1974, defeating more established nominees Loretta Lynn, Canadian Anne Murray, Dolly Parton and Tanya Tucker.

Newton-John also released several Christmas albums.

von Jhering was also the great-great-grandfather of Australian singer and actress Olivia Newton-John through his daughter Helene Ehrenberg and her marriage to German jurist Victor Ehrenberg.

The documentary is directed by actress Namrata Singh Gujral and also features cancer survivors Olivia Newton-John, Diahann Carroll, Melissa Etheridge, Mumtaz and Jaclyn Smith.

Carver is also the author of Dancing Queen: a Lusty Look at the American Dream, in which she expounds upon various relics of pop culture past, including Lawrence Welk, roller rinks, and Olivia Newton-John.

It also won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1976, beating out the likes of Linda Ronstadt, Olivia Newton-John, and Helen Reddy and was nominated for " Record of the Year " and " Song of the Year ".

The first two award recipients were former member of The Monkees Michael Nesmith for the hour-long video Elephant Parts ( also known as Michael Nesmith in Elephant Parts ) as well as Olivia Newton-John for Olivia Physical.

The first two award recipients were former member of The Monkees, Michael Nesmith for the hour-long video Elephant Parts ( also known as Michael Nesmith in Elephant Parts ) as well as Olivia Newton-John for Olivia Physical.

She also holds the distinction of being the first Filipino to win in an international music festival by bagging the Best Performer Award during the 1st Tokyo Music Festival ( 1972 ) where she bested numerous international artists including the highly-regarded Olivia Newton-John.

Since then, Torry has also performed as a session singer ( singing on a number of 1970s UK TV adverts ) and as a live backing vocalist with Kevin Ayers, Olivia Newton-John, Shriekback, The Alan Parsons Project ( for which she also sang lead vocal on one track on their 1979 Eve album ), Procol Harum mainman Gary Brooker, Matthew Fisher, Cerrone, Culture Club ( on their hit " The War Song "), Meat Loaf and Johnny Mercer.

The song is also sometimes considered a Christmas carol, and as such has been covered by numerous artists on Christmas albums, most recently including Olivia Newton-John and Michael McDonald who performed the song as a duet on Newton-John's 2007 album Christmas Wish.

The film was nominated for five Razzie Awards: Worst Actor ( Travolta, also for Staying Alive ), Worst Actress ( Newton-John ), Worst Director ( Herzfeld ), Worst Screenplay, and Worst Picture.

A cover of the hit song " Hopelessly Devoted to You " from the movie Grease is also performed with the song's original singer, Olivia Newton-John.

He has also appeared on records by such diverse artists as George Harrison, The Grateful Dead, Paul McCartney, Steppenwolf, Whitney Houston, Barbra Streisand, Joni Mitchell, Blondie, Eddie Money, Steely Dan, Pink Floyd, The Blues Brothers, Quincy Jones, Carole King, Olivia Newton-John and Frank Sinatra.

When her single " Let Me Be There " became a big pop-country crossover hit in 1974, it became quite controversial, especially after Newton-John won a Grammy award for " Best Female Country Vocal Performance " for the song, and also won the CMA's most coveted award for females, " Female Vocalist of the Year " ( beating out established Nashville artists Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn and Tanya Tucker, as well as Canadian transplant Anne Murray ).

The docudrama is directed and produced by Gujral and also stars breast cancer survivors Olivia Newton-John, Diahann Carroll, Melissa Etheridge, Mumtaz and Jaclyn Smith.

Olivia Newton-John also appearred as a guest performer.

He also has produced: LeAnn Rimes, Faith Hill, Michael McDonald, Natalie Cole, Patti LaBelle, Amy Holland ( he sang a duet with her called " I Still Run To You " which was on Amy's second album On Your Every Word ), Trisha Yearwood, Selena, All-4-One, Bette Midler ( and also sang a duet with her, " I Know You by Heart ," on the Beaches film soundtrack ), Brian Setzer, TLC, Brian McKnight, Little Richard, Patti Austin, Linda Ronstadt, James Ingram, The Pointer Sisters, Mavis Staples, Andrae Crouch, David Benoit, Take 6, Bruce Hornsby, Branford Marsalis, Chick Corea, Steve Vai, Tevin Campbell, The Jerky Boys, Paul Rodriguez, Yakov Smirnoff, Def Jeff, Amy Grant, Chet Atkins, Olivia Newton-John, DC Talk, recent Academy Award – winner Jennifer Hudson and CeCe Winans.

The documentary was made by Namrata Singh Gujral and also featured cancer survivors Olivia Newton-John, Diahann Carroll, Melissa Etheridge, Mumtaz and Jaclyn Smith as well as William Baldwin, Daniel Baldwin and Priya Dutt, whose lives have been touched by cancer.

Kelly continued to make frequent TV appearances and, in 1980, appeared in an acting and dancing role opposite Olivia Newton-John in Xanadu ( 1980 ), an expensive theatrical flop which has since attained a cult following.

Newton-John continued to record and perform pop-oriented music as well.

: In addition, several other songs that reach the top on one of the charts does very well on the other, including " Have You Never Been Mellow " and " Please Mr. Please " by Olivia Newton-John ; " I'm Not Lisa " by Jessi Colter ; Fender's " Wasted Days and Wasted Nights "; and " When Will I Be Loved " by Linda Ronstadt.

Written and composed by Jeff Barry and Peter Allen, the ballad became her first No. 1 Pop ( two weeks ), second No. 1 AC ( three weeks ) and third Top 10 Country ( No. 6 ) hit and earned Newton-John two more Grammys for Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance-Female.

Newton-John topped the Pop ( one week ) and Country ( six weeks ) Albums charts with her next album, Have You Never Been Mellow.

The soundtrack album spent 12 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 and yielded three Top 5 singles for Newton-John: the platinum " You're The One That I Want " ( No. 1 Pop, No. 23 AC ) with John Travolta, the gold " Hopelessly Devoted to You " ( No. 3 Pop, No. 20 Country, No. 7 AC ) and the gold " Summer Nights " ( No. 5 Pop, No. 21 AC ) with John Travolta and the film's cast.

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.

Newton-John released the B-side, " Dancin ' ' Round and ' Round ," of the " Totally Hot " single to Country radio peaking at No. 29 ( as well as No. 82 Pop and No. 25 AC ), becoming her last charted solo Country airplay single to date.

Newton-John, an Australian pop singer, was named Female Vocalist of the Year by the Country Music Association, sparking a debate that continues to this day — what is country music?

Others, like John Denver, Olivia Newton-John, The Eagles, Faron Young, Willie Nelson, Dottie West, Alabama, Eddie Rabbitt, Ronnie Milsap and Anne Murray began successful in Country but made the crossover to pop music.

Olivia Newton-John received the Country Music Association's Top Female Vocalist award in the USA in 1974.

In 1974, Olivia Newton-John received the Country Music Association's Top Female Vocalist award in the USA, despite protest from American country purists.

The group forms as a result of an outcry over the 1974 Country Music Association awards program, where pop diva Olivia Newton-John won Female Vocalist of the Year, and Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass was awarded another Instrumental Group of the Year.

) 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.

The 5, 036 seat Entertainment Centre has hosted a variety of stars including Journey, Air Supply, Alice Cooper, Diana Ross, Kelly Clarkson, Creed, 3 Doors Down, Eric Burdon, The Searchers, Faith Hill, David Cook, Deep Purple, Gloria Estefan, Men at Work, Jay Leno, Jewel, Carrie Underwood, Chicago, Olivia Newton-John, Vince Gill, Tony Bennett, Bill Cosby, Styx, Michael Bolton, Ringo Starr, Neil Sedaka, Jeff Foxworthy, LeAnn Rimes, Alicia Keys, Art Garfunkel, Clint Black, David Copperfield, Petula Clark, Roger Hodgson, ZZ Top, Bad Company, Dolly Parton, The Guess Who, George Thorogood, Heart, Steve Miller, Tom Jones, New Kids on the Block, Smokey Robinson, Stone Temple Pilots, CCR, Air Supply, Hall & Oates, Lionel Richie, Weezer, Terra Naomi, Whitesnake and KISS.

Baker and Mullard, then aged 73 and 68, dressed in wigs and costumes similar to the John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John characters from Grease and appeared on the BBC show Top of the Pops and the Granada Television music show for children Get It Together.

He interviewed over a thousand guests including Bob Hope, Tim Robbins, Mel Gibson, Chevy Chase, Duran Duran, Cilla Black, Steve Allen, Barry Humphries, Lou Rawls, Tom Jones, Brit Ekland, Cleo Laine, Tiny Tim, Kylie Minogue, Brigette Neilson, Audrey Hepburn, Elle Macpherson, Shirley MacLaine, Alice Cooper, BB King, Rob Lowe, Dionne Warwick, Patrick Swayze, Jerry Hall, Kirk Douglas, Olivia Newton-John, Phil Collins, Sir Bob Geldof, Peter Allen, Sir Peter Ustinov, David Bellamy, Kim Wilde, Michael Aspel, Sally Field, Charles Dance, Whoopi Goldberg, John Thaw, Quincy Jones, Priscilla Presley, Robert Downey Jnr, Mickey Rooney, Martin Sheen, M C Hammer, Lyn Redgrave, ZZ Top, Leo McKern, Kathy Bates, Jane Seymour, Darryl Hannah, Jeremy Irons, Jeffrey Archer, Edward de Bono, Robert Ludlum, James Wood, Diana Ross, Jackie Collins, Harry Connick Jnr, Sir Harry Secombe, Gloria Estafan, Gerard Depardieu, George Benson, Fred Schepsi, Colleen McCullough, Burt Reynolds, Billy Joel, Bette Midler, Ben Elton, Phyllis Diller, Alexei Sayle, Elliott Gould, Oliver Reed, Oliver Stone, Macauley Culkin, Spinal Tap, Robin Williams and Cindy Crawford and various Prime Ministers and politicians.

Contemporary artists who recorded adult-appeal music, such as The Carpenters, Barry Manilow, Anne Murray, Helen Reddy, Olivia Newton-John, Barbra Streisand, Art Garfunkel and John Denver began to be played more often on Top 40 radio.

" I Honestly Love You ", written by Barry with Peter Allen, became a 1974 No. 1 for Olivia Newton-John ; and, in 1984, Jeffrey Osborne and Joyce Kennedy hit the Top 40 with another Barry composition, " The Last Time I Made Love ", written with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil.

Some of the best known guests to appear on Tonight Live With Steve Vizard included Bob Hope, Tim Robbins, Mel Gibson, Chevy Chase, Duran Duran, Cilla Black, Steve Allen, Barry Humphries, Lou Rawls, Tom Jones, Brit Ekland, Cleo Lane, Tiny Tim, Kylie Minogue, Brigette Neilson, Audrey Hepburn, Elle Macpherson, Shirely MacLaine, Alice Cooper, BB King, Rob Lowe, Dionne Warwick, Patrick Swayzee, Jerry Hall, Kirk Douglas, Olivia Newton-John, Phil Collins, Bob Geldof, Peter Allen, Sir Peter Ustinov, David Bellamy, Kim Wilde, Michael Aspel, Sally Field, Charles Dance, Whoopi Goldberg, John Thaw, Quincy Jones, Priscilla Presley, Robert Downey Jnr, Mickey Rooney, Martin Sheen, M C Hammer, Lyn Redgrave, ZZ Top, Leo McKern, Kathy Bates, Jane Seymour, Darryl Hannah, Jeremy Irons, Jeffrey Archer, Edward de Bono, Robert Ludlum, James Wood, Diana Ross, Jackie Collins, Harry Connick Jnr, Sir Harry Secombe, Gloria Estafan, Gerard Depardieu, George Benson, Fred Schepsi, Colleen McCullough, Burt Reynolds, Billy Joel, Bette Midler, Ben Elton, Phyllis Diller, Alexei Sayle, Elliott Gould, Oliver Reed, Oliver Stone, Macauley Culkin, Spinal Tap, Robin Williams and Cindy Crawford and various Prime Ministers and politicians.