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 became a pioneer in the nascent music video industry by recording a video album for Physical featuring videos of all the album's tracks and three of her older hits.

) Newton-John recovered and since became a tireless advocate for breast cancer research and other health issues.

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 ).

" 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.

Newton-John previewed some of the film's soundtrack during her second American network television special, Olivia, featuring guests ABBA and Andy Gibb.

( Like Newton-John, this was Easterling's second marriage.

The first single was " Positive ", in 1998, sampled from the " Physical ", song of Olivia Newton-John, and the second single with Spiller was " Batucada " ( 1999 ).

The song has since been recorded numerous times, such as by New Lost City Ramblers, The Wolfe Tones, Henry Whitter, Ernest Stoneman, Clayton McMichen, The Carter Family, Blue Sky Boys ( whose version, performed in 1936, appears in the soundtrack of the 1973 film Paper Moon ), Johnny Cash, Porter Wagoner, Pete Seeger, Monroe Brothers, Joan Baez, Olivia Newton-John ( with Mike Sammes, in 1971, her second commercial single in the United States ), Dave Guard and the Whiskeyhill Singers, Mike Ireland and Holler, and Doc Watson, with slightly different lyrics when sung by a female.

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.

Corrales holds the distinction of being the first female artist to top the Australian pop music charts long before Helen Reddy, Olivia Newton-John and Kylie Minogue.

Hoffs was actually naked when she recorded the song, after being convinced by Sigerson that Olivia Newton-John got her amazing performances by recording everything while naked.

Newton-John was initially reluctant to use the prize she had won, a trip to England, but travelled there nearly a year later after her mother encouraged her to broaden her horizons.

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.

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 met gaffer / cameraman Patrick McDermott a year after her 1995 divorce from Matt Lattanzi.

During this period, many performers, including Rose Maddox, Kitty Wells, Olivia Newton-John, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt, covered her songs, and her siblings Randy and Stella both received recording contracts of their own.

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 ".

Branigan's vocal performance of " Gloria " was nominated for a Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female Grammy Award ( alongside Linda Ronstadt, Olivia Newton-John, Juice Newton, and that year's winner, Melissa Manchester ); " Gloria " marked Branigan's only solo nomination.

Branigan's vocal performance of " Gloria " was nominated for a Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female Grammy Award ( alongside Linda Ronstadt, Olivia Newton-John, Juice Newton, and that year's winner, Melissa Manchester ); " Gloria " marked Branigan's only solo nomination.

Also, they mixed in non-country artists that had country-friendly songs such as The Eagles, Elvis Presley, Anne Murray, Olivia Newton-John, Linda Ronstadt, and others.

: 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.

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.

* Olivia Newton-John ( 1977, on her album Making a Good Thing Better )

*" Sam " ( Olivia Newton-John song ), 1977

Australian country artists including Olivia Newton-John and Keith Urban have achieved considerable success in the USA.

In the United States, Australian country music stars including Olivia Newton-John and Keith Urban have attained great success.

With a turn of the television dial, viewers around the globe could variously have seen shows and occasional specials featuring Dinah Shore, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Perry Como, Andy Williams, Julie Andrews, The Carpenters, Olivia Newton-John, John Denver, John Davidson, Mac Davis, Bobby Goldsboro, Lynda Carter, Johnny Cash, Sonny and Cher, Bob Monkhouse, Carol Burnett, Rod Hull and Emu, Flip Wilson, Lawrence Welk, Glen Campbell, Donny & Marie Osmond, Barbara Mandrell, Judy Garland, The Captain & Tennille, The Jacksons, The Keane Brothers, Bobby Darin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Mary Tyler Moore, Dean Martin, Tony Orlando and Dawn, The Smothers Brothers, Danny Kaye, Des O ' Connor, Buck and Roy, Roy Hudd, Billy Dainty, Max Wall or The Muppet Show.

Celebrities who have fronted Planet Ark campaigns include Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Newton-John, Jamie Durie, Steve Irwin, Kylie Minogue, Dannii Minogue, Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise, Rolf Harris, Layne Beachley, Shelley Craft and Sir Richard Branson.

He made his acting debut in Michael McGowan's 2010 sports musical Score: A Hockey Musical, where he plays Edgar Gordon, a pacifist father who along with his wife ( Olivia Newton-John ) have a 17-year-old son who has a talent for hockey.

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.

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.

Newton-John guest-starred as herself in the sitcoms Ned and Stacey, Murphy Brown, and Bette, and made two appearances as herself on Glee.

In Australia, Newton-John hosted the animal and nature series Wild Life and guest starred as Joanna on two episodes of the Australian series The Man From Snowy River.

After the breakup of The Alpha Band, Soles released two solo albums, Promise in 1980, and 1982's Walk by Love, and went on to produce or perform on albums by Dylan, Burnett, The Washington Squares, Peter Case, Elvis Costello, Roger McGuinn, Don McLean, The Monkees, The 77s, Olivia Newton-John, Roy Orbison, Tonio K, Victoria Williams, Steve Scott and others.

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.

( 1970 – 1972 ), Clunk, Click ( 1974 )-when in a break with the format, Olivia Newton-John performed three songs a week for two weeks rather than one a week for six weeks-and It's Lulu ( 1975 ).

The album spawned hit singles from both Newton-John (" Magic ," No. 1 in the United States, and " Suddenly " with Cliff Richard ) and ELO (" I'm Alive ", which went gold, " All Over the World " and " Don't Walk Away ").

The title track, performed by both Newton-John and ELO, is ELO's only song to top the singles chart in the United Kingdom.

) Newton-John also continued to reach the Country Top 10 where she tallied seven Top 10 singles through 1976's " Come on Over " ( No. 23 Pop, No. 5 Country, No. 1 AC ) and six consecutive ( of a career nine total ) Top 10 albums through 1976's Don't Stop Believin ' ( No. 30 Pop, No. 7 Country ).

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.

This film starred Gene Kelly and Olivia Newton-John and was widely considered a big-budget flop, but its soundtrack spawned several hit singles for Ms. Newton-John, such as the # 1 hit " Magic ", a duet with Cliff Richard called " Suddenly ", and, with Electric Light Orchestra accompaniment, the title song " Xanadu ".

The Xanadu soundtrack and all its singles by both ELO and Newton-John were released on MCA Records in the USA and Canada, and on Jet Records elsewhere in the world.

The film was salvaged by a platinum soundtrack which yielded three singles for Newton-John: