Newton-John's country success sparked a debate among purists who believed a foreigner singing country-flavoured pop music did not belong in country music.

The single, slightly edgier than she had been known for in the past ( such as her songs from Grease and her country-pop ballad " I Honestly Love You "), proved to be immensely popular both in America and in the United Kingdom, despite the fact that the song was censored and even banned by some radio stations ; due to its sexual and / or violent content, especially the line: " Let me hear your body talk ", in spite of Newton-John's status as the reigning queen of soft-rock music at the time, " Physical " peaked at only number twenty-nine on the AC chart ( its follow-up, the slightly softer-edged " Make a Move on Me ," found more acceptance at AC radio and went to number six AC as well as number five pop.

In the United States, Newton-John's career floundered after If Not For You.

Later that year, Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits ( No. 13 Pop, No. 7 Country ) became her first platinum album as she prepared to launch a new phase in her career.

Newton-John's career soared after starring in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical, Grease, in 1978.

Newton-John's transformation in Grease from goody-goody " Sandy 1 " to spandex-clad " Sandy 2 " emboldened Newton-John to do the same with her music career.

) " Magic " was Newton-John's biggest Pop hit to that point ( four weeks at No. 1 ) and still ranks as the biggest AC hit of her career ( five weeks at No. 1 ).

Newton-John's music career cooled again with the release of her next studio album, the gold Soul Kiss ( No. 29 Pop ), in 1985.

It also marked a controversial moment in Newton-John's career when Kipner / Shaddick's suggestive lyrics caused the song to be banned in Utah and South Africa.

Later in her career, she appeared on television in Steven Bochco's Cop Rock for ABC, and was at one point part of the musical support for Saturday Night Live, performing comical jingles ; she also provided background vocals for Olivia Newton-John's performance of " Let's Get Physical.

His father, John Farrar, was a member of The Shadows and also carved a successful songwriting career, penning many of Olivia Newton-John's big hits.

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.

Newton-John's advocacy for health issues was presaged by her prior involvement with many humanitarian causes.

( Chuda was featured along with Newton-John and daughter Chloe on the cover of Newton-John's Warm and Tender album.

The couple did not announce their marriage until a 4 July barbecue at Newton-John's Malibu, California home, where guests were surprised with the news.

He remained for two more similarly sardonic segments in which he first presented footage of a Chinese zoo baby panda from as the home video of his newly adopted pet, before expressing his new found love for aerobics and pulling a crew member onstage, making her do jumping jacks along with him to Olivia Newton-John's " Physical ".

Steve Kipner is a multi-platinum-selling songwriter and record producer with hits spanning over a 40 year history, including chart-topping songs such as Olivia Newton-John's " Physical ", Chicago's Grammy-nominated " Hard Habit to Break ", " Genie in a Bottle " by Christina Aguilera, for which he won an Ivor Novello Award for International Hit of the Year, Natasha Bedingfield's " These Words ", " The Hardest Thing " by 98 Degrees, " He Loves U Not " by Dream, " Stole " by Destiny's Child's Kelly Rowland, The Script's " Breakeven " and " The Man Who Can't Be Moved ", and most recently, American Idol Season 8 Winner Kris Allen's first single debut " Live Like We're Dying ," and " Fight for This Love " by Great Britain's Cheryl Cole.

This was Newton-John's third live album after the 1981 Japanese release, Love Performance, and her 2000 Australian release, One Woman's Live Journey.

Her mother's family had left Germany before World War II to avoid the Nazi regime ( Newton-John's maternal grandfather was Jewish, and her maternal grandmother was of paternal Jewish ancestry ).

In 1954, when she was six, Newton-John's family emigrated to Melbourne, Australia, where her father worked as a professor of German and as Master of Ormond College at the University of Melbourne.

Newton-John's performance earned her a People's Choice award for Favorite Motion Picture Actress.

However, the channel did air Olivia Newton-John's 1981 video for the hit song " Physical ", which lavished camera time on male models working out in string bikinis who spurn her advances, ultimately pairing off to walk to the men's locker rooms holding hands, though the network ended the clip before the overt homosexual " reveal " ending in some airings.

At the climax of the film, Glover does his rendition, in full drag, of Newton-John's " Please Don't Keep Me Waiting " from her 1979 album Totally Hot.

Chloe and her school choir performed backing vocals on Olivia Newton-John's track " The Way Of Love ", which featured on the 1994 album Gaia.

Australian actress Tiffany Lamb used an American accent in her role as Lisa Whitman, and her opening storyline revolved around her childhood sweetheart Cooper Hart ( played by Olivia Newton-John's husband Matt Lattanzi ).

The next single, " I Honestly Love You ", became Newton-John's signature song.

* 2004: Olivia Newton-John's version appears on the album Women of Song

She performed backing vocals on the self-titled solo album by Gene Simmons as well as background vocals on Olivia Newton-John's 1985 single " Soul Kiss ".

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.

Newton-John's father was an MI. 5 officer on the Enigma project at Bletchley Park who took Rudolf Hess into custody during World War II.

Newton-John's outlook changed when Pat Carroll also moved to England.

Newton-John's singles continued to easily top the AC chart, where she ultimately amassed ten No. 1 singles including a record seven consecutively:

By mid-1977, Newton-John's AC and country success also began to wane.

The former two songs were written and composed by Newton-John's long-time music producer, John Farrar, specifically for the film.

Newton-John's cancer diagnosis also affected the type of music she recorded.

" Over the course of Hole's career, the band experimented with several different styles, from punk to noise rock as well as more mellow alternative rock, power pop, and folk techniques.

With less time to spend songwriting as she focused on a burgeoning film career, during the early 1980s Parton recorded a larger percentage of material from noted pop songwriters, such as Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, Rupert Holmes, Gary Portnoy and Carole Bayer Sager.

Like his father, Downey pursued a career in music, recording in both pop and country styles.

Robyn started her career in the pop music industry at the age of sixteen.

Their original career produced three LPs: Another Music in a Different Kitchen, Love Bites, and A Different Kind of Tension, each supported by extensive touring in Europe and the U. S. Their trademark sound was a marriage of catchy pop melodies with punk guitar energy, backed by an unusually tight and skilled rhythm section.

Since the Spice Girls split, she has had a solo pop music career, scoring four UK Top 10 singles.

Their career ran from 1978 to 1984 and they were one of the most successful pop bands in Dutch history.

Flirting with mainstream pop music as well as writing her own songs for Diamonds & Rust ( 1975 ), the album became the highest selling of Baez's career and spawned a second top-ten single in the form of the title track.

Articolo 31 started out as a mainly East Coast rap-inspired hip hop duo, but changed to a more commercial style during their career and eventually evolved into a punk / pop / crossover group.

The fourth studio album, Clutching at Straws, shed some of its predecessor's pop stylings and retreated into a darker exploration of excess, alcoholism, and life on the road, representing the strains of constant touring that would result in the departure of Fish to pursue a solo career.

The movie's soundtrack is credited for starting the career of pop singer Christina Aguilera, whose first song to be released in the U. S. was her rendition of " Reflection ", the first single from the Mulan soundtrack.

Although White's success on the pop charts slowed down as the disco era came to an end, he maintained a loyal following throughout his career.

The A & M deal also brought some contention between members of the band, torn between a career as an experimental ' pop ' group and that of a purist blues band.

The group's founder was 23-year-old vocalist Marty Balin ( born Martyn Jerel Buchwald in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 30, 1942, but raised in San Francisco ), who had established a minor career as a pop singer in the early 1960s and had made several recordings under his own name.

Undaunted, The 5th Dimension covered the same song virtually note-for-note ( except for the last verse's upward modulation ), and their early 1967 version climbed into the top 20 on both R & B and pop stations and peaked at # 16 on the Hot 100, opening the fivesome's chart career.

He was one of pop culture's most celebrated teen idols, enjoying a successful pop career in the 1970s, and still performs today.

Whiteman recorded many jazz and pop standards during his career, including " Wang Wang Blues ", " Mississippi Mud ", " Rhapsody in Blue ", " Wonderful One ", " Hot Lips ", " Mississippi Suite ", and " Grand Canyon Suite ".

Currently, the most visible ex-KI kid is Fergie ( Stacy Ferguson ), a former member of pop trio Wild Orchid who currently performs with the Grammy-award winning group The Black Eyed Peas as well as enjoying a very successful solo career.

Amidst his solo career, Howe has continuously made himself available as a session musician for many of the world's biggest pop stars.

Experiencing a career and personal rejuvenation, Norwood was eager to scale back on her previous pop venture, and return to her authentic R & B, soul sound and love vocalizing on sixth studio album Two Eleven, for summer 2012 release, which would acquire a " gritty " and experimental edge.

In 1987, she flirted with a pop singing career, releasing the dance single " This Girl's Back In Town ".

But it was their second single, " Go Now " ( released later that year ), which really launched their career, being promoted on TV with one of the first purpose-made promotional films in the pop era, produced and directed by Alex Wharton.

Brown started his career as one of the frontmen of the pop group New Edition, from its inception as The Bricks in 1978 until his forced exit from the group in 1986 following a period of misbehavior on his part.