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

The album grouped Olivia Newton-John ( ONJ ) and ELO's songs into the opposite sides of the album, and some tunes were excluded from the album.

Olivia Newton-John, Pat Benatar, Madonna, Joan Jett, Deborah Harry, Janet Jackson, Cher, Liza Minnelli, Donna Summer, Terri Nunn, Kim Carnes, and Dolly Parton were all at some point considered for the role of Rachel Marron.

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.

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 ").

Newton-John is the youngest of three children, following brother Hugh, a doctor, and sister Rona, an actress who was married to Grease co-star Jeff Conaway from 1980 until their divorce in 1985.

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.

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, and by starring in her third television special, Hollywood Nights.

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

Newton-John returned to the tabloid headlines again in 2007 when it was revealed that her daughter Chloe was recovering from anorexia.

* " Highlights from The Main Event " — with John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John ( 1998 )

* " Serenity ", a song by Olivia Newton-John from Stronger Than Before

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 ).

In 1998, Newton-John released a new version of " I Honestly Love You " from her album Back with a Heart, which featured Babyface on background vocals, and reached number sixty-seven on the Billboard Hot 100, her first U. S. charted single in six years.

* " Xanadu " ( Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra song ), a 1980 single from the soundtrack to the film Xanadu

Pop rock performers or groups from this era include Three Dog Night, Elton John, Bee Gees, Fleetwood Mac, Billy Joel and Olivia Newton-John, among others.

WLTI initially positioned itself as a cross between more up-tempo AC competitor WNIC and beautiful music Joy 97, featuring a blend of soft hits and oldies from artists like Barry Manilow, The Carpenters, Anne Murray, Olivia Newton-John, and Frank Sinatra.

Venice High was used on an episode of Glee ( Yes / No aired January 17, 2012 ), which recreates the classic " Summer Nights " scene from Grease, as made famous by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John ( and filmed on the same location ).

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.

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.

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

Among one of the most unappreciated artists who did this was Olivia Newton-John in 1974, who emerged from Australia in the mid-70s, hoping to make it big in the United States.

Matt Lattanzi departed, but not before Olivia Newton-John made a brief cameo, beaming down from the entrance of an aeroplane.

The following year, Newton-John released a healing CD, Grace and Gratitude.

Newton-John was featured in UniGlobe Entertainment's breast cancer docu-drama, 1 a Minute, released in October 2010.

In 2010, Newton-John starred in the film Score: A Hockey Musical, released in Canada.

Newton-John at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival

* Jane Lynch of Glee performed a cover of the song with Olivia Newton-John, who guest starred as herself in the 4 May 2010 episode, titled " Bad Reputation ".

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.

Other songs written by McLean for the album included “ Dreidel ” ( number 21 on the Billboard chart ) and “ If We Try ” ( number 58 ), which was subsequently recorded by Olivia Newton-John.

Newton-John released her first solo album, If Not For You ( No. 158 Pop ), in 1971.

All six Eurovision contest song candidates were recorded by Newton-John and included on her Long Live Love album, her first for the EMI Records label.

Stella Parton, Dolly's sister, recorded " Ode to Olivia " and Newton-John recorded her 1976 album, Don't Stop Believin ', in Nashville.

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.

In 1981, Newton-John released her most successful studio album, the double platinum Physical.

Due to her pregnancy, Newton-John limited her publicity for the album.

After a nearly three-year hiatus following the birth of Chloe, Newton-John resumed her recording career with the 1988 album, The Rumour.

Both the single ( No. 62 Pop, No. 33 AC ) and the album ( No. 67 Pop ) fizzled as the nearly 40-year-old Newton-John seemed " old " when compared with the teen queens Debbie Gibson and Tiffany ruling the Pop charts at that time.

( Ironically, this album was praised by critics as more mature with Newton-John addressing topics such as AIDS, the environment and single-parent households.

A year later, Newton-John recorded her self-described " self-indulgent " album, Warm and Tender.

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.

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

This was the first album on which Newton-John wrote all of the songs encouraging her to become more active as a songwriter thereafter.

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.

In 2002, Newton-John released ( 2 ), a duets album featuring mostly Australian artists ( Tina Arena, Darren Hayes, Jimmy Little, Johnny O ' Keefe, Billy Thorpe, Keith Urban ) as well as a heartfelt " duet " with the deceased Peter Allen.

Newton-John dedicated the album to her mother, who had died the previous year.

He photographed Brooke Shields for the cover of the Oct. 12, 1981 edition of Elle and he photographed Olivia Newton-John for her Physical album in 1981.

* Physical ( album ), a 1981 album by Olivia Newton-John