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.

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.

In 1980 Jeff Lynne was asked to write for the soundtrack of the musical film Xanadu, with the other half written by John Farrar and performed by the film's star Olivia Newton-John.

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.

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.

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.

* September 26 – Olivia Newton-John, Australian singer and actress

Olivia Newton-John, AO, OBE ( born 26 September 1948 ) is an English born Australian singer and actress.

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

Olivia Newton-John in 1978Encouraged by expatriate Australian singer Helen Reddy, Newton-John left England and moved to the United States.

She headlined her first U. S. television special, A Special Olivia Newton-John, in November 1976.

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

Olivia Newton-John at the opening of a Koala Blue store in 1988.

In 2008, Newton-John raised funds to help build the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre in Melbourne, Australia.

Newton-John released a companion CD, A Celebration In Song, the following month in Australia and later worldwide featuring new and previously recorded duets by " Olivia Newton-John & Friends.

Olivia Newton-John and Stephen Elliott in January 2012 at the premier of A Few Best Men in Sydney, Australia

Newton-John released another concert DVD, Olivia Newton-John and the Sydney Symphony: Live at the Sydney Opera House, and a companion CD, Olivia's Live Hits, in January 2008.

Notable Australian musicians include: the opera singers Dame Nellie Melba and Dame Joan Sutherland ; country music stars Slim Dusty ( Australia's biggest selling domestic artist ) and John Williamson ; solo artists John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John, Pub rock band Cold Chisel, folk-rocker Paul Kelly ; Dance group The Avalanches ; jazz guitarist Tommy Emmanuel ; pioneer rocker Johnny O ' Keefe, global folk-rock band The Seekers, global rock and pop bands Men At Work, The EasyBeats, Air Supply, Crowded House, AC / DC, INXS, Little River Band, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Midnight Oil, Dragon, Silverchair, Youth Group, You Am I and Powderfinger ; the " pop princess " Kylie Minogue, Pendulum, Pop Rock duo Savage Garden and alternative music stars the John Butler Trio, Xavier Rudd, Wolfmother, Tame Impala and The Vines.

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

Later in the decade, Cotten was in several all-star disaster films, including Airport ' 77 ( 1977 ) with James Stewart and again with Olivia de Havilland, and the nuclear thriller Twilight's Last Gleaming ( 1977 ).

The studio's massive remaining backlot set, " New York Street ", features numerous blocks of facades that depict a number of New York locales: " Washington Square ", ( where The Heiress, starring Olivia de Havilland, was shot ) " Harlem ", " Financial District ", and others.

The film courted controversy by including a nude wedding-night scene while Olivia Hussey was only fifteen.

Robert Siodmak was considered an actor's director, discovering Burt Lancaster and skillfully directing actresses such as Ava Gardner, Olivia de Havilland, Dorothy McGuire, Yvonne de Carlo, Barbara Stanwyck and Ella Raines.

Starring Jason Robards and Olivia de Havilland, the film was a critical hit, with Peckinpah nominated by the Writers Guild for Best Television Adaptation and the Directors Guild of America for Best Television Direction.

She befriended Clark Gable, his wife Carole Lombard and Olivia de Havilland ; but she clashed with Leslie Howard, with whom she was required to play several emotional scenes.

His only other love affair during this period was with Olivia Shakespear, whom he had first met in 1896, and parted with one year later.

In 1943, Olivia de Haviland ( whom Warner was now loaning to different companies ) sued Warner for breach of contract.

Her voice was dubbed by Allen regular Olivia Hayman.

" According to actress Olivia de Havilland, " she mother was the central character.

In 1952, Burton successfully made the transition to a Hollywood star ; on the recommendation of Daphne du Maurier, he was given the leading role in My Cousin Rachel opposite Olivia de Havilland.

After a prolonged absence in which Crawford was accused of feigning illness, Aldrich was forced to replace her with Olivia de Havilland.

An example of this would South African Sports Illustrated model Olivia Garson who was signed to a commercial print agency in London and now is represented by Next Models worldwide.

The tour was filmed for her Olivia In Concert television special which premiered on HBO in January 1983.

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.

In another significant film, Gone with the Wind, which was also produced by Selznick, Melanie Wilkes ( Olivia de Havilland ) reads aloud from the novel David Copperfield while she waits for the vigilantes to come home from the raid.

This was the third film to pair Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland ( after Captain Blood and The Charge of the Light Brigade ).

Trigger ( then named Golden Cloud ) was the horse ridden by Olivia de Havilland in the film.

* Olivia Hack ( born 1983 ), American voice actress

They have a daughter, Mason Olivia ( born October 24, 2001 ), and a son, Jude Gordon ( born August 28, 2004 ), both born to a surrogate mother.

Dame Judith Olivia " Judi " Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA ( born 9 December 1934 ) is an English film, stage and television actress.

Olivia Mary de Havilland ( born 1 July 1916 ) is a British American film and stage actress.

Olivia de Havilland was born in Tokyo, Japan, to parents from the United Kingdom.

Their second daughter, Olivia, was born on February 14, 1984, and their son, Ian, was born on June 16, 1987.

* Olivia Goldsmith ( born Randy Goldfield, 1949 – 2004 ), author of the novel The First Wives Club.

* Olivia Saar ( born 1931 ), Estonian children's writer and poet

Jorge Fernando " Locomotora " Castro (), ( born August 18, 1967 in Caleta Olivia, Santa Cruz province ) is an Argentine boxer and former middleweight champion of the world, who is best known for his second defense of the title against John David Jackson in 1994.

Brook Taylor was born in Edmonton ( at that time in Middlesex ) to John Taylor of Bifrons House, Kent, and Olivia Tempest, daughter of Sir Nicholas Tempest, Bart., of Durham.

Dhani Harrison ( born 1 August 1978 ) is an English musician and the son of the Beatles lead guitarist George Harrison and Olivia Harrison.

Olivia Hussey ( born 17 April 1951 ) is an Argentinian actress who became famous for her role as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's Academy Award-winning 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet, winning a Golden Globe as well as the David di Donatello for best actress.

Hussey was born Olivia Osuna in Buenos Aires, Argentina to Joy Alma ( née Hussey ), a British legal secretary and Andrés Osuna ( aka Osvaldo Ribó ), an Argentine tango singer, who divorced when Olivia was two.

Winsor was born October 16, 1919 in Olivia, Minnesota but raised in Berkeley, California.

Wilton Norman Chamberlain was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, into a family of nine children, the son of Olivia Ruth Johnson, a domestic worker and homemaker, and William Chamberlain, a welder, custodian, and handyman .< ref >

They have three daughters, Rose Elizabeth ( born 19 October 2002 ), Olivia Susan ( born 15 December 2004 ), and Grace ( born 14 September 2007 ).