Olivia Newton-John

Olivia Newton-John , born with Cambridge, in England the September 26th 1948 is a singer and Australian actor.

She is the grand-daughter of max Born (1882-1970), German physicist then British, prize winner of the Nobel Prize, which fled Germany with his wife in the Années 1930 in order to avoid persecution Nazi due to her Jewish roots. In 1954, at the 5 years age, Olivia, his/her parents, Bit and Irene Newton-John, and his/her older brothers and sisters, Hugh and Rona, settle with Melbourne, in Australia.

The parents of Olivia divorce whereas it is only 11 years old. At the 15 years age, it forms its first group of girl, the GROUND FURNACE, and until 1963, it regularly attends the radio and tele hooks. It gains the first price during the emission Sing Sing Sing by interpreting " Anyone Who Had has Heart" and " Everything' S Coming Up Roses".

Olivia definitively leaves to live in England the following year with his/her mother and a friend, Pat Carroll (which will marry John Farrar later, the producer of Olivia, ex-member of Shadows). It leaves its first individual in 1966 there: " Till You Say You' L Be Mine" like " Forever" opposite B, for discs DECCA, then its first album “Tomorrow” in 1970, quickly followed by the album “Olivia John Newton” (“Yew not for you” in England) which is a pretty success in 1971. On this album is reproduced the title of Bob Dylan “Yew Not For You”, produced by promised in marriage of Olivia, Bruce Welch, rhythmic guitarist of the Shadows, and a friend, John Farrar. The same year, the title “I honestly Love You” is its first number 1 in the USA.

In 1974, Olivia represents England and arrives 4th at the contest Eurovision of the song at Brighton with the song “Length Live Love”, the contest is gained by the Swedish group ABBA. In 1975, encouraged by his/her friend and Australian compatriot Helen Reddy, Olivia leaves England and settles with the the United States, where she knows great successes on the scene country & western, and although the purists do not cease of the décrier, she gained the price of the female artist country of the year 1974, in front of the heavy trucks of the kind which are Dolly Parton, Tanya Tucker or Tammy Wynette.

The tographic career Cinéma of Olivia begins really during the day when it meets the producer Alan Carr at the time of one evening at Helen Reddy, with Los Angeles. This one offers to him the first feminine role of its next musical comedy: Grease, on the councils of the star of film, John Travolta, and Randall Kleiser, the director. The film is an enormous world success and becomes a social phenomenon, the original soundtrack truste the first places of the hit parades with the titles “You' Re the one that I want” and “Summer Nights”. The title solo of Olivia “Hopelessely Devoted to You” becomes its first number 1 international.

After this striking down success, Olivia connects in 1978 with the album “Totally Hot” written and produced by John Farrar, imposing a sexy image in the line of its character of Sandy at the end of the film Grease, the titles “has little more Love” and “Deeper than the night” quickly reach the first places of the charts. Olivia then becomes one of the most popular artists in the world at that time. She is honoured with very the select title of “Officer about the British Empire” (OBE) by the Queen Elizabeth in 1979.

In 1980, it turns with Gene Kelly a musical lovesong, Xanadu, which is not a great success, except for the original soundtrack who at the head places two titles of the charts, whose song “Xanadu” written and produced by Jeff Lynne of the group Electric Light Orchestrated. The film will become " thereafter; culte" for a whole generation of fans.

1981 will be the most brilliant year for Olivia, with the Physical album, its greater business success to date, more than 2 million copies sold with the only USA and a star on the Walk off Famed with Hollywood, California.

It OFF connects the following year with film TWO has KIND, where it divides again the high-speed motorboat with John Travolta, the magic does not function any more, the film is a commercial failure, but the original soundtrack off cases with the title headlight “Twist Fate” number 1 in the USA in 1983.

Olivia appears then in several emissions and telefilms, it founds KOALA BLUE, a line of female Prêt-à-porter to the colors of Australia, after promising beginnings, the company must quickly cease its activities in the textile, it sells the mark which proposes from now on wines, mineral water and chocolates of the Australian soil, and preserves the rights referring itself to it. It also takes part in the albums of the brothers Gibb (Bee Gees) Barry and Andy.

Married with the actor Matt Lattanzi of 1984 to 1995, with whom it will have a girl, Chloe Pink, then promised in marriage since to Patrick Mc Dermott, a cameraman, Olivia overcame in 1992 a serious Breast cancer and engaged in the fight against this disease while insisting on the importance of the Dépistage. After an Australian round in 1998, it receives an ARIA, the highest reward of the Australian industry of the disc for the whole of its career.

In 2000, Olivia takes part in the inauguration of the Olympic Games of Sydney; in 2002, it leaves an album duets entitled “2” and in 2004 a compilation recoveries standard pop, “Indigo, Women off Song”.

In 2005, after “Gold”, the compilation of its greater successes, Olivia offers a new album in October, dedicated to all the women and all the sick and cured victims cancer, “Stronger Than Before” in collaboration with HALLMARK, whereas at the same time, it saw a personal drama, indeed, its promised in marriage Patrick disappeared at sea since the end of June, without being officially declared deceased, its body not having been found. Olivia tries to find serenity through its career of singer and its fans and should quickly find the way in the concerts and the studios.

Discography

Toomorrow Original soundtrack (1970)
Yew Not For You (1971) (entitled Olivia Newton-John in the USA)
Olivia (1972)
Music Makes My Day (1973)
Long Live Coils (1974)
Have You Ever Been Mellow (1975)
Clearly Love (1975)
As One Over (1976)
Don' T Stop Believin' (1976)
Making has Good Thing Better (1977)
Greatest Hits (1977)
Grease Original soundtrack (1978)
Totally Hot (1979)
Xanadu Original soundtrack (1980)
Coils Performance: Olivia Live in Japan (1981)
Physical (1981)
Greatest Hits vol. 2 (1982)
Two off has Kind Original soundtrack (1983)
Soul KIS (1986)
The Rumor (1988)
Warm and Tender (1989)
Back to Basics: The Essential Collection 1973-1992 (1992)
Gaia (1994)
Heathcliff (1995) (with Cliff Richard)
Back with has Heart (1998)
One Woman' S Live Journey (2000)
'Tis the Season (2000) (with Vince Gill and The Bradford Singers
Sordid Lives soundtrack (2001)
The Christmas Collection (2001)
2 (2002)
Indigo: Women off Song (2004)
Stronger Than Before (2005)
Grace And Gratitude (2006)
Christmas wish (2007)

Catalog of films

Funny Things Happen Down Under (1965)
Toomorrow (1970)
Grease (1978)
Xanadu (1980)
Two off has Kind (1983)
has Mom For Christmas (1990)
has Christmas Romance (1994)
It' S My Party (1996)
Sordid Lives (2000)
Wilde Girls (2002)

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