Olivia Newton-John (natural September 26 1948) is a British-born Australian singer and actress.

Biography

Olivia Newton-John, OBE was innate inside Cambridge, England. She is the granddaughter of Max Born, a German Nobel prize-winning physicist who fled from 1930's Germany with his wife sequentially to keep away from persecution due to his Jewish heritage. Inside 1954, at the age of Quint, Olivia, her parents, Brin & Irene Newton-John, & her older sib, Hugh & Rona, resettled to Melbourne, Australia. Her father got taken a job there when the Dean of Ormond College. He was originally from either Wales, Great Britain and was a prof of German. Brwithin was a MI5 Officer world health organization took Rudolf Hess into custody once he parachuted into Scotland in could 1941. He was connected to the Enigma machine project at Bletchley park .

Inside Australia he finished his Acedemic career when a innovation deputy Vice-chancellor of the 1966 Autonomous University of Newcastle. Before this he was Prof of German at a UNSW annexe at Tighes Hill. Olivia inside her visits to her father would sing at Olivers Unicorn Restuarent upstair within Newcastles Hunter St. Brin & the total of his circle of friends two acedemic & non-acedemic would exist as her independent audience.

Her parents divorced whenever Olivia was 11 years old.

Per age of Fifteen, she got formed an tons-girl band known as Sol 4. By 1963, she was a regular within local television & radio shows in Australia. She won the talent contest on the television programme Sing, Sing, Sing — the prize was the hike to England. On this programme she sang deuce songs: "Anyone Who Had A Heart" & "Everything's Coming Up Roses".

Newton-John returned to sleep in Engl& by using her mother, whilst she was 16 years old and working as a duo by using her friend Pat Carroll (who after married Olivia's producer, John Farrar). Newton-John cut her number one individual, "Till You Say You'll Be Mine" b/w "Forever" for Decca Records in England in 1966. Newton-John's number one album was coroneted Toomorrow [sic], which was likewise a title of Newton-John's musical organisation. This was a inspiration of U.s. producer Don Kirshner, creator of The Monkees. It starred in the picture show Toomorrow. Although a b& and film were commercially abortive, Newton-John's solo career began to choose off using her foremost solo album coroneted Olivia Newton-John, which was freed in the UK in Pye Records. Around 1968 Newton-John met The Shadows' guitarist Bruce Welch to whom she became engaged until 1972. She mass produced appearances in Cliff Richard's weekly indicate "It's Cliff Richard" & asterisked by using him in the tele-film The Case.

A public shortly took notice of Newton-John's talents & she quickly became one of Britain's virtually all popular singers. She was voted 'Right British Female Vocalist' deuce years around the row per magazine 'Record Mirror'.

Newton-John's number 1 international hit was the song written by Bob Dylan called "If Not For You" which was by her so groom-to-be Bruce Welch and John Farrar. She represented a UK in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 and came inside at Quaternary place.

Late in a month, the only I Honestly Love You was released in the United States and became her first individual to chart at #1 through a Atlantic.

Inside 1975, encouraged by exile Australian singer Helen Reddy, Newton-John left England and moved to the United states around which she became the staggeringly popular singer in two country and popular music. She experienced 5 #1 hits, including a song Physical, which stayed at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for ten weeks. She has earned numbers of awards & received quatern Grammys. She has too received an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) from either Queen Elizabeth II in 1979. Within 1981 Newton-John received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in recognition of her outstanding career.

In the united states field, she was respected & loved by fans (up to she was reviled by united states purists world health organizatiin believed her brand of music experienced there is no place on united states radio). Around 1974 she won the Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year award, beating out such united states heavyweights when Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Anne Murray and Tanya Tucker; another united states icon, Tammy Wynette, wasn't even nominated. Newton-John's win infuriated several pure united states creative person & fans, & perchance as a straight symptom, a few united states creative person & more influential personalities became members of a fresh formed organization known as the Association of United states Entertainers.

Newton-John's film breakthrough come while she was offered a female lead in the extremely successful film Grease, after the risk meeting sustaining producer Allan Carr at a person at Helen Reddy's home within Los Angeles. John Travolta got desperately wanted Newton-John to exist as his co-star in the film & had let his wishes be known to Carr and Randal Kleiser before either of them met Newton-John. "You're The One That I Want" & "Summer Nights" attend first in Usa & international stock & index stock and index charts & stood at a first position for 9 and 7 weeks severally on the UK charts. Newton-John's solo total "Hopelessly Devoted To You" was besides the brobdingnagian hit. A film itself was a large pack professional hit of the month & has remained an audience preferred.

To watch this profits, Newton-John freed Entirely Hot around 1978 with extensive promotion; a release was the critical & commercial profits, spawning the megahit "A Little More Love," Top Ten only "Deeper Than The Night," & a Top 40 title track "Totally Hot." The supplementary challenging album than occasionally of Newton-John's sooner releases, the record involved two sexy uptempo cost (including a spirited remaking of the Spencer Davis Class action's "Gimme Some Lovin'"), alongside characteristically beautiful ballads. Newton-John farther established herself when one of a virtually all versatile & pleading female popular singer of her generation. A album likewise cemented Newton-John's transformation into Seventy's sex symbol.

Inside 1980 she took the lead by having Gene Kelly in the cult film, Xanadu. When at the instance, a picture was considered a critical & commercial failure, all over the years it has gained a considerable pop-culture as punishment. A Xanadu soundtrack got many commercially successful singles. Its production was the collaborative effort by owning Electric Light Orchestra.

Newton-John too starred inside Two of a Kind, which received little acclaim however garnered hit songs.

Olivia has likewise done her fair part of television act as well. She starred in the television picture show A Mom For Christmas and A Christmas Romance. She hwhen as well guest-starred inside sitcoms (mostly as herself) like Murphy Brown, Bette, and Ned and Stacey and the made for TV film "The Wilde Girls", which featured her girl Chloe Rose Lattanzi and Swoosie Kurtz.

Within 1983 Newton-John and Patrick cooper Farrar, the longtime friend, based Koala Blue, the chain of women's clothing dress shop, using a designs of a wearing apparel according to the unique style & colours of Australia. A chain was successful for a select few instance however in time went away from business. Still, Newton-John & Farrar use licensed the br& for a line of Australian produced wines, confectionery and more things.

She was married to Matt Lattanzi from either 1984 to 1995. There exists a single infant from either this marriage, Chloe Rose Lattanzi, born within 1986. Since 1996, she has been with fellow, Patrick McDermott, a camera operator. Inside 1992 she underwent breast-cancer surgery, from which she recovered. She actively promotes public awareness of the importance of early detection of the disease. Inside 1998 Newton-John, John Farnham and Anthony Warlow formed the right trio on the "Main Event" tour which travelled to everthing major Australian capital cities, spawned the Top X Video which won an ARIA (Australian Record Industry Association) Award for Greatest Selling Australian Video.

She sang a duet "Dare to Dream" using John Farnham at a Opening Ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics and was an Olympic torch bearer, running a route around a Sydney Opera Home. Inside 2002, a duets album known as (Two) was freed (featuring singers like Darren Hayes, Tina Arena, Jimmy Little and Billy Thorpe also when devout duet-tributes by having Peter Allen and Johnny O'Keefe) and went Top 5 in Australia, followed by a successful Australian tour.

Inside 2002 Newton-John was also inducted into a ARIA Hall of Fame. 2004 saw a dying of her darling mother Irene & the release of "Indigo: Women of Song", the benefit album cover by The Carpenters, Minnie Ripperton, Doris Day, Nina Simone, Joan Baez and many others dedicated to Irene.

Inside 2005 a compilation album "Gold" was released: the double Video using several hits & a bit of rarities. Late in the month "Stronger than Before", the Video promoting breast cancer awareness, might as well exist as freed. A second rumoured plan is "The Hotel Sessions", the dance music Video by Newton-John's nephew, Brett Goldsmith.

Her niece is singer & entertainer Tottie Goldsmith.

In the summertime of 2005, Newton-John's long-time fellow, Patrick McDermott, went missing resulting the June 30 fishing trip off a California coast. A Coast Guard is not ruling out a possibility of funky play however concede it stand couple of leads. It should exist as noted that Newton-John is non considered the suspect in the outbreak.

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Billboard Hot 100 placements

Sole Top Ten hits from either a Billboard Hot 100 are included therein listings.

"Let Me Be There" - (197Three) - (# 6; United states #7; Full-grown Contemporary # 3 & a Grammy winner for Right United states Vocal Performance, Female; from either the album "Let Me Be There") "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" - (1974) - (# Five; United states # Two; Grownup Contemporary # Two from either a album of the equivalent title) "I Honestly Love You" - (1974) - (# 1, Ii Weeks; United states # 6; Fully grown Contemporary #1 (Ternion weeks) & a Grammy winner for Pop Vocal Performance, Female, & Record of the Season; from either the album "If You Love Me, Let Me Know") "Have You Never Been Mellow" - (1975) - (# One, I Week; too Full-grown Contemporary #Unity (1 week); United states # Three from either a album of the equivalent title) "Please Mr. Please" - (197Five) - (# Three; too Full-grown Contemporary #1 (Iii weeks); United states # 5 from either a album "Have You Never Been Mellow") "You're The One That I Want" - (1978; duet sustaining John Travolta) - (# Ace, 1 Week; Grownup Contemporary # 23 from either a "Grease" soundtrack) "Hopelessly Devoted To You" - (1978) - (# Three; Full-grown Contemporary # 7; United states # 20, from either a "Grease" soundtrack) "Summer Nights" - (1978; duet by having John Travolta) - (# Five; Full-grown Contemporary # 21 from either a "Grease" soundtrack) "A Little More Love" - (1978) - (# Three; Grownup Contemporary # Four; United states # 94 from either a album "Totally Hot") "Magic" - (1980) - (# One, Foursome Weeks; besides Big Contemporary #1 (Phoebe weeks); from either a "Xanadu" soundtrack) "Xanadu" - (1980) - (# 8, Grown Contemporary # Two around Americthe however a massive #1 in the U.K.; a picture title song featuring a Electric Weak Orchestra) "Physical" - (1981) - (# 1, 10 Weeks; Adult Contemporary # 29 from the album "Physical") "Make A Move On Me" - (1982) - (# Five; Full-grown Contemporary # 6 from either a album "Physical") "Heart Attack" - (1982) - (# Three; from either a album "Olivia's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2") "Twist Of Fate" - (1983) - (# Five; from either the "Two of a Kind" soundtrack)

Albums
Toomorrow soundtrack (1970) If Not For You (1971) (released in the U.S. when Olivia Newton-John) Olivia (1972) Music Makes My Day (1973) Long Live Love (1974) Have You Ever Been Mellow (1975) Clearly Love (1975) Come On Over (1976) ''Don't Stop Believin' (1976) Making a Good Thing Better (1977) Greatest Hits (1977) Grease soundtrack (1978) Totally Hot (1979) Xanadu soundtrack (1980) Love Performance: Olivia Live in Japan (1981) Physical (1981) Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1982) Two of a Kind soundtrack (1983) Soul Kiss (1986) The Rumour (1988) Warm and Tender (1989) Back to Basics: The Essential Collection 1973-1992 (1992) Gaia (1994) Heathcliff (1995) (w/ Cliff Richard) Back with a Heart (1998) One Woman's Live Journey (2000) 'Tis the Season (2000) (w/ Vince Gill and The Bradford Singers Sordid Lives soundtrack (2001) The Christmas Collection (2001) 2 (2002) Indigo: Women of Song (2004) Stronger Than Before (2005)

Filmography
Funny Things Happen Down Under (1965) Toomorrow (1970) Grease (1978) Xanadu (1980) Two of a Kind (1983) She's Having a Baby (1988) (Cameo) Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991) (documentary) It's My Party (1996) Sordid Lives'' (2000)