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MUSIC FEATURE OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN In Album Tales, Bryget Chrisfield hits you with some juicy nuggets of wisdom surrounding classic icons and their records. This month it’s the newly-remastered collection of hits from the late jewel of Oz, Olivia Newton-John. small s Asa teenager, Olivia was asked to fill in for The Tarax Show regular Lovely Anne over the Christmas hols while she took a break to go get married, which is how ‘Lovely Livvy’ got her start in TV. She had to drop out of high school in order to accept this gig on the popular children’s show, hosted by Happy Hammond. aM Cunsecet acieice) Dame Olivia Newton-John’s Suerte etna) Tinea eeu ‘we recommend you do so sharpish. ONJ's captivating CMC Uiael lls mele) Pees Cl mum lata matched the sound of her emt a me Rice) Rest acct ale an tel ase standards for the rest of us, etc cee) cracked the global market, winning four Grammys and selling 100 million albums worldwide. Let's face it: we all SU ROR Cea fe \R Eee ue ETS UE ES ea Co) eRe r acral) her family relocating here when she was five), Olivia is most often remembered for her good-girl-gone-kinda-bad RUS ulm ects} as Sandy in Grease. But I'm sure we can all agree that CERES mc goodness. “I feel grateful that I've been able to use my success to help create things that were meaningful,” she said during an aA UCU SCT a aCe UCR) ETC Omer patients, ONJ always DE MCR UCL te (ot) Pree eis meat Reece After she was championed by Sir Cliff Richard in the UK —as a regular guest on the variety show he hosted — Olivia cracked the US market thanks to her cover of Bob Dylan's /f Not for You, which topped the country chart and also hit number six on the pop chart. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, ON\J's take on /f Not for You is closer to George Harrison’s rendition than Dylan's. After Olivia won ‘Female Vocalist of the Year’ at the Country Music Association (CMA) Awards, Nashville veterans ~ who regarded ONJ as a pop performer — were incensed enough to break away from the CMA and instead form the Association of Country ac OCTOBER 2022 CEN ToT iE) BOM cc MUM COED} visit stack.com.au Entertainers (or ACE). Led by George Jones and Tammy Wynette (who were married at the time), the association sought to “preserve the identity of country music as a separate and distinct form of entertainment,” and mostly consisted of Grand Ole Opry members. Olivia later claimed she was unaware of this CMA backlash at the time: “| was travelling and touring, and | heard about it after,” she said. "[I] heard that Dolly [Parton] and Loretta [Lynn] had backed me up, so | had great support.” ONJ insi test for Gr Olivia was ofuied the role of Sandy in Grease after producer Allan Carr was charmed by her during a dinner party at Helen Reddy's house. Apart from the fact that she would be a 29-year-old playing a 17-year-old, ONJ wanted a chemistry test with co- star John Travolta before committing to the project (Saturday Night Fever wasn't out yet, so she only knew his work from Welcome Back, Kotter). And there was sizzling on-screen chemistry, alright! So Olivia negotiated equal billing with John, and a percentage of Grease’s royalties. Win! Dem ico: In 2019, Olivia sold her most iconic look — Sandy's black leather jacket and disco pants, worn during Grease’s show-stopping finale — at auction, to raise funds for the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness & Research Centre. And the founder of Spanx, Sara Blakely, bought the pants. Peter Say CET eie ts jbhifi.com.au Ji HIFFE
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