Olivia newton-john movies in order
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Olivia in 1966
Growing up in Australia
Olivia Newton-John was born in Cambridge, England on September 26th 1948; her family moved to Australia when she was 5. Her mother, Irene was German, daughter of the physicist Max Born, her father Brin, was Welsh, a professor of German at Cambridge and Melbourne. Despite the academic background, early on Olivia showed an interest in singing, forming a band called the Sol Four with some schoolfriends, and later on singing at her brother in law's coffee bar in Australia. She appeared in several Australian TV shows such as The Go Show as a teenager also starred in a movie Funny Things Happen Down Under which was forgettable apart from some early promise shown in Olivia's delightful rendition of "Christmas Down Under".
in Funny Things Happen Down Under
A talent contest hosted by the Australian Johnny O'Keefe offered Olivia the prize of a trip to England, and she took this up in 1965. Her first introduction to making records was a one-off single deal with Decca Records. The single, Till You Say You'll Be Mine/For Ever, is extremely rare th
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Olivia Newton-John’s appeal seems to be timeless. With a career spanning more than five decades she is still a vibrant, creative individual adored by fans around the globe. Born in Cambridge, England in 1948, the youngest child of Professor Brin Newton-John and Irene, daughter of Nobel Prize winning physicist, Max Born, Olivia moved to Melbourne, Australia with her family when she was five. Her first big break was winning a talent contest on the popular TV show, “Sing, Sing, Sing,” which earned Olivia a trip to London. By the age of fifteen she had formed an all-girl group called Sol 4 and, in 1963, Olivia was appearing on local daytime TV shows and weekly pop music programs in Australia. When she eventually took her prize-winning trip to London, she teamed up with her friend from Melbourne, Pat Carroll (now Pat Farrar), to create a double act, “Pat & Olivia,” and the duo toured army bases and clubs throughout the UK and Europe. Olivia cut her first single for Decca Records in 1966, a version of Jackie DeShannon’s “Till You Say You’ll Be Mine,” and in 1971, she recorded
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Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John | |
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Newton-John performing in 2017 | |
| Born | (1948-09-26)26 September 1948 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Origin | Melbourne, Australia |
| Died | 8 August 2022(2022-08-08) (aged 73) Santa Ynez Valley, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Pop, country, soft rock, adult contemporary, dance-pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actress |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1963–2022 |
| Labels | Uni, MCA, EMI, Pye, Festival |
| Website | olivianewton-john.com |
Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was an English and Australiansinger and actress known for her gentle singing voice, her purity of tone and her perfect pitch. A four-time Grammy Award winner, Newton-John was one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with global sales of more than 120 million records.
Newton-John achieved worldwide stardom in a variety of musical genres and was especially well known for her starring role in Grease (1978), one of the most successful movie musicals of all time.
Early life
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