John Farrar, Newton-John’s long-time collaborator, again took on the role of producer. The album was recorded in Los Angeles and featured a blend of pop ballads and up-tempo tracks. WhileSoul Kissdid not replicate the massive success ofPhysical, it was a notable entry in her discography,...
I’m really sad about the passing of Olivia Newton-John, from cancer at the age of 73. I was a teenager when I first learned about the British-Australian singer back in 1971 when she released her lovely cover of Bob Dylan’s “If Not For You”. The song became her first charting s...
Physical is one of Olivia's finest albums - she is exuberantly happy on this and why not - she had met her husband to be, she was in love - and sang joyfully. The single 'Physical' was a smash hit, standing at no 1 in the US singles charts for ten weeks - joint second in the...
I interviewed Olivia Newton-John for my my "House Call" column in the paper's Mansion section (go here). Until I began my pre-interview research, I had no idea Olivia's grandfather was Max Born, the physicist and mathematician who received a Nobel Prize for developing quantum mechanics. O...