live versions are listed separately. The links to the song names are to the first album the song came from. The date of release is in brackets afterwards. In some cases, like the 1971 B side The Biggest Clown, the album is much later - the first album to feature that song was the b...
Olivia Newton-John, “Magic” in ‘Xanadu’ Hot 100 Peak Position: 1 (four weeks), Peak Date: 8/2/1980 The 1980 film Xanadu, starring Newton-John as a muse who helps an artist open a nightclub, features this pop hit. “Magic” also became Olivia’s biggest hit — that is until th...
Engineered By: Mack Performed By: Olivia Newton-John (vocals), Jeff Lynne (vocals, guitar, synthesizer), Bev Bevan (drums, percussion), Richard Tandy (piano, synthesizer, all other keyboards), Kelly Groucutt (bass), Louis Clark (orchestra conductor) Initially Released On: Xanadu LP album (198...
Kelly’s final film as an actor was the cult favourite Xanadu (1980), a musical starring pop sensation Olivia Newton-John. Before retiring, his last roles were in the television miniseries North and South (1985) and Sins (1986). During the last three decades of his life, Kelly received ...
The closing track on ELO's eighth album is their highest-charting single in the U.S. (it reached No. 4). Propelled by a marching drum loop, "Don't Bring Me Down" was the group's last classic cut. The following year they recorded theXanadusoundtrack with Olivia Newton-John; in 1981...
Jeff Lynne mustered all his dreamy pop elegance for "Xanadu," ELO's densely orchestrated collaboration with Olivia Newton-John. With its chiming piano lines, sweeping strings and flowery chord changes, it could be the band's quintessential song — even if Lynne didn't sing it. Time has bee...
Jeff Lynne mustered all his dreamy pop elegance for "Xanadu," ELO's densely orchestrated collaboration with Olivia Newton-John. With its chiming piano lines, sweeping strings and flowery chord changes, it could be the band's quintessential song — even if Lynne didn't sing it. Time has bee...
For Newton-John—who went on to have more soundtrack success with two of her other films (1980’sXanaduand 1983’sTwo of a Kind,also co-starring Travolta)—theGreasealbum marked a turning point in her music career. Just as squeaky-clean Sandy transformed into a leather-wearing temptress, ...
Newton-John married her Xanadu co-star Matt Lattanzi in 1984. They had a daughter, Chloe Rose, in 1986, and they later announced their separation in April 1995. The artist suffered another hardship in June 2005. Her boyfriend of nine years, Patrick McDermott, 48, vanished when he failed to...