Olivia Newton-John

Olivia Newton-John (b.26 September 1948 – d. 08 August 2022) was an Australian singer, actress and dancer of British origin.

She first became famous through a string of hit singles in the early 1970s in the UK, together with several TV appearances, before landing the leading role of Sandra Dee in the hit film Grease (1978), which gave her worldwide fame and further hit songs. She scored two UK no.1 singles with John Travolta with the songs You're the One that I Want and Summer Nights, and a solo no.2 with Hopelessly Devoted To You, all taken from the film. She scored a further no.1 hit in 1980 with another film tie-in Xanadu, recorded with the Electric Light Orchestra

Newton-John also represented the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 with the song Long Live Love.