Grease Star Celebrates 50 Years In Showbiz
THE PARAMOUNT SPOTLIGHT
With worldwide success, and a career that spans more than 50 years, singer and actress Olivia Newton-John has sold more than 100 million records and produced over 15 Top 10 singles during her rise in the entertainment industry.
Known widely for her role in the successful movie musical “Grease,” where she starred opposite actor John Travolta, the English-born talent basked in the national spotlight thanks to the popularity of the 1978 film, and quickly found herself rocketing to super-stardom.
Now on a solo tour that’s set to take her to Asia this summer, the pop icon will first be performing at select clubs in the states, including a April 21 date at The Paramount in Huntington village.
Having moved to Australia with her family as a 5-year-old, Newton-John got her big break after winning a televised talent contest on the TV show “Sing, Sing, Sing,” which earned her a prize-winning trip to London.
It was during her return to the United Kingdom that the singer partnered with friend and Mel bourne-based musician Pat Carroll to create a double act dubbed “Pat & Olivia,” which took the duo on tour at army bases and venues throughout Europe and the U.K. during the ’60s.
Her debut album, “Let Me Be There,” released in the U.S. in 1973, producing the singer’s first Top 10 single, and earning her accolades from the Academy Of Country Music as “Most Promising Female Vocalist,” and a Grammy Award for “Best Country Vocalist.”
Since then, Newton-John has won a total of four Grammy Awards, numerous Country Music, American Music and People’s Choice Awards and 10 number one hits, including “Physical,” which topped the charts for 10 consecutive weeks. In 2015, she collaborated with daughter Chloe Lattanzi, releasing the single, “You Have To Believe,” which topped the Billboard dance club songs’ chart at number one.
Outside of the entertainment industry, Newton-John served as Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations Environment Program; was the co-founder of Children’s Health Environmental Coalition: and her personal triumph over breast cancer in 1992 led to the creation of the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre (ON-JCWC) in her hometown of Melbourne, Australia.
To catch Olivia Newton-John at The Paramount, tickets can be purchased at the box office or from ParamountNY.com for $70-$100. Doors are slated to open at 7 p.m., with the show scheduled to begin at 8 p.m.
By Chris Mellides