dimanche 24 juin 2018

MUSIQUE


Sorti en 2004, INDIGO est un album de reprises et chaque chanson ré-interprétée par ONJ pour cet opus, a été écrite ou rendue célèbre par une femme....
Le tout produit par le regretté Phil Ramone !




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DJ TONY est prolifique ... voici son dernier mix extended sur LOVE MAKE ME STRONG !




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MAGNETO





Et si vous avez envie de faire quelques vocalises sur la version instru ....



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Olivia Newton-John Essentials

Apple Music Pop

25 titres de la discographie d'Olivia Newton-John à écouter sur itunes.apple.com ! Les nouvelles générations pensent vraiment qu'elle a arrêté de chanter au début des années 80 ... et encore !


samedi 23 juin 2018

HOPELESSLY DEVOTED THE HITS

Un grand merci à Kay pour ses scans de la dernière compilation d'ONJ !

Les versions "live" sont empruntées au Summer Nights - Live in Las Vegas sorti en 2015 .. (pas ses meilleures interprétations) .. le livret est un mini répliqua du programme de Las Vegas .... mais bon tout le monde n'a pas été à LV !

Bon vous avez compris que je ne suis pas du tout emballé par cette réalisation mais je n'en dégoutterai pas les autres ....







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Summer Nights - Live in Las Vegas




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PHOTO

1980


LA RETRO PHOTO DU JOUR


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ARIA CHARTS


En deuxième semaine, la dernière compilation australienne d'OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN : HOPELESSLY DEVOTED / THE HITS chute dans le classement des meilleures ventes d'albums en Australie !
Elle passe de la 4ème à la 12ème dans le classement AUSTRALIAN ARTIST ALBUMS CHART et du coup .. elle disparaît du TOP 50 ARIA ALBUMS CHART ... pour se classer à la 52ème place !

Sans nouvelles chansons, sans pubs et sans interviews .. il ne faut malheureusement pas s'attendre à des miracles ..



jeudi 21 juin 2018

MAGNETO





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Atmosphère

Entre 2 prises .. l'ambiance sur le tournage de Grease .. pour le bal !





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PARENTHÈSE

En juin de l'année 1982, CHER sortait un nouvel album avec un titre produit par JOHN FARRAR !! I PARALIZE qui aurait pu être chanter par ... ONJ ...
Difficile de ne pas reconnaître la patte du maesto Farrar à la production !



.. morceau qui reste assez proche de stranger's touch sorti un an plus tôt sur l'album PHYSICAL !



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RETRO PHOTO



mercredi 20 juin 2018

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PORTRAIT



AU PROGRAMME CE SOIR


Paris Première : soirée spéciale pour les 40 ans de «Grease» jeudi 21 juin dès 20h50

A l’occasion des 40 ans du film culte «Grease», Paris Première propose une soirée spéciale jeudi 21 juin à partir de 20h50 avec la diffusion de «Grease» réalisé par Randal Kleiser (1978), avec John Travolta et Olivia Newton-John… Suivi de «Grease 2» réalisé par Patricia Birch (1982) avec Maxwell Caulfield et Michelle Pfeiffer, …

http://www.programme-television.org/chaines-tv/paris-premiere#20-06-2018/5/divertissement/145/Semaine


et dans 69 cinémas en France ...GREASE le retour sur grand écran ...


https://www.cinemasgaumontpathe.com/offres/cine-hits.html

lundi 18 juin 2018

Sunny Honey Girl





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La fièvre du jeudi soir


Les salles Pathé célèbrent la Fête de la musique, le 21 juin prochain, avec la reprise d’un hit absolu : Grease , de Randal Kleiser, ou les aventures gominées de John Travolta et d’Olivia Newton-John.


Résultat : 5 millions de spectateurs en 1978 et des tubes à gogo. “You’re the one that I want… Hoo Hoo hoo”.



https://www.cinemasgaumontpathe.com/films/grease/bande-annonce.html

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One Night Only


Party Party


1978 : En mode "Let's have à Party" avec Steve Jones ci-dessous !


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RIP Billy Sammeth

Billy Sammeth, Longtime Manager of Cher and Joan Rivers, Dies at 66 !

Billy Sammeth, the gregarious personal manager who shepherded the careers of multiplatform superstars Cher and Joan Rivers while also working with the likes of Donny Osmond, Olivia Newton-John and K.C. & the Sunshine Band, died Monday. He was 66.


Sammeth died at NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center after a battle with pancreatic cancer, according to his sister, actress Barbara Sammeth. She shared the news via a blog post.

Sammeth was a throwback to an earlier era in music and show business when colorful managers took on just a handful of entertainers and catered to them personally, often around the clock. A witty negotiator and a devoted advocate for his clients, he would often greet his pals with a festive, "Hi, Doll!"

"Passion for talent has been overridden today by greed," Sammeth, in a 2012 interview with The Daily Beast, said of the corporate consortiums that manage big-name performers these days. "You're a lightweight now if you only have one or two clients. If you're a manager these days, you've got to be Octomom."

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/billy-sammeth-dead-longtime-manager-cher-joan-rivers-dies-at-66-1119061



J’ai personnellement rencontré Bill Sammeth le jour ou j’ai rencontré Olivia pour la toute première fois à Paris en 1995 ! Un homme adorable .. vraiment ! J’ai du le saoulé lors de notre échange verbal .. mais ils nous à laissé voir notre idole avec bienséance ! Il restera associé à l'un de mes plus jolis souvenirs ...



If you don’t use it, you lose it

Vu et lu dans la presse  :





Woman's Weekly (UK)
19 Jun 2018

Didi Conn, 66, is most recognisable for playing Pink Lady, Frenchy, in the iconic 1978 film Grease. Didi went on to star in TV series Benson and returned for Grease 2 in 1982. We caught up with the original ‘beauty school drop-out’ to talk all things fame.

How do you take your tea?

I’m more of a coffee person, but I like English breakfast tea very much. I just put a little cream in.

Which biscuit do you dunk?

When I first met Olivia Newton-John and I went to her house in Malibu, she gave me these biscuits which had a little milk chocolate on top. Those were my favourite biscuits from that day forward.

Why do you think Grease is still as popular today?

I think it has to do with the fact that we all really enjoyed making it and we all love each other. There’s a theme in the film of ‘we’ll always be together because we love each other’. When we get together, it’s like no time has gone by. When something is honest and true, it comes across and it’s contagious.

Do you get fan mail?

I still get a lot of letters through my door every week from all over the world, actually, even prisons. One time, they wanted me to send some underwear. Oh, my gosh! That was terrible! My husband threw it out. I wasn’t going to do it, but I didn’t expect that – it was scary!

Where’s the strangest place you’ve been recognised?

I still get recognised, especially if I talk. The strangest was in an aeroplane bathroom – that’s bad when you’re trapped. Luckily, I was in first-class at that time, and I was walking around the plane just stretching my legs and somebody saw me. The whole plane broke into song and I signed autographs, but I was able to get back to my seat.

What helps keep you youthful?

I wrote a play for myself and I had to learn how to box. If you don’t use it, you lose it – it’s really true.

Celebrate Grease’s 40th anniversary and stream the film on NOW TV with a Sky Cinema pass for £9.99.

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Woman’s Day / Studio 54 What went on



Celebrity news A new doco delves into the scandalous history of the notorious nightclub

Elton John, Cher and Michael Jackson were just a few of the celebrity guests who frequented Studio 54 in its heyday ....





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#2 on the ARIA Australian Artists Physical Albums Chart  ? : #4 olivia .. 4ème pour le moment ... !! Lui donnerait-on de mauvaises informations ?

dimanche 17 juin 2018

Love Is A Gift

Un très joli montage video pour une très jolie chanson !



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STORY


Singers Olivia Newton John 1970 One In 300 :
Chris Slade Who Joined As Drummer In Toomorrow After 299 Others Had Auditioned.

This Is The Face Of Toomorrow. And That's Not A Misprint.
Toomorrow Is The Name Of A New Pop Group Created By James Bond Film Producer Harry Saltzman And American Record Producer Don Kirschner At A Cost Of Well Over 1 Million. Of That 15 000 Was Spent Securing The Services Of 21-year-old Olivia Newton-john (pictured Right) As Lead Singer.
We Had Already Signed Another Girl When We Found Olivia ' Mr Saltzman Said Yesterday. 'apart From That Olivia Was Under Contract To Someone Else.'
'It Cost Us 15 000 To Buy Out Her Existing Contract And Pay Off The Original Girl. We Reckon She's Worth Every Penny.'
Olivia Who Refuses To Change Her Name To Something More 'showbizzy' Was Born In Cambridge Where Her Professor Father Was Head Of The Boy's High School. He Later Moved To Australia Where He Is Now Deputy Vice-chancellor Of Newcastle New South Wales University - And This Was Where Olivia Grew Up....