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Olivia Newton-John Video Archive

4 février 2016

Le Grand Amphi (1971.05.15)

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Olivia's first appearance on French television happened in May 1971 when she was promoting her first proper single, If not for you. This song is a George Harrison cover, which itself is a Bob Dylan cover ( in other words : she covered Harrison's version of Dylan's song. No, that's not confusing :D )

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Le Grand Amphi was a monthly variety show hosted by Jacques Chancel on what was then the second color tv station in France. Notice how he refers to her as "Olivia Newton" once she's done with her performance.
She seems to be pretty at ease doing her routine, standing on a suspended platform that doesn't look the safest to me.

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4 février 2016

Olympic Gala (1984.07.28)

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This show was aired the day the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles opened. Several artists performed : Placido Domingo, the Beach Boys, Neil Diamond and, of course, Olivia Newton-John. In a segment taped in Sydney, she was joined by Australian actor Paul Hogan to wish the athetes luck (especially the aussies !).

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Olivia then performed a medley of I Still Call Australia Home and Waltzing Matilda backed by two children's choirs and the Military District Band. It actually looks more like a music video, with a long musical bridge where footage of Australian athletes is shown, as well as beautiful Australian scenery. It ends with nice long shots while Olivia hold that note.

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4 février 2016

The Today Show (1999)

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This interview, aired on NBC in late 1999, was conducted by Jill Rappaport on the set of the independent movie Sordid Lives directed by Del Shores (see The Wilde Girls).

Olivia describes her character Bitsy Mae Harling and some clips of the movie are shown. Delta Burke, Beau Bridges and Bonnie Bedelia also make an appearance.

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4 février 2016

Academy of Country Music Awards (1998.04.22)

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Olivia is joined by country singer Trace Adkins to present the Top Vocal Duo/Group Award to Brooks & Dunn.
Trace mentions his Top New Male Vocalist from the previous year, hoping it will lead him to having a similar career to Olivia's, as she won the Top New Female Vocalist award in 1973.

We can see Olivia is wearing the same velvet red dress that can be seen on the 1998 I honestly love you video and the Main Event DVD from that same year.

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4 février 2016

Entertainment Tonight (1990.12)

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While filming A Mom for Christmas (her first american made-for-TV movie) in Cincinnati OH., Olivia gave a short interview to news show Entertainment Tonight. This most likely aired during December 1990, as the movie was shown on NBC that same month.

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She explains her role as a store mannequin coming to life after a young girl (played by Juliet Sorcey) makes a wish to have a mom until midnight Christmas Eve. The movie was released on home video, and on DVD as a Disney Movie Club Exclusive on October 21, 2008.

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4 février 2016

Australia Live : Celebration of a Nation (1988.01.01)

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January 1st. 1988 marked the opening of the Australian Bicentennial celebrations. Australia Live was a four-hour telecast  that crossed live to over 70 locations right across the country (and some overseas) to represent a 'typical' day in the life of the Australian people.

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As part of the program, Olivia offered the viewers an unplugged performance via satellite of a new song, It's always Australia for me, which she co-wrote with John Capek especially for the Bicentennial (the songs will later be included on the Australian version of her album The Rumour).

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A very young Chloe Rose Lattanzi turns out to be somewhat of a distraction, her father Matt trying to keep her quiet while Olivia sings, comfortably sitting on a large chair amongst a gathering of friends (we can see Jim and Nancy Chuda in the background).

A full recording of the show is available here (thanks to YouTube user FLEMISHDOG)

Here is Olivia's (and Chloe's) performance.

4 février 2016

Chœur en Fête (1972.02.05)

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Olivia's third appearance on French television was in a show called Chœur en Fête (loosely translated : Partying Choir) where the main guests were Les Compagnons de la Chanson, a vocal group founded during World War II.

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She performed two songs : Love Song, which was the French B-side to Banks of the Ohio, her second single from her first solo album released in 1971.

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Although this is the only performance of Love Song that I know of (except of the 1976 ABC TV special opening number), Banks of the Ohio basically the same treatment it got in German television show Disco which was most likely filmed around that time as well : Olivia walking around the set in a red dress. It's all about the nice close-ups in both videos.

4 février 2016

"The Wilde Girls" Showtime Promo (2001.11.03)

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The Wilde Girls is a TV movie directed by Del Shores (known by Olivia fans as the Sordid Lives creator/director) starring Olivia, her daughter Chloe Rose Lattanzi and Swoosie Kurtz (Cruel Intentions, Pushing Daisies) about this woman who was a one-hit wonder and her daughter wanting to make it in the music business.

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Doing its job as an entertaining family movie, The Wilde Girls is very interesting because of its soundtrack : Chloe performs two solo songs and a duet with Olivia called You loved me into it.
As for Olivia, she delivers acoustic versions of Bye Bye Blackbird and her own song Trust yourself from her 1994 Gaia album.

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The Wilde Girls was released on VHS, DVD and VCD. Here is the promo spot that was aired on Showtime right before the movie.

4 février 2016

Les Rendez-Vous du Dimanche (1978.12.10)

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Shortly after Grease and Totally Hot were released, Olivia embarked on a concert and promotional tour in Australia, Japan and Europe. During her French stop, she taped several performances that ended up being aired on various shows in late 1978.

Les Rendez-Vous du Dimanche was aired very sunday afternoon and hosted by Michel Drucker. It was mainly an entertainment show, dealing with music, movies and television.

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Three songs were taped for this program and the first two (Totally hot and A little more Love) were aired on December 10th. Olivia seems to struggle vocally - this was at the time when she came down with the flu and ended up being in hopsital after a hectic schedule, promoting her music around the world.

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On this first Les Rendez-Vous du Dimanche appearance, Olivia gives a short interview between her two performances, talking about her family, the beginning of her career in Australia and her interest in French cinema, mentioning Claude Lelouch and François Truffaut.

4 février 2016

Precious Love [Music Video] (1998)

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Olivia filmed this simple yet beautful video in 1998 (May ?) in Burbank, CA to promote her MCA Nashville Back with a Heart album.

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Precious Love wasn't released as a single in the US, yet the video aired mostly on CMT. The video has been added to Olivia's VEVO channel in late 2009 in digital quality.

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