WALKING IN RHYTHM +++ Easy Piano Easy Organ POPULAR SOLOS #5

1 Item Set or Lot of "Walking in Rhythm - Easy Piano / Easy Organ", Popular Solos No. 5; Song Folio Song Book WITH SEVEN SONGS BY 7 ARTISTS. Includes:

ITEM 1.) ??, Arranger and Various Artists; Walking in Rhythm - Easy Piano / Easy Organ, Popular Solos No. 5; Song Folio Song Book; Complete Sheet Music; Piano / Organ / Vocal; 1975; Hansen #H814;

English Throughout;

Front Cover Artwork featuring photo collage of the artists included;

Preprinted Cover Price of $1.50;

Inside Front Cover has First Page of Music;

No Title Page or Table of Contents; Tunes are listed Sequentially on Front Cover;

1.) Walking in Rhythm; The Blackbyrds; Barney Perry;

2.) Please Mr. Please; Olivia Newton-John; Bruch Welch, John Rostill;

3.) Listen to What the Man Said; Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney and Wings;

4.) Hi-Jack; Herbie Mann; Fernando Arbex;

5.) Midnight Blue; Melissa Manchester; Carole Bayer Sager;

6.) Feelin' That Glow; Roberta Flack; Eugene McDaniels, Universal Jones;

7.) What I Did For Love; Marvin Hamlisch; A Chorus Line; Edward Kleban;

7 Tunes Total; all with Lyrics;

7 pages of music;

Inside Rear cover is next to last page of music;

Rear Cover has last page of music;

Published by Charles Hansen Distribution, Educational Sheet Music and Books; New York, New York; Copyright 1975;

NOTE: Also Available in Accordion with Guitar Chords Edition, Hansen #H816;

Condition VERY Good for age and the fact that it was "on display" for some time; Covers Show Storage Wear; Pages Clean, Tight and Unmarked;

The primary item was part of the collection of Henry J. Hauschild Jr., who billed himself as a “Physiognomist – Bibliopolist – Cognoscente di Eccellentissimo”, and was the very proud owner of the world famous "Nose Gallery” at “The Oldest House” in Victoria, Texas. Henry Senior founded the Hauschild Music Company which was later owned by his 8 children and eventually the four brothers before being closed in 1980; After the Opera House Restaurant failed, the space became the Bible Book Store and later Opera House Antiques; This item was part of the leftover inventory of the Music Store and at one time was on consignment at the Bible Book Store;

"Musicologist and historian, Delmer Rogers, longtime member of the staff of the Department of Music at the University of Texas, is of the opinion that the Hauschild Music Company, founded in Victoria, Texas in 1891, was the second oldest institution to commercially publish sheet music in Texas. (Thos. Goggan of Houston being the first.) Also, his extensive research indicates that Hauschild's was the first in Texas to issues music with Spanish titles. About thirty were published, many by talented writers, and sold in large numbers. In addition, probing seems to prove that Hauschilds was the first to publish the efforts of several of the music-loving Germans of the area. Most interesting, too, is that the spritely composition, the Cowboy Rag offered in 1904 possibly was the purcursor of this genre of popular music." taken from "The Cognoscenti Collections";

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HISTORICAL NOTE: "Olivia Newton-John AO, OBE (born 26 September 1948) is an English-born, Australian-raised singer & actress. She is a four-time Grammy award winner who has amassed five No. 1 & ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles & two No. 1 Billboard 200 solo albums. Eleven of her singles (including two platinum) & 14 of her albums (including two platinum & four double platinum) have been certified gold by the RIAA. Her music has been successful in multiple formats including pop, country & adult contemporary. She co-starred with John Travolta in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Grease which became one of the most successful films & movie soundtracks in Hollywood history. Newton-John has been a long-time activist for environmental & animal rights issues. Since surviving breast cancer in 1992, she has been an advocate for health awareness becoming involved with various charities, health products & fundraising efforts. Her business interests have included launching several product lines for Koala Blue & co-owning the Gaia Retreat & Spa in Australia. Newton-John has married twice & currently lives with her 2nd husband, John Easterling, in Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida. She is the mother of one daughter, Chloe Lattanzi, with her 1st husband, actor Matt Lattanzi. Olivia Newton-John was born in Cambridge, England, to a Welsh father, Brinley ("Bryn") Newton-John, & a German mother, Irene Born (the eldest child of the Nobel prize-winning atomic physicist Max Born). Newton-John is the youngest of three children, following brother Hugh, a doctor, & sister Rona, an actress once married to Grease co-star Jeff Conaway. Newton-John's father was an MI5 officer on the Enigma project at Bletchley Park & was the officer who took Rudolph Hess into custody during World War II. Newton-John's family emigrated to Melbourne, Australia in 1954 where her father worked as a Professor of German & Master of Ormond College at the University of Melbourne. At 14, Newton-John formed a short-lived all-girl band, Sol Four, with three classmates often performing in a coffee shop owned by her brother-in-law. She soon became a regular on local Australian radio & television shows including HSV-7's The Happy Show where she performed as Lovely Livvy. She also appeared on the Go Show where she met future duet partner, Pat Carroll, & future record producer, John Farrar. (Carroll & Farrar eventually married.) She entered & won a talent contest on the television program, Sing, Sing, Sing, hosted by 1960's Australian icon Johnny O'Keefe performing the songs "Anyone Who Had A Heart" & "Everything's Coming Up Roses". Newton-John was initially reluctant to use her prize, a trip to England, but travelled there nearly a year later encouraged by her mother to broaden her horizons. Newton-John recorded her 1st single, Till You Say You'll Be Mine b/w Forever, in England for Decca Records in 1966. Newton-John was homesick in England for her then-boyfriend, Ian Turpie, with whom she co-starred in an Australian telefilm, Funny Things Happen Down Under. Her mother cancelled trips back to Australia that Newton-John would repeatedly book. Newton-John's outlook changed when Pat Carroll also moved to England. The two formed a duo called "Pat & Olivia" & toured nightclubs in Europe. (In one incident, they were booked at Paul Raymond's Revue in Soho, London. Dressed primly in frilly, high-collared dresses, they were unaware that this was a strip club until they began to perform onstage.) After Carroll's visa expired forcing her to return to Australia, Newton-John remained in England to pursue solo work until 1975. She became engaged to, but never married, guitarist Bruce Welch who was a member of The Shadows along with John Farrar. Newton-John was recruited for the group Toomorrow – the brainchild of American producer Don Kirshner who also created the Monkees. In 1970, the group recorded an eponymous album & starred in a "science fiction musical" film also named after the group. The project bombed & the group quickly disbanded. Newton-John released her 1st solo album, If Not For You (No. 158 Pop), in 1971. The title track, written by Bob Dylan, was her 1st international hit (No. 25 Pop, No. 1 AC). ("If Not For You" was previously recorded by Beatle George Harrison for his 1970 album, All Things Must Pass.) Her follow-up single, "Banks of the Ohio", was a Top 10 hit in England & Australia. She was voted Best British Female Vocalist two years in a row by the magazine Record Mirror. She made frequent appearances on Cliff Richard's weekly show It's Cliff Richard & starred with him in the telefilm The Case. In 1974, Newton-John represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song, "Long Live Love", which was chosen for her by the British public. Newton-John placed 4th at the contest held in Brighton behind ABBA's winning "Waterloo". (Newton-John eventually admitted that she disliked the song.) All six song candidates for the contest were recorded by Newton-John & included on her Long Live Love album, her 1st for the EMI Records label. In the US, Newton-John's career floundered after If Not For You. Subsequent singles including "Banks of the Ohio" (No. 94 Pop, No. 34 AC) & remakes of George Harrison's "What Is Life" (No. 34 AC) & John Denver's "'Take Me Home Country Roads" (No. 119 Pop) made minimal chart impact until the release of "Let Me Be There" in 1973. The song reached the American Top 10 on the Pop (No. 6), Country (No. 7), & AC (No. 3) charts & earned her a Grammy for Best Country Female & an Academy of Country Music award for Most Promising Female Vocalist. The song also propelled the album Let Me Be There to No. 1 on the Country Albums chart for two weeks as well as No. 54 Pop. The Long Live Love album was released in the US as If You Love Me, Let Me Know with the six Eurovision songs dropped for four different, more country-oriented tracks meant to capitalize on the success of "Let Me Be There". The title track was the 1st single, reaching No. 5 Pop, No. 2 Country (her best country placement ever), & No. 2 AC. The next single, "I Honestly Love You", became Newton-John's signature song. Written by Jeff Barry & Peter Allen, the ballad became her first No. 1 Pop (two weeks), 2nd No. 1 AC (three weeks) & third Top 10 Country (No. 6) hit & earned Newton-John two more Grammys for Record of the Year & Best Pop Female. The success of both singles helped the album reach No. 1 on both the Pop (one week) & Country (eight weeks) Albums charts. Newton-John's country success led to debate among purists who believed a foreigner singing country-flavoured pop music did not belong in country music. In addition to her Grammy for "Let Me Be There," Newton-John was also named the Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year in 1974, defeating nominees Loretta Lynn, Canadian Anne Murray, Dolly Parton, & Tanya Tucker - all established country music artists. This outrage led to the formation of the short-lived Association of Country Entertainers (ACE).[16] Newton-John was eventually supported by the country music community. Stella Parton, Dolly's sister, recorded "Ode To Olivia" & Newton-John recorded her 1976 album, Don't Stop Believin', in Nashville. Encouraged by expatriate Australian singer Helen Reddy, Newton-John left England & moved to the US. Newton-John topped the Pop (one week) & Country (six weeks) Albums charts with her next album, Have You Never Been Mellow. The album generated two singles – the title track (No. 1 Pop, No. 3 Country, No. 1 AC) & "Please Mr. Please" (No. 3 Pop, No. 5 Country, No. 1 AC). Newton-John's pop career cooled with the release of her next album, Clearly Love. Her streak of five consecutive gold Top 10 singles ended when the album's 1st single, "Something Better To Do", stopped at No. 13 (also No. 19 Country & No. 1 AC). Although her albums still achieved gold status, she did not return to the Top 10 on the Hot 100 or Billboard 200 charts again until 1978. Newton-John's singles continued to easily top the AC chart, where she ultimately amassed ten No. 1 singles including a record seven consecutively: "I Honestly Love You" (1974) – 3 weeks "Have You Never Been Mellow" (1975) – 1 week "Please Mr. Please" (1975) – 3 weeks "Something Better to Do" (1975) – 3 weeks "Let It Shine"/"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (1976) – 2 weeks "Come on Over" (1976) – 1 week "Don't Stop Believin'" (1976) – 1 week She also provided a prominent, but uncredited, vocal on John Denver's "Fly Away" single, which was succeeded by her own single, "Let It Shine"/"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother", at No. 1 on the AC chart. Newton-John also continued to reach the Country Top 10 where she tallied seven Top 10 singles through 1976's "Come on Over" (No. 23 Pop, No. 5 Country,[12] No. 1 AC) & six consecutive (of a career nine total) Top 10 albums through 1976's Don't Stop Believin' (No. 30 Pop, No. 7 Country). She headlined her 1st U.S. television special, A Special Olivia Newton-John, in November 1976. By mid-1977, Newton-John's AC & country success also began to wane. Her Making a Good Thing Better album (No. 34 Pop, No. 13 Country) failed to be certified gold, & its only single, the title track, did not reach even the AC Top 10 or the Country chart. Although the release that same year of Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits (No. 13 Pop, No. 7 Country) became her 1st platinum album, Newton-John prepared to move her career in new directions. Newton-John's career soared after starring in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Grease in 1978. She was offered the lead role of Sandy after meeting producer Allan Carr at a dinner party at Helen Reddy's home. Burned by her Toomorrow experience & concerned that she was too old to play a high school senior (she turned 29 during the later 1977 filming), Newton-John insisted on a screen test with the film's co-star, John Travolta. The film accommodated Newton-John's Australian accent by recasting her character from the play's original American Sandy Dumbrowski to Sandy Olsson, an Australian who vacations & then moves with her family to the US. The release of the film was preceded one month by the telecast of Newton-John's 2nd television special, Olivia, which featured guest appearances by ABBA & Andy Gibb. Grease became the biggest box-office hit of 1978. The soundtrack spent 12 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 & yielded three Top 5 singles for Newton-John: the platinum No. 1 "You're The One That I Want" (with John Travolta), the gold No. 3 "Hopelessly Devoted To You" & the gold No. 5 "Summer Nights" (with John Travolta & the film's cast). The former two songs were written by Newton-John's long-time producer, John Farrar, specifically for the film. Newton-John became the 2nd female (after Linda Ronstadt in 1977) to have two singles – "Hopelessly Devoted to You" & "Summer Nights" – in the Billboard Top 5 simultaneously. Newton-John's performance earned her a People's Choice award for Favorite Motion Picture Actress. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actress in a Musical & performed the Oscar-nominated "Hopelessly Devoted To You" at the 1979 Academy Awards. The film's popularity has endured through the years. It was re-released for its 20th anniversary in 1998 & was the 2nd highest grossing film (behind Titanic) in its opening weekend. It was most recently re-released in July 2010 as a sing-along version in select American theaters. The soundtrack still sells strongly enough to often appear on Billboard's Soundtracks chart. Newton-John's transformation in Grease from goody-goody "Sandy 1" to spandex-clad "Sandy 2" emboldened Newton-John to do the same with her music career. In November 1978, she released the pop album Totally Hot, which became her 1st solo Top 10 (No. 7) album since Have You Never Been Mellow. Dressed on the cover all in leather, the album's singles "A Little More Love" (No. 3 Pop, No. 94 Country, No. 4 AC), "Deeper Than The Night" (No. 11 Pop, No. 87 Country, No. 4 AC), & the title track (No. 52 Pop) all demonstrated a more aggressive & more uptempo sound for Newton-John. Although the album clearly de-emphasized country, it still reached No. 4 on the Country Albums chart. Newton-John released the B-side, "Dancin' 'Round & 'Round," of the "Totally Hot" single to Country radio, where it peaked at No. 29 (as well as No. 82 Pop & No. 25 AC), becoming her last charted solo Country airplay single to date. Newton-John began 1980 by releasing I Can't Help It (No. 12 Pop, No. 8 AC), a duet with Andy Gibb from his After Dark album, & by starring in her 3rd television special, Hollywood Nights. Later that year, she appeared in her 1st film since Grease starring in the musical Xanadu with Gene Kelly & Michael Beck. Although the movie was a critical failure, it was ultimately profitable & its soundtrack was certified double platinum. The soundtrack (No. 4 Pop) boasted five Top 20 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, including Newton-John's Magic (No. 1 Pop, No. 1 AC), Suddenly with Cliff Richard (No. 20 Pop, No. 4 AC), & the title-song with ELO (No. 8 Pop, No. 2 AC). Magic was Newton-John's biggest Pop hit to that point (four weeks at No. 1) & still ranks as the biggest AC hit of her career (five weeks at No. 1). The film has since become a cult classic & the basis for a well-reviewed, Tony-nominated Broadway show that ran for more than 500 performances in 2007–8. (A successful national tour of the show followed.) In 1981, Newton-John released her most successful studio album, the double platinum Physical. The title track, written by Steve Kipner & Terry Shaddick, spent ten weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, matching the record of most weeks at No. 1 held by Debby Boone's You Light Up My Life. The single was certified platinum & it ultimately ranked as the biggest song of the decade. (In 2008, Billboard ranked the song No. 6 among all songs that charted in the 50-year history of the Hot 100.) The song even earned Newton-John her only placement ever on the R&B Singles (No. 28) & Albums (No. 32) chart. The Physical album spawned two more singles, Make a Move on Me (No. 5 Pop, No. 6 AC) & Landslide (No. 52 Pop). The provocative lyrics of the title track prompted two Utah radio stations to ban the single from their playlists. (In 2010, Billboard magazine ranked this as the most popular single ever about sex.) To counter its overtly suggestive tone, Newton-John filmed an exercise-themed video that turned the song into an aerobics anthem (& made headbands a fashion accessory outside the gym). Newton-John became a pioneer in the nascent music video industry by recording a video album for Physical featuring videos of all the album's tracks & three of her older hits. The video album earned her a 4th Grammy & was aired as an ABC prime time special, Let's Get Physical, becoming a Top 10 Nielsen hit. The success of Physical led to an international tour & the release of her 2nd hits collection, the double platinum Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (No. 16 Pop), which yielded two more Top 40 singles: Heart Attack (No. 3 Pop) & Tied Up (No. 38 Pop). The tour was filmed for her Olivia In Concert television special which premiered on HBO in January 1983. The special was subsequently released to video earning Newton-John another Grammy nomination. Newton-John re-teamed with Travolta in 1983 for the critically & commercially unsuccessful Two of a Kind, redeemed by its platinum soundtrack (No. 26 Pop) featuring Twist Of Fate (No. 5 Pop), Livin' In Desperate Times (No. 31 Pop), & a new duet with Travolta, Take A Chance (No. 3 AC). Newton-John released another video package, the Grammy-nominated Twist Of Fate, featuring videos of her four songs on the Two of a Kind soundtrack & the two new singles from Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2. The same year, Newton-John & Pat Farrar founded Koala Blue. The store was originally for Australian imports, but evolved into a chain of women's clothing boutiques. The chain was initially successful, but eventually declared bankruptcy & closed in 1992. Newton-John & Farrar would later license the brand name for a line of Australian produced wines, confections, & bed/bath products. Newton-John married long-time boyfriend Matt Lattanzi in December 1984. The couple had met four years earlier while filming Xanadu. (They divorced in 1995.) Newton-John's music career cooled again with the release of her next album, the gold Soul Kiss (No. 29 Pop), in 1985. The album's only charted single was the title track (No. 20 Pop, No. 20 AC). The video album for Soul Kiss featured videos of only five (two concept, three performance) of the album's ten tracks, & the album's 2nd single, Toughen Up, failed to even chart. Newton-John limited her publicity for the Soul Kiss album due to her pregnancy with daughter Chloe Rose Lattanzi. (b. January 1986) After a nearly three-year hiatus to raise Chloe, she resumed recording with the 1988 album, The Rumour. The album was promoted by an HBO special, Olivia Down Under, & its 1st single, the title track, was written & produced by Elton John. Both the single (No. 62 Pop, No. 33 AC) & the album (No. 67 Pop) fizzled as the nearly 40 year-old Newton-John seemed "old" when compared with the teen queens Debbie Gibson & Tiffany ruling the charts at that time. The 2nd single, the Sandy Linzer/Irwin Levine–penned Can't We Talk It Over In Bed, did not chart. (Grayson Hugh, the song's arranger, subsequently released his version of the song as Talk It Over in 1989 & it became a Top 20 Pop hit.) A year later, Newton-John recorded her "self-indulgent" album, Warm & Tender. Inspired by her daughter who appeared on the album cover, the album featured lullabies & love songs for parents & their children. This album also did not revive her recording career struggling to No. 124 Pop. Newton-John was primed for another comeback in 1992 when she compiled her 3rd hits collection, Back To Basics – The Essential Collection 1971–1992 (No. 121 Pop), & planned her first tour since her Physical trek ten years earlier. Shortly after the album's release, Newton-John was diagnosed with breast cancer, forcing her to cancel all publicity for the album, including the tour. (Newton-John received her diagnosis on the same weekend her father died.) Newton-John recovered & has since become a tireless advocate for breast cancer research & other health issues. She has been a product spokesperson for the Liv-Kit, a breast self-examination product. She is co-owner of the Gaia Retreat & Spa in Byron Bay, Australia, which is advertised as "the ideal place to renew, refresh, & restore your mind, body & soul." Newton-John's advocacy for health issues was presaged by her prior involvement with many humanitarian causes. Newton-John cancelled a 1978 concert tour of Japan to protest the slaughter of dolphins caught in tuna fishing nets. (She subsequently rescheduled the tour when the Japanese government assured her the matter was being addressed.) She was a performer on the 1979 Music for UNICEF Concert for the United Nations Year of the Child televised worldwide. During the concert, artists performed songs for which they donated their royalties, some in perpetuity, to benefit the cause. She was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations Environment Programme. In 1991, she became the National Spokesperson for the Colette Chuda Environmental Fund/CHEC (Children’s Health Environmental Coalition) following the death of a family friend at just four years old from cancer. Newton-John's cancer diagnosis affected the type of music she recorded. In 1994, she released Gaia: One Woman's Journey, which chronicled her ordeal. This was the 1st album on which Newton-John wrote all of the songs, encouraging her to become more active as a songwriter thereafter. In 2005, she released Stronger Than Before, sold exclusively in the US by Hallmark. Proceeds from the album's sales benefited breast cancer research. The album featured the song Phenomenal Woman based on the poem by Maya Angelou that featured guest vocals from Diahann Carroll, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Delta Goodrem, Amy Holland, Patti LaBelle, & Mindy Smith who were all cancer survivors or whose lives were affected by the disease. The following year, Newton-John released a healing CD, Grace & Gratitude. The album was sold exclusively by Walgreens, also benefitting various charities such as Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization, & was the "heart" of their "Body – Heart – Spirit" Wellness Collection. The collection also featured a re-branded Liv-Kit & breast-health dietary supplements. In 2008, Newton-John raised funds to help build the Olivia Newton-John Cancer & Wellness Centre in Melbourne, Australia. She led a three-week, 228 km walk along the Great Wall of China during April joined by various celebrities & cancer survivors throughout her trek. The walk symbolised the steps cancer patients must take on their road to recovery. Newton-John released a companion CD, A Celebration In Song, the following month in Australia & later worldwide featuring new & previously recorded duets by "Olivia Newton-John & Friends." Her "Friends" included Jann Arden, Jimmy Barnes, John Farrar, Barry Gibb, Delta Goodrem, Sun Ho, Richard Marx, Cliff Richard, Melinda Schneider, Amy Sky & Keith Urban. In October, Newton-John helped launch the www.liv.com website & teamed with fitness franchise Curves to distribute one million Liv-Aid breast self-examination aids for Breast Cancer Awareness month. Newton-John collaborated with producer David Foster to record Hope Is Always Here for the November 2009 television special, Kaleidoscope. The song was written for the show's performance by another breast cancer survivor, figure skater Dorothy Hamill, & was released as a digital single after the show aired. Newton-John's spirituality also extended to the release of several Christmas albums. In 2000, she teamed with Vince Gill & the London Symphony Orchestra for 'Tis The Season, sold exclusively through Hallmark. The following year, she released The Christmas Collection, which compiled seasonal music previously recorded for her Hallmark Christmas album, her appearance on Kenny Loggins' 1999 TNN Christmas special, & her contributions to the Mother & Child & Spirit Of Christmas multi-artist collections. In 2007, she re-teamed with her Grace & Gratitude producer, Amy Sky, for Christmas Wish (No. 187 Pop), which was sold exclusively by Target. Newton-John's spiritual, contemplative music was complemented by her pop-oriented releases. In 1998, she returned to Nashville to record Back With A Heart (No. 59 Pop).[20] The album returned her to the Top 10 (No. 9) on the Country Albums chart. Its only single was a remake of I Honestly Love You produced by David Foster & featuring Babyface on background vocals that charted Pop (No. 67) & AC (No. 18). Country radio dismissed the song, although it did peak at No. 16 on the Country Sales chart. The album track, Love Is A Gift, won Newton-John a 1999 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song after being featured on the daytime serial, As The World Turns. Newton-John's subsequent albums were all released primarily in Australia. Newton-John, John Farnham & Anthony Warlow toured Australia as The Main Event. The live album won an ARIA Award for Highest Selling Australian CD & was also nominated for Best Adult Contemporary Album. She and Farnham performed Dare To Dream at the Opening Ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics. In 2002, Newton-John released (2), a duets album featuring mostly Australian artists including Darren Hayes, Tina Arena, Jimmy Little, Billy Thorpe & Johnny O'Keefe as well as a heartfelt "duet" with the deceased Peter Allen. The same year, Newton-John was inducted into Australia's ARIA Hall of Fame. 2004 brought the release of Indigo: Women of Song, a tribute album covering songs by The Carpenters, Minnie Riperton, Doris Day, Nina Simone, Joan Baez & others. Newton-John dedicated the album to her mother who died the previous year. Newton-John acted occasionally since Two of a Kind. She appeared in a supporting role in the 1996 AIDS drama, It's My Party – her 1st feature film since Two Of A Kind. In 2000, she appeared in a dramatically different role as Bitsy Mae Harling, a lesbian ex-con country singer, in Del Shores' Sordid Lives. Newton-John reprised her role for Sordid Lives: The Series which aired one season on the LOGO television network . The series featured five original songs written by Newton-John specifically for the show. Newton-John's television work included starring in two Christmas movies, A Mom For Christmas (1990) & A Christmas Romance (1994) – both Top 10 Nielsen hits. Her daughter, Chloe, starred as one of her children in both A Christmas Romance & in the 2001 Showtime film The Wilde Girls. Newton-John guest-starred as herself in the sitcoms Ned & Stacey, Murphy Brown, Bette & twice on Glee . For her 1st Glee appearance, Newton-John re-created her "Physical" video with series regular Jane Lynch. The performance was released as a digital single returning Newton-John to the Billboard Hot 100 (No. 89) for the 1st time since her 1998 re-release of I Honestly Love You. Newton-John returned for the series' June 2010 season finale as a celebrity judge. In Australia, Newton-John hosted the animal & nature series Wild Life & guest starred as Joanna on two episodes of the Australian series The Man From Snowy River. Newton-John met gaffer/cameraman Patrick McDermott a year after her 1995 divorce from Matt Lattanzi. The couple dated on & off for nine years until he went missing following a 2005 fishing trip off the California coast. Various theories abounded regarding his disappearance ranging from his death by accident or foul play to McDermott staging his disappearance to avoid child support payments to his ex-wife, actress Yvette Nipar. Newton-John, who was in Australia at her self-owned Gaia Retreat & Spa at the time of his disappearance, was never a suspect & refused to comment on any speculation. A US Coast Guard investigation released in 2008 "suggest[ed] McDermott was lost at sea", though a firm of Private Investigators hired by Dateline NBC have found McDermott alive & well living near Puerta Vallarta on the Mexican Coast. Newton-John returned to the tabloid headlines again in 2007 when it was revealed that her daughter was recovering from anorexia. Newton-John released another concert DVD, Olivia Newton-John & the Sydney Symphony: Live at the Sydney Opera House, & a companion CD, Olivia's Live Hits, in January 2008. An edited version of the DVD premiered on PBS station, WLIW (Garden City, New York), in October 2007 & subsequently aired nationally during the network's fund-raising pledge drives. This was Newton-John's 3rd live album after the 1981 Japanese release, Love Performance, & her 2000 Australian release, One Woman's Live Journey. In June 2008, Newton-John secretly wed John ("Amazon John") Easterling, founder & president of natural remedy firm, Amazon Herb Company. The couple met 15 years earlier, but only became romantically involved in 2007. (Like Newton-John, this was Easterling's 2nd marriage.) The couple married alone in a private Incan spiritual ceremony in Cuzco, Peru on 21 June followed nine days later by a legal ceremony on the Jupiter Island beachfront in Florida. There were no guests at either service since the couple preferred to marry simply & privately. Only Newton-John's daughter, Chloe, was aware of the nuptials. The couple did not announce their marriage until a 4 July barbecue at Newton-John's Malibu, California home where guests were surprised with the news. The wedding was confirmed thereafter by HELLO! magazine which published exclusive pictures of both weddings. In June 2009, the Easterlings purchased a new $4.1 million home in Jupiter Inlet & sold her home in Malibu, California. Newton-John still occasionally tours. Most of her recent public performances have been at charitable functions or to promote products such as Zamu produced by Amazon Herb, a company founded by John Easterling. Newton-John joined Judy Brooks & Roy Walkenhorst as co-host of the health & well-being series, Healing Quest, currently airing on PBS. Newton-John re-recorded some tracks from her 2006 Grace & Gratitude album & re-released the album as Grace & Gratitude Renewed on September 14. The "Renewed" CD includes a new track, Help Me To Heal, not featured on the original album. Her 2001 The Christmas Collection was also re-released that day with different artwork. Newton-John stars in the new film, "Score: A Hockey Musical," released in Canada. Newton-John portrays Hope Gordon, the mother of a home-schooled hockey prodigy. The film opened the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9 & features a duet by Newton-John with her co-star, Marc Jordan. Newton-John will be featured in UniGlobe Entertainment's breast cancer docu-drama, 1 a Minute, to be released October 6. The documentary is being made by actress Namrata Singh Gujral & will feature breast cancer suriviors Diahann Carroll, Melissa Etheridge, Namrata Singh Gujral, Mumtaz & Jaclyn Smith. The film will also star Barbara Mori, Lisa Ray, William Baldwin, Daniel Baldwin, Priya Dutt, Deepak Chopra & Morgan Brittany. Bluewater Productions will release a comic book featuring Newton-John in October 2010 to coincide with Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Ten of Newton-John's albums will be re-released separately & combined as a box set on October 13 by Universal Music Japan. The albums include Long Live Love, Have You Never Been Mellow, Clearly Love, Come On Over, Don't Stop Believin', Making A Good Thing Better, Totally Hot, Physical, Soul Kiss & The Rumour. Each studio album will feature two additional bonus tracks not included on the original releases of each album. Universal Music Japan will also release a "40/40" compilation the same day featuring 40 of Newton-John's hits as selected by her fans. Newton-John will promote this with a five date tour of Japan in November & December.";

HISTORICAL NOTE: ""Midnight Blue" is a 1975 single by Melissa Manchester. The song was written by Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager & was included in her "Melissa". "Midnight Blue" went to number one on the Easy Listening charts for two weeks & peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100.";

HISTORICAL NOTE: "Carole Bayer Sager (born March 8, 1944, Brooklyn, New York, US) is an American lyricist, songwriter & singer. Born in New York City, Sager graduated from New York University, where she majored in English, dramatic arts & speech. She had already co-written her 1st pop hit, "A Groovy Kind of Love", with Toni Wine, while still a student at the New York City High School of Music & Art. It was recorded by the British invasion band The Mindbenders, whose version was a worldwide hit, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100). The song was subsequently recorded by Sonny & Cher, Petula Clark, & Phil Collins, whose rendition for the film Buster hit #1 in 1988. Her 1st recording as a singer was the 1977 album Carole Bayer Sager, which included the #1 international single "You're Moving Out Today", a song which she co-wrote with Bette Midler. (Paul Buckmaster provided horn & string arrangements for the album.) The album went platinum in Japan, Australia, & the UK. It was followed by ...Too in 1978 & a 3rd & last album, co-produced by Burt Bacharach, entitled Sometimes Late at Night (1981), which included a top 30 hit single "Stronger Than Before", later recorded by Dionne Warwick & Chaka Khan. Many of Sager's early songs were co-written with her former husband, composer Bacharach. She has also collaborated with Neil Diamond, Marvin Hamlisch, Michael Masser, Peter Allen, Melissa Manchester, Sheena Easton, Bruce Roberts, Neil Sedaka, David Foster, Albert Hammond, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Michael McDonald, James Ingram, Donald Fagen, Babyface & Clint Eastwood (for the film True Crime). Sager has won an Oscar (six nominations), a Grammy (nine nominations), two Golden Globe (seven nominations). She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987. Sager won the Academy Award for Best Song in 1981 for "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)", the theme song from the film Arthur. She shared the award with co-writers Peter Allen, Burt Bacharach, & Christopher Cross. Sager received the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1987 for "That's What Friends Are For", which she co-wrote with Bacharach. The song was originally written for the 1982 film Night Shift & was recorded for the movie by Rod Stewart. The song was honored for its 1986 cover version by Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, and Elton John, which became a number one hit, raising millions of dollars for AIDS research. Sager was involved in a romantic relationship with composer Marvin Hamlisch in the 1970s. She was married to composer & pianist Burt Bacharach between 1982 - 1991. There was one child from this marriage, a son named Christopher. Sager now lives in Los Angeles, California, with her husband Robert A. Daly, former chairman CEO of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team & former chairman of Warner Brothers. Daly is currently Chairman (CEO) of the charitable organization Save The Children as well as an advisor to Tom Freston & Brad Grey at Paramount Pictures (Viacom). Sager & Daly co-chair the Los Angeles Advisory Board of DonorsChoose. In May 2006 she was honored at a lunch at NYU's Steinhardt School & later that evening received the Distinguished Alumni Award from New York University. She appeared on the January 24, 2007 episode of American Idol as a judge during the Manhattan auditions.";

HISTORICAL NOTE: "Melissa Manchester (born February 15, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter & actress. Beginning in the 1970s, she has recorded generally in the adult contemporary genre. She has also appeared as an actress on television, in films, & on stage. Manchester was born in the Bronx, a borough of New York City, to a musical family of Jewish ethnicity. Her father was a bassoonist for the New York Metropolitan Opera. Manchester started a singing career at an early age, learning the piano & harpsichord at the Manhattan School of Music & Arts, singing commercial jingles at age 15, & becoming a staff writer for Chappell Music while attending Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts. She studied songwriting at New York University with Paul Simon. Manchester then appeared on the Manhattan club scene, where she was discovered by Bette Midler & Barry Manilow, who took her on as one of the Harlettes in 1971. Her debut album, Home to Myself, was released in 1973; Manchester co-wrote many of its songs with Carole Bayer Sager. Two years later Manchester's album Melissa produced her 1st top ten hit, "Midnight Blue", which peaked at #6 on the Billboard charts. She also performed this song on Burt Sugarman's "Midnight Special" TV series in 1974 live. Manchester collaborated with Kenny Loggins to co-write Loggins' 1978 hit duet with Stevie Nicks, "Whenever I Call You Friend". She would later record this herself for her 1979 Melissa Manchester album. At this time, she guest-starred on the CBS-TV daytime soap opera Search for Tomorrow to teach a main character, who was a singer-songwriter, the essentials of the craft. In 1979 Manchester made #10 with her version of Peter Allen's "Don't Cry Out Loud", for which she received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Female Vocal Performance.In the Friends episode titled "The One With All the Jealousy", Chandler advises Ross to "keep it inside. Learn how to hide your feelings! ... Don't cry out loud", a reference to the song. In 1979 she performed two nominated songs on the Academy Awards show, "The Promise", & "Through The Eyes of Love" (theme song from Ice Castles). The winning song that year was "It Goes Like It Goes," from Norma Rae. Two years later she had her biggest hit, "You Should Hear How She Talks About You", which won a Grammy for Best Female Vocal Performance & peaked at #5 on the Billboard charts. It was her last Top 40 Pop hit, but Manchester continued to place singles on the Adult Contemporary charts during the 1980s. Her last top 10 entry on the AC chart was a 1989 updating of Dionne Warwick's "Walk On By". The single was pulled from album "Tribute," which honored some of the singers that influenced her style. In spring 2004, Manchester returned with her 1st album in 10 years: When I Look Down That Road. While touring to support the CD, Manchester was praised for her still "powerful voice" & for "reinventing [herself] while staying true to what made [her] popular." She played herself on a two-day guest appearance on the ABC-TV daytime soap General Hospital, to sing the song for Robin Scorpio & her AIDS-afflicted boyfriend Stone Cates. Through the 1980s & 1990s Manchester alternated recording with acting, appearing with Bette Midler in the film For the Boys, on the television series Blossom, & co-writing (with bookwriter-lyricist Jeffrey Sweet) & starring in the musical I Sent A Letter To My Love based on the Bernice Rubens novel of the same name. In 1990, Manchester could be heard performing "I Wish I Knew", played over the opening credits of the CBS television drama The Trials of Rosie O'Neill. She also composed & recorded the score to the direct-to-video Lady & the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001). In April 2007, Manchester returned to theater, starring in the Chicago production of HATS! The Musical, a show to which she had, with Sharon Vaughn, contributed two songs. Also in 2007, she recorded a duet with Barry Manilow on a cover of the Carole King classic "You've Got A Friend" on Manilow's The Greatest Songs of the Seventies. In 2008 she released a new single, "The Power of Ribbons," to digital retailers. Proceeds of the single benefit breast cancer research. Grammy Award: "You Should Hear How She Talks About You" (1983) (Best Female Pop Vocal Performance). Residents renamed their dorm Manchester Hall after a Manchester concert in the mid-1970s at what was then Southwest State University (now Southwest Minnesota State University) in Marshall, Minnesota. Melissa also received the Governor's award from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences for her contributions to the music & recording arts.";

HISTORICAL NOTE: "Roberta Flack (born February 10, 1937) is an American singer, songwriter & musician who is notable for jazz, soul, R&B & folk music. Flack is best known for singles such as "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Killing Me Softly with His Song", & "Feel Like Makin' Love", as well as "Where Is the Love" & "The Closer I Get to You", two of her many duets with Donny Hathaway. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" won the 1973 Grammy Record of the Year & "Killing Me Softly with His Song" won the same award at the Grammy Awards of 1974. She & U2 are the only artists to win the award in back-to-back years. Flack was born in Black Mountain, North Carolina, & was raised in Arlington, Virginia. She 1st discovered the work of African American musical artists when she heard Mahalia Jackson & Sam Cooke sing in a predominantly African-American Baptist church. During her early teens, Flack so excelled at classical piano that Howard University awarded her a full music scholarship. She matriculated at Howard University at the age of 15, making her one of the youngest students ever to enroll there. She eventually changed her major from piano to voice, & became an assistant conductor of the university choir. Her direction of a production of Aida received a standing ovation from the Howard University faculty. Flack is a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority & was made an honorary member of Tau Beta Sigma in 2009 for her outstanding work in promoting music education. Flack became the 1st African-American student teacher at an all-Caucasian school near Chevy Chase, Maryland. She graduated from Howard University at 19 & began graduate studies in music, but the sudden death of her father forced her to take a job teaching music & English for $2800 a year in Farmville, North Carolina. Flack then taught school for some years in Washington, DC at Browne Junior High & Rabaut Junior High; & Montgomery County, Maryland. She also taught private piano lessons out of her home on Euclid St. NW. During this period, her music career began to take shape on evenings & weekends in Washington, D.C. area night spots. At the Tivoli Club, she accompanied opera singers at the piano. During intermissions, she would sing blues, folk, & pop standards in a back room, accompanying herself on the piano. Later, she performed several nights a week at the 1520 Club, again providing her own piano accompaniment. Around this time, her voice teacher told her that he saw a brighter future for her in pop music than in the classics. She modified her repertoire accordingly & her reputation spread. Subsequently, a Capitol Hill night club called Mr. Henry's built a performance area especially for her. When Flack did a benefit concert for the Inner City Ghetto Children's Library Fund, Les McCann happened to be in the audience. He later said on the liner notes of what would be her 1st album "First Take" noted below, "Her voice touched, tapped, trapped, & kicked every emotion I've ever known. I laughed, cried, & screamed for more...she alone had the voice." Very quickly, he arranged an audition for her with Atlantic Records, during which she played 42 songs in 3 hours for producer Joel Dorn. In November 1968, she recorded 39 song demos in less than 10 hours. Three months later, Atlantic recorded her debut album, First Take, in a mere 10 hours. Flack later spoke of those studio sessions as a "very naive & beautiful approach...I was comfortable with the music because I had worked on all these songs for all the years I had worked at Mr. Henry's." Flack's version of "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" hit number seventy-six on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972. Flack's Atlantic recordings did not sell particularly well, until Clint Eastwood chose a song from First Take, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", for the sound track of his directorial debut Play Misty for Me; it became a #1 hit in 1972. Eastwood has remained an admirer & friend of Flack's ever since. In 1983, she recorded the end music to the Dirty Harry film Sudden Impact. Flack soon began recording regularly with Donny Hathaway, scoring hits such as "Where Is the Love" (1971) & "The Closer I Get to You" (1978). On her own, Flack scored her 2nd #1 hit, "Killing Me Softly with His Song" written by Lori Lieberman (1973; see 1973 in music). Flack & Hathaway recorded several duets together, including two LPs, until Hathaway's 1979 suicide. Flack had a 1982 hit single with "Making Love" (the title track of the 1982 film of the same name), which reached #13. She began working with Peabo Bryson with more limited success, charting as high as #5 on the R&B chart (plus #16 Pop & #4 Adult Contemporary) with "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" in 1983. Her next two singles with Bryson, "You're Looking Like Love To Me" & "I Just Came Here To Dance," fared better on adult contemporary (AC) radio than on pop or R&B radio. In 1986, Flack sang the theme song entitled "Together Through the Years" for the NBC television series, Valerie later known as The Hogan Family. The song was used throughout the show's six seasons. Oasis was released in 1988 & failed to make an impact with Pop audiences, though the title track reached #1 on the R&B chart & a remix of "Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes)" topped the dance chart in 1989. Flack found herself again in the US Top 10 with the hit song "Set the Night to Music", a 1991 duet with Jamaican vocalist Maxi Priest that peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts & #2 AC. Flack's smooth R&B sound lent itself easily to Easy Listening airplay during the 1970s, & she has had four #1 AC hits. In 1999, a star with Flack's name was placed on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. That same year, she gave a concert tour in South Africa, to which the final performance was attended by President Nelson Mandela. Flack is a member of the Artist Empowerment Coalition, which advocates the right of artists to control their creative properties. Flack is the aunt of the professional ice skater Rory Flack Burghart. Her collaboration with Donnie Hathaway is mentioned in the song "What A Catch, Donnie" on Fall Out Boy's 5th studio album, Folie à Deux.";

HISTORICAL NOTE: "The Blackbyrds was an American rhythm & blues & jazz-funk fusion group, formed in Washington, D.C. in 1973. The group was led by trumpeter Donald Byrd & featured some of his Howard University students: Kevin Toney (keyboards), Keith Killgo (vocals, drums), Joe Hall (bass guitar), Allan C Barnes (saxophone, clarinet), & Barney Perry (guitar). Orville Saunders (guitar), & Jay Jones (flute, saxophone) were later members of the group. They signed to Fantasy Records in 1973. They are best known for their 1975 hit "Walking in Rhythm", which received a Grammy nomination, sold over one million copies by May 1975, & was awarded a gold disc. With eight successful albums released for Fantasy from 1974 to 1980, The Blackbyrds became an inspiraiton to late 1970s & early 1980s British jazz-funk acts such as Light Of The World & Hi-Tension. While, with Gang Starr, Da Lench Mobb & Full Force sampling their music, they have also more recently made a significant impact on the hip-hop generation. In particular, their 1975 song "Rock Creek Park" from the City Life album has been sampled numerous times by groups such as De La Soul, Eric B. & Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, NWA, Massive Attack, Ice Cube, Heavy D, Nas & Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five. The song has also appeared on the soundtrack to the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.";

HISTORICAL NOTE: ""Walking in Rhythm" is a 1975 smooth rhythm & blues song by The Blackbyrds. The song tells the tale of a man who is passionately desperate to get back home to his female companion. The song charted in March 1975 & reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100. The tune was similarly well accepted by soft rock stations, reaching the top ten on Billboard's Easy Listening chart. "Walking in Rhythm" was recorded in September 1974 at The Sound Factory in Los Angeles, California, & appeared on their 2nd album Flying Start.";

HISTORICAL NOTE: "Born: 1953, Buffalo, New York. Barney Blair Perry began his professional career in his hometown Buffalo, New York, as a guitarist. In 1978, he was nominated for a Grammy Award in recognition of being one of the best R & B songwriters of the period. In Groups: Blackbyrds, The.";

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