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"Summer Nights" is a popular song from the musical Grease. Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, [1] its best-known version was recorded by American actor and singer John Travolta and British-Australian singer, songwriter and actress Olivia Newton-John for the 1978 big-screen adaptation of the musical, and released as a single that same year.
(Beginning with the 2003 stage production, some productions of the musical now use "Sandy" as it was in the film.) [1] The song is a lament from Danny, a member of the T-Birds gang, who has been abandoned at the drive-in movie after making sexual advances towards his girlfriend, Sandy, in his car. He wishes to see her at their school, but the ...
"Grease" became a number-one single in the United States in 1978 and also reached number forty on the R&B charts in the same year. [14] [15] Later in 1978, Valli released a follow-up album, the title of which, Frankie Valli... Is the Word, echoes the "grease is the word" lyric contained in the chorus of "Grease". [16]
Before she transformed into a greaser on the last day of Rydell High, Sandy belted this heartsick ballad at a sleepover with the Pink Ladies
Grease Live! (Music from the Television Event) is the soundtrack to the 2016 live produced musical television special Grease Live!, a remake of the 1978 film Grease.The album was released on January 31, 2016 by Paramount Music in digital and physical formats, [1] the same day as its television broadcast on Fox.
'DWTS' Cast Takes on 'Grease': Find Out Who Will Dance to Which Song Read article “Olivia Newton-John will be making a surprise guest appearance on Monday’s show, in support of the competing ...
Tranter, who's written hits for the likes of Justin Bieber and Imagine Dragons, is executive music producer of 'Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies,' premiering Thursday.
The soundtrack was released on April 14, 1978, two months ahead of the film's release. [1] As with most musicals of the period, the vocal takes recorded for the album release–and in some cases the instrumental background as well–do not lock to picture but were recorded during entirely different soundtrack sessions often months prior or subsequent to the performances used for lip sync in ...