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Another well-known cover was recorded by Olivia Newton-John in 1971, using Harrison's arrangement of the song. Newton-John's version became her first hit single, peaking at number 7 on the UK Singles Chart, as well as the title track to her debut album, If Not for You. That same year, Harrison and Dylan rehearsed the song for possible inclusion ...
Harrison's original recording was included on the compilations The Best of George Harrison and Let It Roll, and live versions appear on his album Live in Japan (1992) and in Martin Scorsese's 2011 documentary George Harrison: Living in the Material World. In 1972, Olivia Newton-John had a UK hit with her version of the song.
She covers two songs from George Harrison on this album, "Behind That Locked Door" and "What Is Life", both from Harrison's first solo album, All Things Must Pass, published in 1970. Other noteworthy songs on the album include her rendition of Chip Taylor's "Angel of the Morning", David Gates's "Everything I Own" and Newton-John's own "Changes ...
Newton-John’s version hews much closer to George Harrison’s take from All Things Must Pass, with jaunty slide guitar high in the mix next to her optimistic warble. “If Not For You” was ...
Newton-John had her first international hit with “If Not for You,” a cover of George Harrison’s cover of a rootsy Bob Dylan number. Lesser remembered is that she also covered Harrison’s ...
"I wasn't a 'Beatle wife. You might say an ex-Beatle wife,'" Olivia notes. "When I met George, we sort of changed lanes. We went off and had a more normal, quiet life."
Dame Olivia Newton-John AC DBE (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British and Australian singer and actress. [3] With over 100 million records sold, [4] Newton-John was one of the best-selling music artists of all time, as well as the highest-selling female Australian recording artist of all-time.
If Not for You" is a song by Bob Dylan, also covered by George Harrison and Olivia Newton-John. If Not for You may also refer to: If Not for You, an album by Olivia Newton-John; If Not for You, an American sitcom "If Not for You" (George Jones song), 1969