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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 ...
"Grease" is a song written by Barry Gibb and recorded by Frankie Valli (of the Four Seasons fame): it was released as a single in May 1978. It is the title song for the musical motion picture Grease of that year, which was in turn based on the 1971 stage play Grease. The song celebrates the greaser lifestyle.
Grease was originally released in the United States on June 16, 1978, and was an immediate box-office success. In its opening weekend, the film grossed $8,941,717 in 862 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking at number 2 (behind Jaws 2 ) at the box office for the weekend [ 33 ] and with the all-time opening weekend records. [ 34 ]
Pages in category "Songs from Grease (film)" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. La Bamba (song)
The movie-musical "Grease" premiered in 1978 and starred John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. ... "Grease" added original songs to its soundtrack — perhaps in the hopes of an award nomination.
The Bee Gees had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100, "Night Fever" at 2, "Stayin' Alive" at 4, and "How Deep is Your Love" at 6. Andy Gibb had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100, including "Shadow Dancing", the number one hit of the year. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1978. [1]
Grease is a musical with music, lyrics, and a book by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey.Named after the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as greasers and set in 1959 at the fictional Rydell High School in Northwest Chicago [1] (based on Taft High School in Chicago, Illinois, [2] and named after rock singer Bobby Rydell [3]), the musical follows ten working-class teenagers as ...
These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1978, per the Billboard 200. The Bee Gees' Saturday Night Fever soundtrack was the best-selling album of 1978, and spent 24 consecutive weeks at number one.