Grease

The year is in 1978, theres a 50's revival in the air, the Fonz is burning up the small screen in Happy Days and John Travaolta is about to slick back his hair and become a superstar. 29 year old Olivia Newton John was about to squeeze her way into impossibly tight pants and become a house hold name. It was non other than Grease, the biggest grossing movie of 1978 and one of the biggest selling soundtracks of all time often selling 7,000 copies a week even today.

Opening track and indeed the title track Grease was written by Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees and is performed by Frankie Valli the song became a number one hit for Valli in the US. It was'nt the only hit from the film, Olivia Newton John scored 3 top 5 singes from the film. Your The One That I Want written by John farrar was released before the film and went straight to number one. It spent 9 weeks at number one and sold nearly 4 million copies. Summer Nights Written by Werner Casey and Jim Jacobs spent 7 weeks at number 1 in the UK chart. Hopelessly Devoted to you, was also written by Farrar and was nominated for an Oscar, Newton John performed the song but lost out to Last Dance performed by Donna Summer.

The other big numbers on the soundtrack are Sandy, Greased Lightnin (which really should have been released as a single), Look at me I'm Sandra Dee and of course Beauty School Dropout performed by one other than Frankie Avalon. Not forgetting the big We Go Together the ensemble number.

The album contains some early classics, Blue Moon, Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing, Tears on my Pillow and Hound Dog which add to the 50's feeling of the entire musical. ut what is amazing about this album is the size of it 24 tracks!!! Every tune from the film is on here, its not only over indulgent its almost rude, well maybe not to a fan as you surely get your moneys worth.

Track Listing

1. Grease
2. Summer Nights
3. Hopelessly devoted to you
4. You're the one that i want
5. Sandy
6. Beauty School Dropout
7. Look at Me
8. Greased Lightnin
9. It's Raining on Prom Night
10. Alone at a drive in
11. Blue Moon
12. Rock N Roll is here to stay
13 Those Magic Changes
14. Hound Dog
15. Born to Hand Jive
16. Tears on My Pillow
17. Mooning
18. Freddy My Love
19. Rock N Roll Party Queen
20. There are Worse things I Can Do
21. Look at me I'm Sandra Dee (Reprise)
22. We Go Together
23. Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
24. Grease