Olivia Newton-John Reaction Olivia! ABC TV Special Andy Gibb & ABBA (SING ALONG!) | Empress Reacts

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    First Time Hearing Olivia Newton-John Reaction Olivia! ABC TV Special Andy Gibb & ABBA (SING ALONG!) | Empress Reacts
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    It was filmed on Monday 8 May 1978, in The Columbia Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles and broadcast on Wednesday 17 May 1978 (ABC), USA and it was released on a laser disc in the USA in 1978. ABBA were special guests, along with Andy Gibb, on Olivia Newton-John's TV special. This was during "ABBA Month" in the USA. The songs performed LIVE:- 'Remember The Days Of The Old School Yard' (with Olivia and Andy Gibb) 'If You Love Me' (backing Olivia)'' Dancing Queen' 'Fernando' (edit) 'I Just Wanna Be Your Everything' (backing Andy Gibb) 'Have You Never Been Mellow?' (you don't SEE ABBA on this clip) Please Mr Please (backing Olivia) 'Take A Chance On Me' LIVE 'Shadow Dancing' (dancing along to Andy Gibb (not singing)) Hopelessly Devoted To You (Olivia) If You Love Me (all together)

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  • @craigcraigster4999
    @craigcraigster4999 2 года назад +13

    This ONJ special was highly anticipated and didn't disappoint when aired. Andy's voice was so underrated back then (some feel his was the purest of all the brothers), and ABBA gave an outstanding effort too. As for ONJ, that woman NEVER disappoints, just an amazing talent. Really enjoyed this first-ever "Sing-Along-With-Empress"!

  • @jaquayvius
    @jaquayvius 2 года назад +5

    How Cool that was to have Pop Stars of that Era Gather & Sing along with each Other. 😎🎶

  • @jimhurlbert2665
    @jimhurlbert2665 2 года назад +8

    So cool to see you enjoying the songs I grew up to! I was 13 when this was on, always thought Olivia is so pretty and then her magically angelic voice, a totally mesmerizing package!

  • @alexioverdo5225
    @alexioverdo5225 2 года назад +5

    p.s.That was aired some close time right before the premier of "GREASE".Who could have imagined the pandemonium that would follow and that Olivia n John would be established for good as the Icons of the 70's history!

  • @scottterrien7626
    @scottterrien7626 2 года назад +4

    Andy Gibb "I Just Want To Be Your Everything" and "Love Is Thicker Than Water" Great songs.

  • @Sandra-bn9ky
    @Sandra-bn9ky 2 года назад +5

    Yes, I was singing along too! So much talent sharing the stage! I remember loving this when it aired on TV. ONJ personally invited ABBA and this was their first prime time TV appearance in the US. I believe they were all good friends too.

  • @alexioverdo5225
    @alexioverdo5225 2 года назад +4

    It is known that this was only one of the options that was later used for the official screening after the montage-editing process.It's a precious raw document.Decades later a crew member gave this to publicity...God bless him.They were all enjoying their atmoshere.Such a pure fun.HNY girl!

  • @johnjamesduffy7653
    @johnjamesduffy7653 2 года назад +3

    I love this review of such an iconic TV special. Might I suggest you check out Olivia's Hollywood Nights special from 1980. When I was a kid, my life revolved around two things Olivia Newton-John (who was the biggest star in the world at the time) & ABBA. When this show aired in the UK, my parents got me out of bed on a school night & sat me down on the sofa. I thought I was in trouble for something but then my dad came in with Coke & biscuits for me & my mum said ''there's something coming on TV for you''. The show started & Olivia's name scrolled across the screen. I was so excited & then it said ABBA were special guests on it & I was even more excited, it's a very happy memory, especially as my mum isn't here anymore. Over the years i've been lucky enough to meet & chat to Olivia in different settings & she is just as lovely as she comes across on screen. They always say never meet your idols but for me that wasn't the case. She was everything & more I could have ever hoped for, not to mention, even more stunning in person - her eye's are so sparkley the're like sapphires.

  • @jlu100
    @jlu100 Год назад +2

    Omg, how did I not see this sooner!? Amazing and so fun to watch/sing along with you Empress!😊

  • @scottholder3346
    @scottholder3346 2 года назад +3

    I was in awe watching all my favorite performers singing their hits and singing with each other! Back then, it was the highlight of the year as far as tv specials.❤️

  • @Ciclopea2
    @Ciclopea2 2 года назад +1

    Aww you did watch it! this is the TV special i told you about in the "have you never been mellow" reaction and we thought you haven't watched it, i guess i didn't explain myself well, this is the one!. ABBA going their separate ways, Olivia still looking kinda like this but with 80's hair in her "Physical" era, and Andy's tragic passing at such a young are all part of my childhood memories. I turned 43 this year, these beautiful talented people have been with me literally my whole life through their music and also movies in Olivia's case. It does make me happy that thanks to younger people like you their legacy lives on, great job on this video! 👍💖

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  2 года назад +1

      Oh okay ‼️I watch sooo much stuff i forget 😂

    • @Ciclopea2
      @Ciclopea2 2 года назад

      @@EmpressReacts glad i found it, could've made you do a repeat lol

  • @scanspeak00
    @scanspeak00 Год назад +1

    Best medley ever and I was totally singing along to all of my favourite 70s stars with you. Cheers from Australia xo

  • @scottholder3346
    @scottholder3346 2 года назад +4

    Was singing along with them and you, lol 😆 Hey, you have a nice voice! Thank you for your reaction to this hidden gem!

  • @Flatwoodsdad
    @Flatwoodsdad 2 года назад +4

    Thanks for a great reaction. So glad this was preserved and not just tossed out. I remember when this aired. Was a big deal and promoted as such. We weren't disappointed and it still holds up. Stay safe and have a Happy New Year.

  • @johnlooney2319
    @johnlooney2319 2 месяца назад +1

    God Damn you got me dancing..Thank you.....

  • @jonyivre4541
    @jonyivre4541 5 месяцев назад

    Andy et Empress, what a fit! Lol

  • @michaeldubin8965
    @michaeldubin8965 2 года назад +4

    Right before Grease came out… months before. This is actually b roll stuff from rehearsals for the special.

    • @havensmm9308
      @havensmm9308 2 года назад

      This was the actual footage shot for the TV special a few days before it aired, according to the "sound engineer?" who obtained the Stereo feed and uploaded to youtube. There may have been other cameras, but this was the actual shoot for the TV special, which aired about one month before the release of "Grease".😀

    • @michaeldubin8965
      @michaeldubin8965 2 года назад +1

      @@havensmm9308 Sigh… ok.

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  2 года назад

      Interesting ‼️

    • @havensmm9308
      @havensmm9308 2 года назад

      @@michaeldubin8965 Just to clarify, as someone else posted, this is the raw footage for the TV special. It was later edited for the show. "Thank You for the Music" for instance, was used with the closing credits.😀

  • @TheKeystoneChannel
    @TheKeystoneChannel 2 года назад

    Happy New Year, sister!! I remember this show, it was the highlight for me as the biggest Olivia Newton John fan

  • @pasi4118
    @pasi4118 2 года назад +3

    THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC!
    Wow, you sang wonderfully accompanied it is a pleasure to watch.🤗👀
    Sub and liked.
    Happy New Year from Finland.🇫🇮
    ❤❤❤

  • @brianmidthun2914
    @brianmidthun2914 2 года назад +2

    I LOVED Olivia's TV specials!

  • @eduardooscar309
    @eduardooscar309 2 года назад +2

    Olivia sings very well and beautiful
    "Hoplessly devoted to you" is in the movie "Grease" from that year 1978. This is the scene where she sings it:
    ruclips.net/video/i52mlmJtyJQ/видео.html
    And she sings a duet with John Travolta, that were #1 in U.S. & U.K.
    "You're the one that I want"
    ruclips.net/video/7oKPYe53h78/видео.html
    and another hit: "Summer nights"
    ruclips.net/video/ZW0DfsCzfq4/видео.html
    A very special fact
    30 years later they sang the two songs together again in an Olivia recital (they are very close friends)
    excited to see them on RUclips
    Andy Gibb, the youngest of the Bee Gees brothers, also sang very well and was very successful.
    This was an special TV at US (in May 1978) of Olivia Newton John, with Andy Gibb and ABBA as guest stars.
    They all had their songs on the US Billboard charts:
    Olivia with those from the movie Grease (with John Travolta)
    ABBA reached #3 with
    "Take a chance on me"
    and Andy Gibb reached #1 with
    "Shadow dancing"
    The last chorus that all six together performing is a hymn of ABBA:
    "Thank you for the music"
    and I suggest you to react these
    The next year all them performing together , with more artist, in the Concert for UNICEF, January 9 (1979)
    in these ABBA premier your new song "Chiquitita" that was a worldwide success specially in Latin America countries, like my Argentina
    It's a fantástic live show
    Thanks for share it
    GOD bless You
    and "Happy New Year"!
    like ABBA song from 1980

  • @rsngrl
    @rsngrl 2 года назад +2

    i'd love to hear an ABBA cover album by ONJ.

    • @danielrosas7800
      @danielrosas7800 6 месяцев назад

      She sang Waterloo once in a concert I think it was the anniversary of abba winning the Eurovision contest

  • @barbarapoirier8835
    @barbarapoirier8835 2 года назад

    That was fun watching you having so much fun singing along! Happy New Year!

  • @xanaduboy
    @xanaduboy 2 года назад +2

    I died with this 😍 happy New Year everybody 😍

  • @michaelgibson6204
    @michaelgibson6204 2 года назад +2

    Great reaction

  • @havensmm9308
    @havensmm9308 2 года назад +4

    This aired in May 1978, about one month before "Grease" was released. This was the first performance of "Hopelessly Devoted to You". At this point, I don't know how many people actually knew it was from "Grease". Also, to note, ONJ already knew that she was taking her career in a different direction. She chose her guests for this TV special and it was not any C&W or Adult contemporary artists. Also, I think on this special she was straddling her old image (as expected from the TV execs) and her new image (note what she is wearing for this performance - a long dress but it is sheer and has a long slit and she is wearing white spandex pants underneath). Also, did you hear ONJ singing the high harmonies on the ABBA songs "Fernando" and "Thank You for the Music"? In any case, I just enjoyed watching you sing along to this great medley between these very talented artists!💗

  • @charlesturner3688
    @charlesturner3688 2 года назад +1

    ABBA
    Just a Notion

  • @suzannejane1035
    @suzannejane1035 2 года назад +1

    Fab XX

  • @michaelwilliams-vu2nf
    @michaelwilliams-vu2nf 2 года назад +1

    Checkout The Emotion. A song call Flowers

  • @patrickhicks9880
    @patrickhicks9880 2 года назад +2

    Abba did a tv special from switzerland with guest stars the jacksons roxy music and kate bush

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  2 года назад +1

      With the jacksons‼️ I gotta see it

    • @patrickhicks9880
      @patrickhicks9880 2 года назад

      @@EmpressReacts i think michael jackson goes
      solo on it abba and the jacksons were
      both on epic records
      it's from 1979

  • @espectros13
    @espectros13 2 года назад

    Ohh. Andy … low blow!! You know this is my song to you !!! I’ll still be your Kermit !! Puppet NOT !!!!

  • @siv-annsjostrom347
    @siv-annsjostrom347 2 года назад

    Olivia is taking over, a bit sad, when you have to of the best pop singers like Frida and Agneta there.

    • @havensmm9308
      @havensmm9308 2 года назад +7

      It was Olivia's show. Abba was one of her guests. In fact, this was Abba's first US prime time appearance thanks to ONJ. That means ONJ was responsible for the content, plus it was her star power in the US that made this show possible. She was the one entrusted by the Network for this show. It was her responsibility for the content, the success and reputation. It was a ratings smash. Plus guest stars were very respectful of the hosts back then. They knew who the network put their money on and respected that. ONJ was a guest star on many, many other artists' shows and she always made sure they were front and center. That is what great guest stars do. And I consider all of these artists just as talented. Actually, I put ONJ right up there as one of the best all-time pop singers!

    • @alexioverdo5225
      @alexioverdo5225 2 года назад +4

      @@havensmm9308 HNY!Agree,Imho within the popmusic field the all time top 3 belongs to LIVY/KAREN/n the ABBAgirls,!All others should just follow way back.