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I’m hopelessly devoted to you. Grease (1978) dir. Randal Kleiser

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Tell me about it, stud.

Grease (1978) dir. Randal Kleiser

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Grease (1978) dir. Randal Kleiser

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Stockard Channing as Betty Rizzo in Grease (1978) dir. Randal Kleiser

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You better shape up, ‘cause I need a man and my heart is set on you. Grease (1978) dir. Randal Kleiser

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Grease (1978)

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You’re The One That I Want

John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John

Grease: The Original Soundtrack

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“Grease 2” (1982)

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On this day in music history: August 26, 1978 - “Grease” by Frankie Valli hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, also peaking at #40 on the R&B singles chart on September 16, 1978. Written by Barry Gibb, it is the second solo chart topper for legendary lead vocalist of The Four Seasons born Francesco Castelluccio. Following the Bee Gees work on the soundtrack for “Saturday Night Fever” and as the group are wrapping up filming on the Robert Stigwood helmed “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”, Barry Gibb is asked by Stigwood to write the theme song  for film adaptation of the long running hit musical “Grease”. Gibb quickly writes the song on his own,  cutting the track at Criteria Studios in Miami, FL in April of 1978. Guitarist Peter Frampton, Gibb’s co-star in “Sgt. Pepper” plays guitar on the track. Barry Gibb is also instrumental in bringing in Frankie Valli to sing the title song to the film. Released as the second single from the “Grease” soundtrack on May 6, 1978, it quickly becomes a smash. Entering the Hot 100 at #69 on May 27, 1978, it climbs to the top of the chart thirteen weeks later. “Grease” is Valli’s second solo number one (seventh overall) giving him a span of nearly sixteen years since his first number with The Four Seasons in 1962. The success of the song drives sales of the “Grease” soundtrack to over 8x Platinum in the US, and worldwide sales of over twenty eight million copies. At the time of its domination of the charts, it is the second largest selling soundtrack album of all time after “Saturday Night Fever” (eventually displaced to second and third place by “The Bodyguard” Soundtrack). “Grease” is certified Platinum in the US by the RIAA.

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“Grease”   The original is always the best.!

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Love them

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Tell me more, tell me more!

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“Grease 2” (1982)

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Grease (1978)

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Grease (1978)

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