West Coast Girl of the week
It all started for Olivia Newton-John on the west coast of Australia when she entered a local contest “to find the girl who looked like Hayley Mills.” She won - and with that first savor of show biz, joined with three other attractive damsels to form a singing act, the Sol Four. When the act disbanded, she started vocalizing in a coffee lounge fronted by her sister’s husband.
She tried another contest - this time singing her way to London. Now signed to Uni, her first single, a resurrection shuffle version of Bob Dylan’s “If Not For You” is currently riddled with CB bullets. Olivia’s interests, away from recording, are “my two red setter dogs, horse riding, being anywhere where there’s sunshine.”
Russ Regan informs that her west coast visit is “imminent.” Hurry, Olivia, before the sun goes down.