Editing Olivia Newton-John (section)

==Musical legacy==
Newton-John's first boyfriend, [[Ian Turpie]], once said of her early appearances: "In those days she had a small voice, but it was very pure. She could sing prettily in tune....The improvement in her singing since she went to England has been remarkable. She told me [[Shirley Bassey]] has been a big influence on her. After hearing Bassey, she worked at developing her head voice to sound like a chest voice, the way Bassey uses hers. The power she's developed is amazing".<ref name="Murphy" />

Michael Dwyer of the ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'' maintains that following Newton-John's career was like watching "our slightly older and braver sister growing up in public" and her passing "feels today like a lost member of the family".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dwyer |first=Michael |date=9 August 2022 |title=How Olivia Newton-John guided us from blissful AM radio to raunchy MTV |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/how-olivia-newton-john-guided-us-from-blissful-am-radio-to-raunchy-mtv-20220809-p5b8gc.html |access-date=28 September 2022 |website=Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> Rachel Syme of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' also suggests that her familial, down-to-earth demeanor and humanity may have even superseded her singing accomplishments: "Her most lasting legacy might be as the rare celebrity who was almost universally well liked, and thought of as an essentially kind and warmhearted person".<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 August 2022 |title=Olivia Newton-John's Tale of Two Sandys |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/olivia-newton-johns-tale-of-two-sandys |access-date=28 September 2022 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nipar |first=Yvette |date=26 November 2022 |title=Olivia Newton-John: Is she really who you thought she was? |url=https://medium.com/@yvettenipar_19165/olivia-newton-john-is-she-really-who-you-thought-she-was-359b4e1fdd0c |access-date=5 July 2024 |website=Medium |language=en}}</ref>

Her musical abilities on their own merits were also impressive. In her 1982 ''Olivia in Concert'' performance of [[Dolly Parton]]'s "Jolene," Newton-John showcases a down-falling note range covering three octaves. (Much later, Newton-John and Parton recorded a duet of "[[Jolene (song)|Jolene,"]] which was not formally released until after Newton-John's death.)<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 February 2023 |title=Olivia Newton-John duets album 'Just the Two of Us' coming May 5 |url=https://www.theeagle1069.com/olivia-newton-john-duets-album-just-the-two-of-us-coming-may-5/ |access-date=21 February 2023 |website=106.9 The Eagle |language=en-US |archive-date=21 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221012748/https://www.theeagle1069.com/olivia-newton-john-duets-album-just-the-two-of-us-coming-may-5/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In her memoir, Newton-John describes herself as "not a power singer but more of an interpretive one";<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olivia Newton-John's Catalog of Emotion |url=https://oxfordamerican.org/magazine/issue-119-winter-2022/olivia-newtonjohn-s-catalog-of-emotion#:~:text=%E2%80%9CI%27m%20not%20a%20power,they%20preferred%20more%20direct%20deliveries. |access-date=21 February 2023 |website=Oxford American |language=en}}</ref> and author Lauren O'Neill concurs: "She sang with clarity and precision, her high notes bright and open like a window on a summer morning, but her voice was never clinical – a sultry purr, euphoric cry or breathy gasp seemed always available to her....Her vocal [on "Hopelessly Devoted to You" from ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]''] is clean and soaring, but to hear it is to be right down in the dirt with Sandy too; to feel, and perhaps even identify with, her total frustration with herself. As she slides between notes while singing 'I'm out of my head,' she shows us her emotional freefall as well as telling us about it."<ref>{{Cite web |last= Lauren |first=O'Neill |date=9 August 2022 |title=Olivia Newton-John was probably one of the most underrated vocalists in music |url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/olivia-newton-john-best-songs-music-grease-1785880 |access-date=13 September 2022 |website=inews.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>

Long before and after the career summit of ''Grease'', Newton-John proved herself to be a fairly versatile performer, lending her instrument to everything from sentimental ballads and New Age soul searching to lively dance productions and rock & soul fervor. [[Maura Johnston]] of ''Vulture'' assesses: "Newton-John was a regular chart-topper...throughout the '70s, her lithe soprano adapting well to the soft pop sound" of the era with "''AM Gold'' staples and tracks from the folk and country world...As it turned out, Newton-John's voice was pretty well suited to the spiky dance pop that would become popular in the early 1980s" too.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Johnston |first=Maura |author-link=Maura Johnston|date=10 August 2022 |title=Olivia Newton-John Was Magic |url=https://www.vulture.com/2022/08/olivia-newton-john-music-remembrance.html |access-date=14 September 2022 |website=Vulture |language=en-us}}</ref> However, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' offers a counterpoint on her career decline in the mid-1980s: "Hardness never was Newton-John's comfort zone, though, and the 1980s were a much harder decade than the 1970s. The inherent warmth of 1970s studio sessions gave way to the cold, synthesized gleam of the 1980s, a sterile sound that suited her well only once: the candied faux-new wave of 'Twist of Fate'", produced by [[David Foster]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=An underappreciated singer, Olivia Newton-John breathed sensuality into the soft rock of the '70s |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/underappreciated-singer-olivia-newton-john-162233919.html |access-date=14 September 2022 |website=sports.yahoo.com |date=9 August 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> Johnston further maintains: "Her pop heyday transcended any attempts to musically pigeonhole her"; and by the time she stopped having many new hits, "her musical legacy ... had been pretty well solidified."<ref name=":2" />

Newton-John's work has inspired many other female vocalists, including [[Juliana Hatfield]], [[Lisa Loeb]], [[Kylie Minogue]], [[Delta Goodrem]], [[Natalie Maines]] and [[Alanis Morissette]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Juliana Hatfield's hopeless devotion to Olivia Newton-John: 'Everything I do is influenced by my love for her' |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/juliana-hatfields-hopeless-devotion-olivia-newton-john-everything-influenced-love-181239682.html |access-date=20 September 2022 |website=www.yahoo.com |date=8 August 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lisa Loeb Biography |url=https://musicianguide.com/biographies/1608002184/Lisa-Loeb.html |access-date=20 September 2022 |website=musicianguide.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=9 August 2022 |title=Kylie Minogue pays tribute following heartbreaking death of Olivia Newton-John - details |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/20220809147635/kylie-minogue-heartbreaking-tribute-olivia-newton-john-death/ |access-date=20 September 2022 |website=HELLO! |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Leach |first=Maddison |title=Delta Goodrem breaks into tears on Sunrise as she reveals her final contact with Olivia Newton-John |url=https://www.nowtolove.com.au/celebrity/celeb-news/olivia-newton-john-delta-goodrem-final-moments-74360 |access-date=20 September 2022 |website=Now To Love |date=10 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=14 August 2022 |title=See the Chicks Pay Tribute to Olivia Newton-John With 'Hopelessly Devoted to You' Cover |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/the-chicks-olivia-newton-john-tribute-hopelessly-devoted-to-you-1396932/ |access-date=20 September 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Claire |first=Marie |date=13 June 2018 |title=Alanis Morissette: 'When someone says I'm angry, it's a compliment' |url=https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/entertainment/music/alanis-morissette-597648 |access-date=20 September 2022 |website=Marie Claire |language=en}}</ref> [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] staged a commemorative Newton-John cover during the 2022 [[American Music Awards of 2022|American Music Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=P!nk belts out a powerful tribute to Olivia Newton-John at AMAs |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/453789-pnk-belts-out-a-powerful-tribute-to-olivia-newton-john-at-amas |access-date=23 November 2022 |website=www.geo.tv |language=en}}</ref> At the [[2022 ARIA Music Awards]], a special tribute in her honour featured performances by [[Natalie Imbruglia]], [[Peking Duk]] and [[Tones and I]].<ref name="Performers 2022">{{cite web | url=https://www.aria.com.au/awards/news/an-epic-set-of-performers-announced-for-the-2022-aria-awards | title=An Epic Set of Performers Announced for the 2022 ARIA Awards | publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | date=16 November 2022 | access-date=22 November 2022 }}</ref>