Description
Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture was a huge success as a Broadway musical prior to hitting the big screen in 1978. The soundtrack rivaled its film counterpart as a pop culture perennial, and it’s not hard to see why — its good-natured pastiche of doo wop and early rock & roll is infectious and charming, due in no small part to John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John‘s charismatic, engaging performances. They sing the majority of the originals — “Summer Nights,” “Hopelessly Devoted to You,” “You’re the One That I Want,” “Sandy,” “Greased Lightnin'” — which were the reason why the film and soundtrack became blockbusters.
Besides performers John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, the album also featured songs by rock and roll revival group Sha Na Na as well as the hit song “Grease“, a tune written by Barry Gibb (of the Bee Gees) and sung by Frankie Valli (of The Four Seasons).
Video:Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta – Summer Nights (1978)
Tracklist:
| Grease Remastered | |||
| 1-1 | Frankie Valli– | Grease | 3:25 |
| 1-2 | John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John– | Summer Nights | 3:36 |
| 1-3 | Olivia Newton-John– | Hopelessly Devoted To You | 3:05 |
| 1-4 | John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John– | You’re The One That I Want | 2:49 |
| 1-5 | John Travolta– | Sandy | 2:35 |
| 1-6 | Frankie Avalon– | Beauty School Dropout | 3:59 |
| 1-7 | Stockard Channing– | Look At Me, I’m Sandra Dee | 1:40 |
| 1-8 | John Travolta– | Greased Lightnin’ | 3:14 |
| 1-9 | Cindy Bullens– | It’s Raining On Prom Night | 2:52 |
| 1-10 | Unknown Artist– | Alone At The Drive-In-Movie (Instrumental) | 2:23 |
| 1-11 | Sha-Na-Na*– | Blue Moon | 2:25 |
| 1-12 | Sha-Na-Na*– | Rock ‘N’ Roll Is Here To Stay | 2:02 |
| 1.13 | Sha-Na-Na*– | Those Magic Changes | 2:18 |
| 1-14 | Sha-Na-Na*– | Hound Dog | 1:25 |
| 1-15 | Sha-Na-Na*– | Born To Hand Jive | 4:39 |
| 1-16 | Sha-Na-Na*– | Tears On My Pillow | 2:03 |
| 1-17 | Louis St. Louis & Cindy Bullens– | Mooning | 2:15 |
| 1-18 | Cindy Bullens– | Freddy My Love | 2:48 |
| 1-19 | Louis St. Louis– | Rock ‘N’ Roll Party Queen | 2:11 |
| 1-20 | Stockard Channing– | There Are Worse Things I Could Do | 2:23 |
| 1-21 | Olivia Newton-John– | Look At Me, I’m Sandra Dee (Reprise) | 1:30 |
| 1-22 | John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John & Cast*– | We Go Together (Interpolating: A) Which Doctor (Bagdasarian), B) Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)) | 2:59 |
| 1-23 | Unknown Artist– | Love Is A Many Splendored Thing (Instrumental) | 1:23 |
| 1-24 | Frankie Valli– | Grease (Reprise) | 3:24 |
| 1-25 | John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John– | You’re The One That I Want (Martian Remix) | 3:25 |
| 1-26 | John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John– | Summer Nights (Martian Remix) | 3:37 |
Vocalist:
- Olivia Newton-John – vocals
- John Travolta – vocals
- Stockard Channing – vocals (“Look At Me, I’m Sandra Dee”, “There Are Worse Things I Could Do”)
- Frankie Valli – vocals (“Grease”)
- Barry Gibb – vocals (“Grease”)
- Frankie Avalon – vocals (“Beauty School Drop Out”)
- Backing Vocals – M. Ann White*, Beau Charles, Carol Chase, Curt Becher, Diana Lee, Gene Merlino, Gene Morford, Gerald Garrett, Jackie Ward, Jerry Whitman, Jim Gilstrap, Jim Haas, John Farrar, John Lehman, Kerry Chater, Lisa Roberts, Marti McCall, Maxayn Lewis, Melissa MacKay, Mitch Gordon, Myrna Matthews, Patty Henderson*, Paulette K. Brown*, Ron Hicklin, Sally Stevens, Loren Farber*, Venetta Fields, Zedrick Turnbough*
Written & Produced by: Barry Gibb
Credits:
- Art Direction – Glenn Ross
- Backing Vocals – M. Ann White*, Beau Charles, Carol Chase, Curt Becher, Diana Lee, Gene Merlino, Gene Morford, Gerald Garrett, Jackie Ward, Jerry Whitman, Jim Gilstrap, Jim Haas, John Farrar, John Lehman, Kerry Chater, Lisa Roberts, Marti McCall, Maxayn Lewis, Melissa MacKay, Mitch Gordon, Myrna Matthews, Patty Henderson*, Paulette K. Brown*, Ron Hicklin, Sally Stevens, Loren Farber*, Venetta Fields, Zedrick Turnbough*
- Bass – Wm. J. Bodine*, William David Hungate*, David Allen Ryan*, Dean Cortez, Harold Cowart, Max Bennett, Mike Porcaro
- Concertmaster – James Getzoff
- Contractor – Carl Fortina
- Copyist – Bob Borenstein*
- Design [Album Design] – George Corsillo, Gribbitt*, Tim Bryant (2)
- Drums – Carlos Vega, Cubby O’Brien, Ollie Brown, Ron Zeigler*
- Editor [Music Editor, Paramount Pictures Corp.] – June Edgerton
- Engineer – David J. Holman, Eirik Wangberg*, Jay Lewis, Michael Carnevale
- Guitar – Bob Rose, Cliff Morris, Dan Sawyer, Dennis Budimir, Jay Graydon, Joey Murcia, John Farrar, Lee Ritenour, Thomas Tedesso*
- Harp – Dorothy Remsen, Gayle Levant
- Keyboards – Bhen Lanzarone*, George Bitzer, Greg Mathieson, Lincoln Majorca*, Louis St. Louis, Mike Land, Thomas Garvin*
- Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
- Percussion – Antoine Dearborn, Eddie “Bongo” Brown, Larry Bunker, Victor Feldman
- Photography By – Alan Pappe*, Lee Gross Assoc., Inc.
- Photography By [Background Photos] – Ron Slenzak
- Saxophone – Jerome Richardson, John Kelson, Jr.*
- Supervised By [Album Supervision], Compiled By [Album Compilation] – Bill Oakes
- Trombone – Lloyd Ulgate*
- Trumpet – Albert Aarons*, Robert Bryant*
