Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 23:24:35 -0500
From: <cmathis@brothersgibb.com>
Subject: This isn't the first time that the biggest hit from a film wasn't the one that was submitted for Oscar consideration
This isn't the first time that the biggest hit from a film wasn't the one
that was submitted for Oscar consideration. Here are other times something
like this happened.
Grease, 1978: Olivia
Newton-John's "Hopelessly Devoted to You," which received an Oscar
nomination, was a big hit, peaking at No. 3 on the Hot 100, but there were
two bigger hits from the soundtrack. Newton-John and
John Travolta's "You're
the One That I Want" and
Frankie Valli's "Grease" both reached No. 1. John Farrar wrote both
"Hopelessly" and "You're the One That I Want."
Barry Gibb wrote "Grease."
This was the second year in a row that Gibb was passed over for an Oscar
nod. None of the Bee Gees'
songs from Saturday Night Fever were nominated for the 1977 award.
Newton-John performed her spotlight ballad on the Oscar telecast in April
1979 - and slayed!
("Hopelessly" lost to the disco classic "Last Dance."
Donna Summer's performance
of that song on the Oscar telecast was
also stellar.)
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