Tuesday, August 21, 2018

AccuRadio Song Of The Day-John Travolta

Artist:John Travolta
Song:Let Her In
Album:The Best Of John Travolta: Let Her In





Before John Travolta became a movie star, he appeared on the sitcom Welcome Back Kotter. While on that show, he recorded a couple of albums aimed at teenage girls. Let Her In was a top ten hit in 1976. Then Travolta starred in Saturday Night Fever and Grease. Though he scored hit singles with Grease, Travolta never recorded another album after that. He was born Feb. 18, 1954 in Englewood, NJ. His mother Helen was an actress. All the Travolta kids went into show business. After appearing in a couple of touring musicals, Travolta moved to Los Angeles. His first big role was as a bully tormenting Sissy Spacek in the 1976 film Carrie. But the ABC sitcom Welcome Back Kotter aired before Carrie was released. So that's where most of us saw him first. The other movie that gave Travolta a big boost was the TV movie The Boy In The Plastic Bubble. Meanwhile, Travolta signed a record deal with Midland International owned by veteran producers Bob Reno and Eddie O'Loughlin. These guys were riding high because of disco hits by Carol Douglas (Doctor's Orders) and Silver Convention (Fly Robin Fly). Travolta auditioned and O'Loughlin had a song by British songwriter Gary Benson called Let Her In that no one wanted to sing. Travolta recorded Let Her In and it reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was not long after this that Travolta signed to star in Saturday Night Fever. So he only recorded two albums for Midland. This comp covers those recordings. Of course Travolta's other hits were from Grease and they aren't on this CD. He has never recorded another album. He didn't need to as a big movie star. Here's John Travolta performing Let Her In on American Bandstand 1976. The source for part of this is from an interview with Eddie O'Loughlin from the 2016 book Legends Of Disco: Forty Stars Discuss Their Careers by James Arena.

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