Olivia Newton John -- Hopelessly Devoted To You ( Subtitulos en español) - Olivia Newton John -- Hopelessly Devoted To You ( Subtitulos en español)

What this video is

Released in 1978 as part of the Grease: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on RSO Records, 'Hopelessly Devoted to You' exemplifies the late-1970s phenomenon of feature film soundtracks as primary pop music vehicles. The song reached #3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song—the only Oscar nomination the film received—establishing it as one of the defining…

Why it matters

A landmark of the film-to-single crossover model that dominated late-1970s pop. As one of five Grease songs to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously, it demonstrated the commercial power of the integrated movie-soundtrack strategy. The song's torch-ballad structure, string-laden…

The director

Born July 20, 1946, in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. USC School of Cinematic Arts graduate whose master's thesis short film Peege (1972) was later inducted into the National Film Registry. Began career directing TV episodes of Marcus Welby, M.D. and Starsky & Hutch…