Summer Nights
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
1978
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1978
Release: 1978Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The original studio recording was released in 1978 and belongs to the original Grease program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Grease - reviewed original licensed program
The licensed program identifies the original 1978 studio or soundtrack performances and their individual released credits. Only the reviewed original program is used; expanded bonuses, alternate mixes, later remakes and inherited parent dates are checked separately. Year precision does not assert an exact earliest album or single day.
About Olivia Newton-John
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Olivia Newton-John was born in Cambridge and grew up in Melbourne, where television talent shows helped launch her singing career. After performing in Britain, she recorded If Not for You with producers Bruce Welch and John Farrar. Her repertoire moved through country and pop, while Grease paired her screen performance with songs including Hopelessly Devoted to You. Physical and the film Xanadu extended her later pop career.
Artist background sources
Olivia Newton-John - official career biography
Cambridge/Melbourne background, talent shows, British performing work, If Not for You production, country/pop career, Grease, Physical and Xanadu. The outdated present tense, incorrect US-album-debut claim, personal medical history and sales rankings are omitted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Summer Nights by John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John appears at number 69 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1978. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Billboard year-end 1978 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1978 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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