Which two comedy actors had a hit in 1978 with you're the one that I want?
"the One That I Want"" was issued as the lead single by Craig McLachlan and Deborah Gibson (Epic UK 659 522, released July 1993). It peaked at number thirteen in the UK. British comedians Arthur Mullard and Hylda Baker also released a version of the song in 1978. Their version reached No. 22 in the UK. In 1978, the German comedians Dieter Hallervorden and Helga Feddersen released a parody version under the title ""Du, die Wanne ist voll"". The song reached position number four in the German charts. The song serves as the source of the title of the American"
"You're the One That I Want ""You're the One That I Want"" is a song written by John Farrar for the 1978 film version of the musical ""Grease"". It was performed by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. It is one of the best-selling singles in history, having sold over 6 million copies among the United States, the United Kingdom, and France alone, with estimates of more than 15 million copies sold overall. ""You're the One That I Want"" was one of the two singles Farrar wrote specifically for Newton-John's appearance in the film that had not been in the original"
"coming on stage. You're the One That I Want ""You're the One That I Want"" is a song written by John Farrar for the 1978 film version of the musical ""Grease"". It was performed by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. It is one of the best-selling singles in history, having sold over 6 million copies among the United States, the United Kingdom, and France alone, with estimates of more than 15 million copies sold overall. ""You're the One That I Want"" was one of the two singles Farrar wrote specifically for Newton-John's appearance in the film that had not been"
"second American network television special, ""Olivia"", featuring guests ABBA and Andy Gibb. ""Grease"" became the biggest box-office hit of 1978. spent 12 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 and yielded three Top 5 singles for Newton-John: the platinum ""You're The One That I Want"" (No. 1 Pop, No. 23 AC) with John Travolta, the gold ""Hopelessly Devoted to You"" (No. 3 Pop, No. 20 Country, No. 7 AC) and the gold ""Summer Nights"" (No. 5 Pop, No. 21 AC) with John Travolta and the film's cast. The former two songs were written and composed by her long-time music producer, John Farrar,"
"Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture is the original motion picture soundtrack for the 1978 film ""Grease"". It was originally released by RSO Records and subsequently re-issued by Polydor Records in 1984 and 1991. The song ""You're the One That I Want"" was a US and UK No. 1 for stars John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. It sold 28 million copies worldwide.Making it one of the best selling albums of all time, also ranking amongst the biggest selling soundtrack albums of all time. Besides performers John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John,"
"The One and Only (1978 film) The One and Only is a 1978 comedy film starring Henry Winkler, directed by Carl Reiner and written by Steve Gordon. At a midwestern college in 1951, student Mary Crawford has the combined good and bad fortune to meet Andy Schmidt, a remarkably conceited young man who is convinced that he is tremendously talented and has every intention of becoming a star. Andy is so obnoxious, he wants Mary to marry him fast before he becomes too famous to give her a second look. She can't resist him, try as she might. Mary takes"
"for five weeks on the Adult Contemporary chart, behind ""I Don't Need You"" by Kenny Rogers. It became an RIAA gold record. The One That You Love ""The One That You Love"" is a popular song written by Graham Russell and sung by Australian soft rock duo Air Supply from their sixth studio album of the same name. This song reached number one in the United States in 1981. It topped the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart on 25 July 1981 and remained there for one week, becoming the band's only number one hit. In Canada, it knocked the Stars on"
"a 1978 feature film, directed by Randal Kleiser and choreographed by Patricia Birch, who had also choreographed the show on Broadway. In addition to Birch, three performers from the stage version carried over to the cast: Jamie Donnelly reprised her role as Jan, John Travolta performed as lead Danny Zuko while Jeff Conaway played Kenickie, whose character was given a closer friendship to Danny than seen in the musical. Australian country/easy listening singer Olivia Newton-John was cast as Sandy; to accommodate the casting move, the character's nationality was rewritten, and two songs added (the big-band inspired ""You're the One that"
"I'm the One That I Want I'm The One That I Want is a concert movie released in 2000. The film captures a live performance of a one-woman show of stand-up comedy, featuring actress and comedian Margaret Cho. The film combines elements of storytelling and stand-up. It showcases Cho's unique style of sexually blunt monologue performance. The primary focus of the material is on Cho's ascension into stardom and her struggles with weight, drug addiction and sexual promiscuity. Cho also addresses her failed sitcom ""All American Girl"", racism, homophobia and other challenges. The performance was filmed at the Warfield Theater"
"fifth best-selling single of all time in the U.K., where it has sold 2 million copies. A re-released dance version of the single by Almighty Records reached #4 in the UK and #27 in Australia in 1998, the twentieth anniversary of the film's debut. In 1984, Kids Incorporated covered ""You're the One That I Want"" in the Season 1 episode ""Civic Day Parade"". Kids Incorporated covered ""You're the One That I Want"" again in 1985 in the Season 2 episode ""Decade of Hits"". In 1993, Epic Records released the London cast recording, ""Grease - Original London Cast Recording"", and ""You're"
"submitted two originals, ""Hopelessly Devoted To You"" and ""You're the One That I Want"". Both were accepted (despite strong reservations from director Randal Kleiser, who believed that the songs didn't fit the style) and became two of the soundtrack's most successful singles, being international number-one hits during 1978. In June 2004, Farrar recalled writing the two songs: ""'You're the One That I Want': The weird thing was it was the fastest song I ever wrote. It came so fast, the actual melody and the feel of it. 'Hopelessly Devoted To You': I spent the longest period writing the lyrics of"
"of someone like the great George Burns."" Roger Ebert of ""Chicago Sun-Times"" gave it 2 out of 4 stars. ""It's a pleasant movie, it has some genuinely funny moments."" The One and Only (1978 film) The One and Only is a 1978 comedy film starring Henry Winkler, directed by Carl Reiner and written by Steve Gordon. At a midwestern college in 1951, student Mary Crawford has the combined good and bad fortune to meet Andy Schmidt, a remarkably conceited young man who is convinced that he is tremendously talented and has every intention of becoming a star. Andy is so"
"in 1978, the label boasted an unprecedented sixth consecutive number-one single on the ""Billboard"" (US) pop charts, holding the top spot for 21 consecutive weeks. With singles releases from the ""Grease"" album (""You're the One That I Want"", and the title track) and another huge Andy Gibb smash (""Shadow Dancing""), RSO would log a further 10 weeks at the number 1 position, giving the label a record nine in one calendar year. This feat remains unduplicated by any record label to date. It also released a one-off single that summer by Paul Jones, featuring orchestrated ballad-style versions of two punk"
"The One That You Love ""The One That You Love"" is a popular song written by Graham Russell and sung by Australian soft rock duo Air Supply from their sixth studio album of the same name. This song reached number one in the United States in 1981. It topped the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart on 25 July 1981 and remained there for one week, becoming the band's only number one hit. In Canada, it knocked the Stars on 45 medley off the top spot and stayed there for five weeks. ""The One That You Love"" also peaked at number two"
"for the rest of the US. The ""Los Angeles Times"" said the film contained ""the funniest outpouring of dialogue this side of Woody Allen."" Just Me and You Just Me and You is a 1978 television film. It was written by Louise Lasser and directed by John Erman. The film is a gentle comedy about two strangers with personal family issues who drive across wintery America after Michael Lindsay (Charles Grodin) offers a lift to Jane Alofsin (Lasser) and how they gradually get to know each other. Jane is a little neurotic and very indecisive while Charles is more focused."
"speed mastered. !scope=""row""| Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong) Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture is the original motion picture soundtrack for the 1978 film ""Grease"". It was originally released by RSO Records and subsequently re-issued by Polydor Records in 1984 and 1991. The song ""You're the One That I Want"" was a US and UK No. 1 for stars John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. It sold 28 million copies worldwide.Making it one of the best selling albums of all time, also ranking amongst the biggest selling soundtrack albums of all"
"Just You and Me, Kid Just You and Me, Kid is a 1979 American comedy film starring George Burns, Brooke Shields, Lorraine Gary, Ray Bolger, Leon Ames, Carl Ballantine, Keye Luke and Burl Ives. It was directed by Leonard B. Stern and was released in July 1979 by Columbia Pictures. Bill (George Burns) is an elderly ex-vaudevillian who lives alone, often looking at photographs of his deceased wife. Each day after breakfast, he goes to the supermarket, where he interacts in a friendly way with employees, often charming them with a magic trick. Kate (Brooke Shields) is a teen-age girl"
"by actor and comedian Eddie Murphy. ""I Want You"" was released March 16, 1976 in the United States on the Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records. While not as successful sales-wise as Gaye's previous landmark albums ""What's Going On"" and ""Let's Get It On"", ""I Want You"" sold in excess of 1 million copies in the United States with help mostly coming from its first single ""I Want You"". The single topped the ""Billboard"" Soul Singles chart, quickly becoming Marvin Gaye's eleventh number-one hit on that chart, while peaking at number fifteen on the ""Billboard"" Pop Singles chart. The album's second single,"
"and video from practice sessions showed awkward and unrhythmic movements from her. However, during the performance, she pulled off the dance moves quite well and on the beat. This was the only episode where Jillian Barberie and John Zimmerman had the highest score alone. They tied with Eisler and Swanson in episode 4. Scores (Nicks/Hamill/Lund/Total) The Featured Skill was Synchronized Footwork. The teams skated to 1970s music. Kurt Browning and Deborah Gibson skated to a version of ""You're The One That I Want"" from the movie ""Grease"" with Gibson singing the female vocal part. Judge John Nicks was particularly dismayed"
"were chosen by popular votes from ballots cast. Alexander was among the remaining 6 from who the judges chose him and Adanna Duru as wild card choices. For the songs from the movies week he sang Lo-Fang's stripped-down arrangement of Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta's ""You're the One That I Want"" from the 1978 musical ""Grease"" which 'People' magazine said ""stole the show"". Alexander advanced to the top 7 with fellow New Orleans singer Joey Cook, who is originally from Virginia but has made the city her new home. The week that Cook was eliminated Alexander was upset that two"
"hit song ""The One That You Love"" which contains the lyrics: ""Here I am, the one that you love."" Released as a single in the fall of 1981, ""Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You)"" peaked at #5 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in November of that year, remaining in the Top 40 for 15 weeks. The song also spent three weeks atop the ""Billboard"" adult contemporary chart. Lead vocals on ""Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You)"" were performed by the two vocalists in the group, Graham Russell and Russell"
"media that they had broken up over a year ago, and would no longer continue to make music together, but would branch out into their own solo careers. Alex & Sierra auditioned in New Orleans, Louisiana, making it to the next round after wowing the judges with a sultry version of Britney Spears' ""Toxic"". They continued on to the top 40 and received Simon Cowell as their mentor. For the Four Chair Challenge, Alex & Sierra took on the John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John classic ""You're The One That I Want"" from the 1978 musical film ""Grease"". The judges praised the duo"
"1,600 performances and winning seven Tony awards, and was later adapted as a 1978 film starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. ""A Single Thing in Common"" is set in an apartment known as ""the playpen"" by swinging seventies types Richard Sloan, Linda Schneider, and Mike Jarvis. When Mike, a pilot, gets hired to work in Abu Dhabi, the others look for a roommate who will find their lifestyle acceptable. Soon, Richard's old friend George Caulfield shows up at the door. His wife, Joyce, has had an affair and granted him a divorce. He asks to stay until he can find"
"seven weeks respectively, while ""Grease"", ""Hopelessly Devoted to You"" and ""Sandy"" all became top three hits. The soundtrack album hit the top of the charts in the U.S. during the summer of 1978, replacing The Rolling Stones' ""Some Girls"". In the UK, it remained at the top of the charts for 13 consecutive weeks. As of 2011, ""You're the One That I Want"" and ""Summer Nights"" are still among the 20 best-selling singles of all time in the UK (at Nos.6 and 19 respectively). ""Greased Lightnin',"" another carryover from the stage version, was also released as a single, reaching the"
"film. They are: It will be released on DVD by the Criterion Collection March of 2019. I Wanna Hold Your Hand (film) I Wanna Hold Your Hand is a 1978 American comedy film directed and co-written by Robert Zemeckis, which takes its name from the 1963 song ""I Want to Hold Your Hand"" by the Beatles. It was produced and co-written by Bob Gale. The film is about ""Beatlemania"" and is a fictionalized account of the day of the Beatles' first appearance on ""The Ed Sullivan Show"" (February 9, 1964). It was released in 1978 by Universal Pictures. The film"
"Just Tell Me What You Want Just Tell Me What You Want is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Sidney Lumet. It stars Ali MacGraw, Peter Weller and Alan King, and was also Myrna Loy's final film. The screenplay by Jay Presson Allen, adapted from her novel, won her the David di Donatello Award for Best Screenplay of a Foreign Film. To date, this is MacGraw's last leading role in a film. Max Herschel, the married, wealthy, vulgar, egotistical, middle-aged head of a corporate empire, is satisfied with the somewhat casual love/hate relationship he shares with his mistress and"
"the 1988 People's Choice Award for Favorite Comedy Motion Picture. Architect Peter Mitchell (Tom Selleck), cartoonist Michael Kellam (Steve Guttenberg), and actor Jack Holden (Ted Danson) are happy living their lives as bachelors in their lofty New York City apartment where they have frequent parties and flings with different women. Their lives are suddenly disrupted when a baby named Mary arrives on their doorstep one day. A note with her, written by a lady named Sylvia, indicates that she is Jack's, the result of a tryst between the actor and actress when they were both in a Shakespeare in the"
"Ladd, Stevie Nicks, Jacqueline Bisset Macho Men of 1977: Lindsey Buckingham, Richard Gere, Arnold Schwarzenegger Flashback Commercial of 1977: Miller Lite - ""Great taste, less filling"" Wonders of 1977: Billy Beer, first MRI, Sports bra Follicle Fad of 1977: Chest hair, Mohawk Primate of 1977: The Grape Ape Roller Rink Anthem of 1978: Chic's ""Le Freak"" Flashback Commercial of 1978: Body on Tap shampoo Primate of 1978: Evie of ""Battlestar Galactica"" Follicle Fad of 1978: Throwback hair Macho Men of 1978: Andy Gibb, Björn Borg, Mick Jagger Wonders of 1978: Ben & Jerry's, Reese's Pieces, Ginsu, Ironman Triathlon Foxy Ladies"
"I Want You (Marvin Gaye song) ""I Want You"" is a song written by songwriters Leon Ware and Arthur ""T-Boy"" Ross and performed by singer Marvin Gaye. It was released as a single in 1976 on his fourteenth studio album of the same name on the Tamla label. The song introduced a change in musical styles for Gaye, who before then had been recording songs with a funk edge. Songs such as this gave him a disco audience thanks to Ware, who produced the song alongside Gaye. The song also stood to be one of Marvin's most popular singles during"
"Ashton Kutcher Christopher Ashton Kutcher (; born February 7, 1978) is an American actor and investor. He began his acting career portraying Michael Kelso in the Fox sitcom ""That '70s Show"" (1998–2006). He made his film debut in the romantic comedy ""Coming Soon"" (1999) and became known by audiences in the comedy film ""Dude, Where's My Car?"" (2000), which was a box office hit. In 2003, Kutcher moved into romantic comedies, appearing in that year's ""Just Married"" and ""My Boss's Daughter"". In 2003, he created and produced the television series ""Punk'd"", also serving as host for the first eight of"
"As of May 2018, ""Johnny Are You Queer"" ranks at No. 80 on VH1's ""Top 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders Of The 80's"" list. Josie Cotton Josie Cotton (born 1956) is an American singer and songwriter, best known for ""Johnny Are You Queer?"" and ""He Could Be the One"" from 1982. ""Johnny Are You Queer?"" was used on the soundtracks to ""Jackass Number Two"" and ""Valley Girl"". ""He Could Be the One"" was used in ""Valley Girl"". Born Kathleen Josey in Dallas, Texas, Cotton sang with Dallas area bands before moving to Los Angeles, California. She met Larson Paine in"
"One and One (musical) One & One is an American 1970s award-winning original off-Broadway musical comedy by Dianne Adams (music and lyrics), Fred Bennett (book), and Richard O'Donnell (book, music and lyrics). Produced by the Broadway-times Theatre Co., and directed by Jim Payne, ""One & One"" opened November 15, 1978 at The Carter Theatre, 250 West 43rd Street in the heart of Times Square. ""One & One"" tells the story of a fading song and dance team Majeski & O’Reily that are forced to take on a woman partner to boost their notoriety. An old childhood friend, Julie Allyn, has"
"the film has not been released on Blu-Ray or in the digital format. Just You and Me, Kid Just You and Me, Kid is a 1979 American comedy film starring George Burns, Brooke Shields, Lorraine Gary, Ray Bolger, Leon Ames, Carl Ballantine, Keye Luke and Burl Ives. It was directed by Leonard B. Stern and was released in July 1979 by Columbia Pictures. Bill (George Burns) is an elderly ex-vaudevillian who lives alone, often looking at photographs of his deceased wife. Each day after breakfast, he goes to the supermarket, where he interacts in a friendly way with employees, often"