"Let Me Be There" is a popular song written by John Rostill. It was first
recorded by Olivia Newton-John and released in September 1973 as the second
single from her studio album of the same name. The country-influenced song
was Newton-John's first Top 10 single in the U.S., peaking at #6, and also
won her a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocalist.
Let Me Be There is the third studio album by singer Olivia Newton-John.
It was originally released in November 1973 as Music Makes My Day in the UK,
by Pye International Records, and shortly after in the United States as
Let Me Be There, which became its most recognizable name. The LP peaked
at #54 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
Dame Olivia Newton-John AC DBE (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was
an Australian singer, actress and activist. She was a four-time Grammy Award
winner whose music career included five #1 hits and another ten Top Ten
hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and two Billboard 200 Number One albums,
If You Love Me, Let Me Know (1974) and Have You Never Been Mellow (1975).
In 1978, Newton-John starred in the musical film Grease, whose soundtrack
remains one of the world's best-selling albums of recorded music.
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