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Sandy & beyond A LASTING LEGACY

Gigging around Melbourne as a teenager, Olivia’s career first seriously took off in the UK, where she signed a recording contract with Decca Records.

In 1971, after songwriter Bruce Welch came into Olivia’s life, the breakdown of their brief engagement translated into her first of many hits,. Then, a song Olivia had sung when she was performing in Australia, became her next single. After placing fourth for the UK in Eurovision in 1974, Olivia looked to the US, where became a huge.

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