Olivia Newton John was born in Cambridge, England in 1948, the youngest child of Professor Brin Newton-John and Irene, daughter of Nobel prize winning physicist Max Born, Olivia Newton-John moved to Melbourne, Australia with her family when she was five. By the age of fifteen, she had formed an all-girl group called Sol Four. Later that year she won a talent contest which earned her a trip to London. By 1963, Olivia was appearing on both a local daytime TV show and a weekly pop music program in Australia. The following year she headed to London where she joined her friend Pat Carroll (who later married John Farrar). Together they toured Europe, played
nightclubs and American Service bases. She went on to meet Bruce Welch, of The Shadows who co-produced her 1971 cover of Bob Dylan's "If Not For You" with her Australian friend producer/songwriter John Farrar, with who she continues to collaborate.