Somewhere between Karen Carpenter and Carly Simon, I had a crush on Olivia Newton John. And, although she is long forgotten by country radio, I wanted to see this one today. She was the Country Music Association's Female Vocalist of the Year in 1975.

I got to see her at John Denver's induction into the Colorado Music Hall Of Fame Concert in Denver in 2010. Her voice was still amazing. And then there's the story of how she spent one Thankgsgiving with John Denver and his wife, Annie.

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