On this day in music history:October 10,1974. I Honestly Love You (first released in Australia as I Love You, I Honestly Love You, per its chorus) was a worldwide pop hit single for Olivia Newton-John in 1974. The song was Newton-Johns first number-one single in the United States and Canada, thus cementing her as a household name in North America. Released on the Long Live Love album in the United Kingdom by EMI, it was eventually released on the album If You Love Me, Let Me Know in the United States on MCA. The song was written by Jeff Barry and the Australian composer Peter Allen; the latter recorded it around the same time on his album Continental American. It also appears in the musical about Allens life, The Boy from Oz. VH1 placed the song at No. 11 on its 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs list. The song won Newton-John both the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 17th Grammy Awards. Andy Williams released a version in 1974 on his album, You Lay So Easy on My Mind. A snippet of the song plays over Chief Brodys radio in the second shark attack in 1975s Jaws, moments before Alex Kitner and Pippet the dog disappear beneath the waves. Heres a video. youtube/watch?v=Ac24COCKTVM
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