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  • Oct 9, 1974
    This feeling doesn't come along everyday: Olivia Newton-John gets a gold single from the RIAA for the third time during the year, for "I Honestly Love You"
    Oct 14, 1974
    Olivia Newton-John collects a gold album from the RIAA, for "Let Me Be There"
    Oct 14, 1974
    Olivia Newton-John becomes the first foreign-born artist to win a Country Music Association award as she's named Female Vocalist of the Year during the eighth annual ceremony, the first held at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House
    Nov 12, 1974
    Minnie Pearl defends the artists who created ACE during a lecture at a Nashville university: "This year's female vocalist winner, Olivia Newton-John, said she was coming to Nashville to meet Hank Williams. She didn't even know that he was dead"
    Nov 12, 1974
    The Association of Country Entertainers, ACE, is created when a group of country artists complains that some of the Country Music Association awards winners shouldn't be considered "country." Most often cited: Olivia Newton-John
    Dec 15, 1974
    Olivia Newton-John sings "I Honestly Love You" and joins Bob Hope on "Silver Bells" as NBC telecasts "The Bob Hope Special"
    Dec 31, 1974
    Olivia Newton-John sings "I Honestly Love You" on the ABC-TV special "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve." Other guests on the telecast include Chicago, The Beach Boys, Linda Ronstadt and The Doobie Brothers
    Jan 2, 1975
    Olivia Newton-John sings "Have You Never Been Mellow" on NBC's telecast of "The Mac Davis Show." Davis performs "Something's Burning," and guest John Davidson covers "Annie's Song"
    Jan 13, 1975
    MCA releases Olivia Newton-John's "Have You Never Been Mellow"
    Jan 24, 1975
    Olivia Newton-John performs "Let Me Be There" on NBC-TV's music show "The Midnight Special," where the guest list also includes The Marshall Tucker Band, Poco and The Charlie Daniels Band

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