Baptized My Dreamthis title in duet with the group Il Volo, comes from a writing session carried out by Olivia Newton-John and Victoria Shaw, 15 years ago, but was never finished.
Olivia Newton-John’s voice resonates once again for a song. More than two years after her death, a new track by the Australian-British singer and actress has been unveiled.
Baptized My Dreamthis title comes from a writing session carried out by Olivia Newton-John and Victoria Shaw, 15 years ago, but had never been finished. It was producer Jim Brickman who finally decided to complete the piece by inviting the opera singers group Il Volo.
“I decided to finish the song to honor my dear friend, her beautiful spirit and her foundation,” Jim Brickman said.
Profits from listening to this song will be donated to the Olivia Newton-John Foundation, created by the singer to develop global research into medicinal plants to fight cancer.
30 years of fighting against breast cancer
Olivia Newton-John, who died in 2022, was world famous thanks to her role in the cult musical Greasealongside John Travolta. She also had a career in music, with around forty country and pop rock albums to her credit – including Physicala huge success in 1981 – and hundreds of concerts given across the planet.
The artist had been battling breast cancer for 30 years. Despite a mastectomy in 1992, she had two recurrences in 2013 and 2017, with metastases, and devoted all her energy and fame to the fight against the disease.
