John Travolta

John Travolta's name became inseparable from the late 1970s through his role in 'Saturday Night Fever,' but his musical presence was anchored by a few specific songs that outlasted the disco era. The duet 'Summer Nights' with Olivia Newton-John from 1978 captured a particular kind of youthful romance that stuck around, and 'You're The One That I Want' had a similar staying power.

Before the film fame, he'd been in the Broadway musical 'Over Here!' after moving to New York at sixteen. The soundtrack success from 'Saturday Night Fever' was massive, but musically he's remembered more for those handful of pop songs than for a long recording career. He put out albums occasionally in later decades, but nothing approached that initial cultural moment.