EVERYONE knew the lyrics to all the Grease songs (I still do). We acted out being Pink Ladies and T-Birds in the school playground. And Olivia Newton-John's transformation from Sandy, with her ...

Danny's the leader of the T-Birds, a group of black leather jacket-wearing greasers while Sandy hangs with the Pink Ladies, a group of pink-wearing girls led by Rizzo (Stockard Channing).

By the time the sun-soaked California film version came along in 1978, Grease was squeaky clean enough for Olivia Newton-John to star. The Pink Ladies got started somewhere between 1953 and 1955 ...

hip-shaking "Pink Ladies" in bobby sox and pedal pushers, evoking the look and sound of the 1950s in this rollicking musical. Head "greaser" Danny Zuko and new (good) girl Sandy Dumbrowski try to ...

Jocasta Almgill [far right] pictured with fellow Pink Ladies [L ... Phillips likens Grease's characters to youngsters doing hip-hop and breakdancing from the streets Sandy's transformation ...

John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John met through their roles as Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsson ... John opted for a pink gown. Newton-John and Travolta kissed at a "Grease" party that year.

Danny's the leader of the T-Birds, a group of black leather jacket-wearing greasers while Sandy hangs with the Pink Ladies, a group of pink-wearing girls led by Rizzo (Stockard Channing).