John Travolta 1978

John Tavolta in Grease-mode on the cover of Bravo of 2 November 1978.

John Travolta 1980

John Travolta in “Urban Cowboy” on a centrespread poster in Bravo of 18 September 1980.

John Travolta 1978

John Travolta on the cover of Bravo of 14 December 1978.

Welcome Back, Kotter 1979

The cast of Welcome Back, Kotter on a centrespread poster in Bravo of 27 September 1979. German TV had finally decided to broadcast the series, on the back off John Travolta’s post-Kotter success.

Bee Gees & Travolta 1979

The Bee Gees and John Travolta on a super-sized poster in the Swiss-German Pop magazine of 23 August 1979.

John Travolta 1979

John Travolta as Vinny Barbarino in TV’s Welcome Back, Kotter on a centre-spread poster in the Swiss-German pop magazine of 4 October 1979.

Welcome Back, Kotter 1979

The cast of Welcome Back, Kotter on a centrespread poster in Bravo of 27 September 1979. The series had come belatedly to German TV, in the wake of John Travolta’s movie success.

John Travolta 1983

John Travolta on a centrespread poster in Bravo of 24 November 1983

Grease 1978

An ad promoting the movie Grease ABBA on a centrespread poster in Bravo of 28 September 1978.

Grease 1978

John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John in Grease on a single-page poster in Bravo of 27 July 1978, a couple of months before the film came out in West-Germany. The article going with the poster asked whether Travolta and Livvy were in love. Put it like this: she wasn’t the type that he wants…