"Grease" was a number one single in the United States during 1978 by the singer Frankie Valli. It is the title song for the musical motion picture of the same name, which was based on the stage play of the same name. The song was written by Barry Gibb. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Frankie Valli (born May 3[1] in the Italian First Ward of Newark, New Jersey as Francis Stephen Castelluccio) is best known as lead singer of The Four Seasons, a music act of the 1960s, which continued from then to the 1970s disco scene to the present day. ... Grease (1978) is a film directed by Randal Kleiser and based on Jim Jacobs and Warren Caseys musical, Grease. ... Grease is a musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. ... Barry Alan Crompton Gibb, CBE (born on September 1, 1946 in Douglas, Isle of Man) is a singer, songwriter and producer, hailing from England and Australia. ...