, ▁Phot op lay , ▁ret itled , ▁Magazine , ▁which ▁failed ▁to ▁chart ▁there . ▁They ▁signed ▁with ▁R SO ▁Records ▁and ▁changed ▁their ▁name ▁to ▁Highway ▁but ▁still ▁had ▁no ▁US ▁chart ing ▁with ▁the ▁subsequent ▁album , ▁Highway ▁ 1 ▁( 1 9 7 8 ). ▁In ▁mid - 1 9 7 9 ▁the ▁group ▁dis band ed ▁and ▁Dav ies ▁remained ▁in ▁the ▁US ; ▁the ▁band ▁returned ▁to ▁Australia ▁and ▁reform ed ▁as ▁the ▁Sher bs ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 0 . ▁ ▁Oliv ia ▁Newton - John ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁Roger ▁Dav ies ▁became ▁the ▁manager ▁for ▁Steve ▁K ip ner ▁( ex - Ste ve ▁and ▁the ▁Board , ▁T in ▁T in ), ▁a ▁singer - song writer , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁in ▁Australia ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s . ▁Dav ies ▁also ▁worked ▁for ▁Oliv ia ▁Newton - John ' s ▁then - manager , ▁Lee ▁K ram er . ▁K ip ner ▁had ▁co - written ▁" Phys ical " ▁for ▁T ina ▁Turner , ▁another ▁of ▁K ram er ' s ▁clients , ▁who ▁thought ▁it ▁" to o ▁obvious " ▁and ▁rejected ▁it . ▁Dav ies ▁and ▁K ram er ▁heard ▁K ip ner ' s ▁demo ▁and ▁decided ▁they ▁would ▁offer ▁it ▁to ▁Newton - John . ▁She ▁recorded ▁it , ▁but ▁felt ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁were ▁" to o ▁r ude ▁to ▁release ." ▁In ▁ 1 9