John Travolta is an American singer and actor from Englewood, New Jersey, who began performing professionally in the early 1970s and recorded music that blended pop and disco influences alongside a career in television and film. His musical style draws on pop, disco and musical theatre traditions, featuring broad vocal delivery and dance-oriented arrangements, and his recordings often intersected with his screen roles, reflecting the crossover between popular music and mainstream entertainment in the 1970s and 1990s.