The Best of Johnny Farnham

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The Best Of Johnny Farnham
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Greatest hits album by Johnny Farnham
Released 1971
Recorded 1967–1971
Genre Pop
Label WRC
Producer David Mackay
Johnny Farnham chronology
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The Best Of Johnny Farnham is the first compilation album by Australian singer Johnny Farnham, it was released on World Record Club in 1971.[1][2][3] "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)" was first released in November 1967 and peaked at #1 on the Go-Set National Singles Charts for five weeks early in 1968.[4] His cover of the B. J. Thomas hit "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" had been released in November 1969 and peaked at #1 for seven weeks in January–March 1970.[5][6] The album cover was available in a variety of colours including orange, red and blue.

Background

Johnny Farnham's debut solo single was a novelty song, "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)", it was released in November 1967 and peaked at #1 on the Go-Set National Singles Charts for five weeks early in 1968.[4] Selling 180,000 copies in Australia, "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)" was the highest selling single by an Australian artist of the decade.[2][3][7] His second single, "Friday Kind Of Monday" was released in March 1968 as a double-A side with "Underneath The Arches" (not on this compilation) which peaked at #6.[8] Both singles appeared on his debut album, Sadie in April.

His next single, released in July, was the double A-sided, "Jamie"/"I Don't Want To Love You", which peaked at #8 on the Go-Set National Singles Charts.[1][9] This was followed by "Rose Coloured Glasses" in October which reached #16.[1][10] Farnham's second album, Everybody Oughta Sing A Song followed in November.[11]

Farnham's covers of Harry Nilsson's "One", and B. J. Thomas' "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" were released as singles, from his third album, Looking Through A Tear.[7][11] "One"/"Mr. Whippy" (non-album track) was released as a double A-side in July 1969 and peaked at #4.[12] "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" was released in November and peaked at #1 for seven weeks in January–March 1970.[5][6]

Track listing

  1. "I've Been Rained On" (D. Frazier) - 2:22
  2. "Everybody Oughta Sing A Song"(D. Frazier) - 2:18
  3. "Jamie" (H. Poulsen) - 2:28
  4. "I Don't Want To Love You" (D. Everly, P. Everly) - 2:48
  5. "Painting A Shadow"(R. Bainbridge, B. Pritchard) - 2:10
  6. "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)" (R. Gilmore, J. Madara, D. White) - 3:17
  7. "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" (H. David, B. Bacharach) - 2:29
  8. "One" (H. Nilsson) - 2:49
  9. "Two" (J. Farnham) - 2:29
  10. "Friday Kind Of Monday" (J. Barry, E. Greenwich) - 2:44
  11. "The Last Thing On My Mind" (T. Paxton) - 3:27
  12. "Rose Coloured Glasses" (H. Poulsen) - 2:49

References

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