The Best of Johnny Farnham

The Best Of Johnny Farnham
Greatest hits album by
Johnny Farnham
Released1971
Recorded1967–1971
GenrePop
LabelWRC
ProducerDavid Mackay
Johnny Farnham chronology
Johnny
(1971) 		The Best Of Johnny Farnham
(1971) 		Together
(1971)

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 No. 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 No. 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 No. 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 No. 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 No. 8 on the Go-Set National Singles Charts.[1][9] This was followed by "Rose Coloured Glasses" in October which reached No. 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 No. 4.[12] "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" was released in November and peaked at No. 1 for seven weeks in January–March 1970.[5][6]

Track listing

Side A
  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
Side B
  1. "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (H. David, B. Bacharach) – 2:29
  2. "One" (H. Nilsson) – 2:49
  3. "Two" (J. Farnham) – 2:29
  4. "Friday Kind of Monday" (J. Barry, E. Greenwich) – 2:44
  5. "The Last Thing on My Mind" (T. Paxton) – 3:27
  6. "Rose Coloured Glasses" (H. Poulsen) – 2:49

References

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  2. ^ a b Jenkins, Jeff; Ian Meldrum (2007). Molly Meldrum presents 50 years of rock in Australia. Melbourne, Vic: Wilkinson Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921332-11-1. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
  3. ^ a b Creswell, Toby; Samantha Trenoweth (2006). 1001 Australians You Should Know. North Melbourne, Vic: Pluto Press. pp. 84–85. ISBN 978-1-86403-361-8. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  4. ^ a b "Go-Set search engine results for "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)"". Go-Set. Waverley Press. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  5. ^ a b "Go-Set search engine results for "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"". Go-Set. Waverley Press. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
  6. ^ a b "Go-Set Magazine's Number One Singles in Australia 1966–1974". Go-Set. Waverley Press. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  7. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  8. ^ "Go-Set search engine results for "Friday Kind of Monday"". Go-Set. Waverley Press. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  9. ^ "Go-Set search engine results for "Jamie"". Go-Set. Waverley Press. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  10. ^ "Go-Set search engine results for "Rose Coloured Glasses"". Go-Set. Waverley Press. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  11. ^ a b Holmgren, Magnus; Reboulet, Scott; Albury, Lyn; Birtles, Beeb; Warnqvist, Stefan; Medlin, Peter. "John Farnham". Passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  12. ^ "Go-Set search engine results for "One/Mr. Whippy"". Go-Set. Waverley Press. Retrieved 14 September 2009.