The Best of Johnny Farnham

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The Best Of Johnny Farnham
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Greatest hits album by
Johnny Farnham
Released1971
Recorded1967–1971
Genre Pop
Label WRC
Producer David Mackay
Johnny Farnham chronology
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(1971)		The Best Of Johnny Farnham
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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 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.

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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

  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

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