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词条 The Best of Johnny Farnham
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  1. Background

  2. Track listing

  3. References

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| artist = Johnny Farnham
| cover = LP bestof.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1971
| recorded = 1967–1971
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Pop
| length =
| label = WRC
| producer = David Mackay
| prev_title = Johnny
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| next_title = Together
| next_year = 1971
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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

1. ^1 2 {{cite encyclopedia |last=McFarlane |first=Ian |authorlink=Ian McFarlane |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop |title=Encyclopedia entry for 'John Farnham' |url=//www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=583 |accessdate=14 September 2009 |year=1999 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |location=St Leonards, NSW |isbn=1-86508-072-1 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040829235034/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=583 |archivedate=August 29, 2004 |df= }}
2. ^1 {{cite book|url=http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an41896781|title=Molly Meldrum presents 50 years of rock in Australia|last=Jenkins|first=Jeff|author2=Ian Meldrum |year=2007 |publisher=Wilkinson Publishing|location=Melbourne, Vic|isbn=978-1-921332-11-1 |accessdate=5 September 2009}}
3. ^1 {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QqtinbjO0oEC&pg=PA84#v=onepage&q=&f=false|title=1001 Australians You Should Know|last=Creswell|first=Toby|authorlink=Toby Creswell|author2=Samantha Trenoweth |year=2006|publisher=Pluto Press|location=North Melbourne, Vic|isbn=978-1-86403-361-8|page=84–85|accessdate=14 September 2009}}
4. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.sitelevel.com/query.go?crid=727d92946b2bcd67&query=%22Sadie+The+Cleaning+Lady%22|work=Go-Set|title=Go-Set search engine results for "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)"|publisher=Waverley Press|accessdate=14 September 2009}}
5. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.sitelevel.com/query.go?crid=727d92946b2bcd67&query=%22Raindrops+Keep+Falling+On+My+Head%22|work=Go-Set|title=Go-Set search engine results for "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"|publisher=Waverley Press|accessdate=5 September 2009}}
6. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/singles.html|work=Go-Set|title=Go-Set Magazine's Number One Singles in Australia 1966–1974|publisher=Waverley Press|accessdate=14 September 2009}}
7. ^1 {{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, NSW|year=1993|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. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sitelevel.com/query.go?crid=727d92946b2bcd67&query=%22Friday+Kind+of+Monday%22|work=Go-Set|title=Go-Set search engine results for "Friday Kind of Monday"|publisher=Waverley Press|accessdate=14 September 2009}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sitelevel.com/query.go?crid=727d92946b2bcd67&query=%22Jamie+Johnny+Farnham%22|work=Go-Set|title=Go-Set search engine results for "Jamie"|publisher=Waverley Press|accessdate=14 September 2009}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sitelevel.com/query.go?crid=727d92946b2bcd67&query=%22Rose+Coloured+Glasses%22|work=Go-Set|title=Go-Set search engine results for "Rose Coloured Glasses"|publisher=Waverley Press|accessdate=14 September 2009}}
11. ^1 {{Cite web | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131127164627/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/f/farnhamjohn.html | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/f/farnhamjohn.html | title = John Farnham | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | first2 = Scott | last2 = Reboulet | first3 = Lyn | last3 = Albury | first4 = Beeb | last4 = Birtles | authorlink4 = Beeb Birtles | first5 = Stefan | last5 = Warnqvist | first6 = Peter | last6 = Medlin | work = Passagen.se | publisher = Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren) | archivedate = 27 November 2013 | accessdate = 15 May 2014 }}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sitelevel.com/query.go?crid=727d92946b2bcd67&query=%22One%2FMr.+Whippy%22|work=Go-Set|title=Go-Set search engine results for "One/Mr. Whippy"|publisher=Waverley Press|accessdate=14 September 2009}}
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