''The Best Of Johnny Farnham'' is the first compilation album by Australian singer

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, it was released on World Record Club in 1971. "

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" was first released in November 1967 and peaked at No. 1 on the ''Go-Set'' National Singles Charts for five weeks early in 1968. His

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of the B. J. Thomas hit "

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" had been released in November 1969 and peaked at No. 1 for seven weeks in January–March 1970. The album cover was available in a variety of colours including orange, red and blue.

Background

Johnny Farnham's debut solo single was a

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", it was released in November 1967 and peaked at No. 1 on the ''Go-Set'' National Singles Charts for five weeks early in 1968. Selling 180,000 copies in Australia, "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)" was the highest selling single by an Australian artist of the decade. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until

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created their own

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in mid-1988. 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. 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. This was followed by "Rose Coloured Glasses" in October which reached No. 16. Farnham's second album, '' Everybody Oughta Sing a Song'' followed in November. Farnham's covers of

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's " One", and B. J. Thomas' "

" were released as singles, from his third album, '' Looking Through a Tear''. "One"/"Mr. Whippy" (non-album track) was released as a double A-side in July 1969 and peaked at No. 4. "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" was released in November and peaked at No. 1 for seven weeks in January–March 1970.

Track listing

# "I've Been Rained On" (D. Frazier) – 2:22 # "Everybody Oughta Sing A Song"(D. Frazier) – 2:18 # "Jamie" ( H. Poulsen) – 2:28 # "I Don't Want To Love You" ( D. Everly, P. Everly) – 2:48 # "Painting A Shadow"(R. Bainbridge, B. Pritchard) – 2:10 # "

" (R. Gilmore, J. Madara, D. White) – 3:17 # "

" ( H. David, B. Bacharach) – 2:29 # " One" ( H. Nilsson) – 2:49 # "Two" ( J. Farnham) – 2:29 # "Friday Kind Of Monday" (J. Barry, E. Greenwich) – 2:44 # "The Last Thing on My Mind" ( T. Paxton) – 3:27 # "Rose Coloured Glasses" (H. Poulsen) – 2:49

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Best Of Johnny Farnham 1971 greatest hits albums John Farnham compilation albums World Record Club compilation albums Albums produced by David Mackay (producer)