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Everybody Oughta Sing A Song
Studio album by
Johnny Farnham
ReleasedNovember 1968
RecordedApril–August 1968
GenrePop
Label EMI, Columbia
Producer David Mackay
Johnny Farnham chronology
Sadie
(1968) 		Everybody Oughta Sing A Song
(1968) 		Looking Through a Tear
(1970)
Singles from Everybody Oughta Sing A Song
  1. "Jamie"/"I Don't Want To Love You""
    Released: July 1968
  2. "Rose Coloured Glasses"
    Released: October 1968
1974 Re-release
Alternative cover for "Everybody Oughta Sing A Song."

Everybody Oughta Sing A Song is the second solo studio album by Australian pop singer John Farnham (billed then as Johnny Farnham) and was released on EMI Records in November 1968. [1] [2] [3] Its first 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] [4] The second single, "Rose Coloured Glasses" was released in October and peaked at No. 16. [1] [5] Writers on the album included Hans Poulsen, Neil Diamond and Quincy Jones. The album was re-released in 1974 with a different cover, it shows Farnham performing live on stage, whereas the initial 1968 release had him leaning against a Holden Monaro (see infobox at right).

Background

Johnny Farnham's first commercially successful solo recording was the novelty song entitled " Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)", his manager, Darryl Sambell had disliked it as the lyrics were so persistent. [2] However, EMI's in house producer, David Mackay, insisted and so the single was released in November 1967. "Sadie" hit No. 1 on the Go-Set National Singles Charts in January 1968 and remained there for five weeks. [6] Selling 180 000 copies in Australia, "Sadie" was the highest selling single by an Australian artist of the decade. [2] [3] Farnham's first album, Sadie, produced by Mackay was released in April. [7] Almost immediately, Farnham was recording his second album, Everybody Oughta Sing A Song with Mackay producing. [7] The first single from the album was released in July, the double A-sided, "Jamie" / "I Don't Want To Love You" which peaked at No. 8. [1] [4] It was followed by the second single, "Rose Coloured Glasses" which peaked at No. 16. [1] [5] while the album itself was released in November. [1]

Track listing

  1. "Everybody Oughta Sing a Song" ( Dallas Frazier) – 2:18
  2. "Jamie" ( Hans Poulsen) – 2:28
  3. "There Is No Season to My Love" ( Quincy Jones, Dorothy Fields) – 2:24
  4. " Two-Bit Manchild" ( Neil Diamond) – 3:01
  5. "The Last Thing on My Mind" ( Tom Paxton) – 3:27
  6. "Strollin'" (Ralph Reader) – 1:59
  7. "Scratchin' Ma Head" (Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett) – 2:07
  8. "I Don't Want To Love You" ( Don Everly, Phil Everly) – 2:48
  9. "Confidentially" ( Reg Dixon) – 2:03
  10. "Rose Coloured Glasses" (Hans Poulsen) – 2:49
  11. "Grand Unspeakable Passion" (Peter Best) – 2:12
  12. "Sunday Will Never Be The Same" (Eugene Pistilli, Terry Cashman) – 2:58
  13. "You Can Write a Song" ( Roger Cook, John Neel) – 2:38

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'John Farnham'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN  1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 29 August 2004. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
  2. ^ a b c 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 4 September 2009.
  4. ^ a b "Go-Set search engine results for "Jamie"". Go-Set. Waverley Press. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
  5. ^ a b "Go-Set search engine results for "Rose Coloured Glasses"". Go-Set. Waverley Press. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
  6. ^ "Go-Set search engine results for "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)"". Go-Set. Waverley Press. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
  7. ^ 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.
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