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John Farnham
John Peter Farnham, Jr. AO (born 1 July 1949), formerly billed as Johnny Farnham from his professional debut in 1967 until 1980, is an English-born Australian pop singer. Farnham was a teen pop idol from 1964 to 1979, but has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer.〔McFarlane (1999). Encyclopedia entry for . Retrieved 24 January 2010.〕〔Spencer et al, (2007) (FARNHAM, Johnny ) entry. Retrieved 24 January 2010.〕 His career has mostly been as a solo artist although he temporarily replaced Glenn Shorrock as lead singer of Little River Band from 1982 to 1985.〔Spencer et al, (2007) (Farnham, Johnny ) entry. Retrieved 24 January 2010.〕 In September 1986 his solo single, "You're the Voice" peaked at No. 1 on the Australian singles charts.〔 NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=John Farnham discography )〕 The associated album, ''Whispering Jack'', held the No. 1 position for a total of 25 weeks〔〔 and is the highest-selling album in Australian history. Both the single and the album had Top Ten success internationally including No. 1 in Sweden.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=John Farnham You're The Voice )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=John Farnham Whispering Jack )〕
Domestically he has remained one of Australia's best-known performers with a career spanning over 45 years,〔 and he is the only Australian artist to have a number one record in five consecutive decades (echoing that of Cliff Richard in the UK) with singles: "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)" in 1967, "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" in 1969/1970, and "Age of Reason" in 1988;〔〔 and albums: ''Age of Reason'', ''Chain Reaction'' in 1990, ''Then Again...'' in 1993, ''Anthology 1: Greatest Hits 1986–1997'' in 1997, ''33⅓'' in 2000, ''The Last Time'' in 2002 〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Farnham )〕 and ''Two Strong Hearts Live'' in 2015.
Farnham has been recognised by honours and awards including 1987 Australian of the Year, 1996 Officer of the Order of Australia, and 19 ARIA Awards including his 2003 induction into the Hall of Fame.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Winners by Artist: John Farnham )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2003 17th Annual ARIA Awards )〕 From 1969 he was voted by ''TV Week'' readers as the 'King of Pop' for five consecutive years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Top 40 TV )〕 Aside from his recording career, Farnham performed on stage with lead roles in Australian productions of ''Charlie Girl'', ''Pippin'' and 1992's ''Jesus Christ Superstar''.〔〔 He starred in his own TV series and specials including ''It's Magic'' (With Colleen Hewett) and ''Bobby Dazzler'' and as a guest on numerous other popular shows such as ''Countdown'' and ''Hey Hey It's Saturday''.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=John Farnham )〕 Australian rock historian, Ian McFarlane described him as "the most successful solo artist in the history of Australian rock and pop ... Farnham has retained an affable sense of humour and a simple, unpretentious 'everyman' charm which also makes him one of the most respected celebrities in Australian entertainment history."〔
==Early life==
John Peter Farnham, Jr. was born in Dagenham, England, on 1 July 1949, to John Farnham Sr and Rose Pemberton. His sisters are Jean and Jaquiline (Jackie), and his younger brother is Steven.〔 Farnham spent his first ten years in England before his family emigrated to Australia in 1959 to live in Melbourne, Victoria.〔 He attended school at Yarraman Park State School (now Yarraman Oakes Primary School), Lyndale Primary School and Lyndale High School.〔 During school holidays Farnham worked with a plumber and soon he began a plumbing apprenticeship and left school, in 1967 he took two years' leave from his plumbing job to pursue his music career.
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