John Farnham

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John Peter Farnham (born 1 July 1949), is a British-born Australian singer, actor, and television personality. As Johnny Farnham, he was a teen pop idol from 1967 to 1979 and thereafter was an adult contemporary entertainer, becoming one of Australia's best-known and most popular performers and the only Australian musical artist to have a number-one single or album in each of six consecutive decades. He was managed by Darryl Sambell from 1967 to 1976 and by his long-term friend Glenn Wheatley from 1980 until Wheatley's death in 2022. Farnham married former dancer Jillian Billman in 1973 and the couple have two children. Farnham's first commercially successful recording was the American-written novelty song "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)". Released in November 1967 the song gave Farnham widespread recognition in Australia. He subsequently replaced Glenn Shorrock as lead singer of Little River Band (LRB) from 1982 to 1986 but otherwise has worked mostly as a solo artist. In November 1986 his...

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