Everybody Oughta Sing a Song
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Everybody Oughta Sing A Song is the second solo studio album by Australian pop
singer Johnny Farnham
and was released on EMI Records
in November 1968. Its first 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. The second single, "Rose Coloured Glasses" was released in October and peaked at #16.
The album was re-released in 1974 with a different cover, it shows Farnham on stage, whereas the initial 1968 release had him leaning against a Holden Monaro
(see infobox at right).
entitled "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)
", his manager
Darryl Sambell had disliked it as the lyrics were so persistent. However, EMI
's in house producer, David Mackay
, insisted and so the single was released in November 1967. "Sadie" hit #1 on the Go-Set National Singles Charts in January 1968 and remained there for five weeks. Selling 180 000 copies in Australia, "Sadie" was the highest selling single by an Australian artist of the decade. Farnham's first album, Sadie, produced by Mackay was released in April. Almost immediately, Farnham was recording his second album, Everybody Oughta Sing A Song with Mackay producing. 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 #8. It was followed by the second single, "Rose Coloured Glasses" which peaked at #16. while the album itself was released in November.
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
singer Johnny Farnham
John Farnham
John Peter Farnham, AO, formerly billed as Johnny Farnham , is an English-born Australian pop singer. He was a teen pop idol from 1964 to 1979, and has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer. His career has mostly been as a solo artist although he briefly replaced Glenn Shorrock as...
and was released on EMI Records
EMI Records
EMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide...
in November 1968. Its first 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. The second single, "Rose Coloured Glasses" was released in October and peaked at #16.
The album was re-released in 1974 with a different cover, it shows Farnham on stage, whereas the initial 1968 release had him leaning against a Holden Monaro
Holden Monaro
The Holden Monaro is an automobile that was produced by GM Holden Ltd, an Australian subsidiary of General Motors, between 1968 and 1977 and between 2001 and 2005...
(see infobox at right).
Background
Johnny Farnham's first commercially successful solo recording was the novelty songNovelty song
A novelty song is a comical or nonsensical song, performed principally for its comical effect. Humorous songs, or those containing humorous elements, are not necessarily novelty songs. The term arose in Tin Pan Alley to describe one of the major divisions of popular music. The other two divisions...
entitled "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)
Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)
"Sadie " was Australian pop singer Johnny Farnham's first solo single. The novelty song was released in November 1967 and was #1 on the Go-Set National Singles Charts for five weeks in early 1968 . It was the largest selling single in Australia by an Australian artist in the 1960s...
", his manager
Talent manager
A talent manager, also known as an artist manager or band manager, is an individual or company who guides the professional career of artists in the entertainment industry...
Darryl Sambell had disliked it as the lyrics were so persistent. However, EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
's in house producer, David Mackay
David Mackay (producer)
David Mackay is an Australian record producer/arranger and musical director. He was born in Sydney, Australia and began his music career at the age of 15 in a production of Bye Bye Birdie for J.C. Williamson Theatre Company...
, insisted and so the single was released in November 1967. "Sadie" hit #1 on the Go-Set National Singles Charts in January 1968 and remained there for five weeks. Selling 180 000 copies in Australia, "Sadie" was the highest selling single by an Australian artist of the decade. Farnham's first album, Sadie, produced by Mackay was released in April. Almost immediately, Farnham was recording his second album, Everybody Oughta Sing A Song with Mackay producing. 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 #8. It was followed by the second single, "Rose Coloured Glasses" which peaked at #16. while the album itself was released in November.
Track listing
- "Everybody Oughta Sing a Song" (Dallas FrazierDallas FrazierDallas Frazier is an American country musician and songwriter who had success in the 1950s and 60s.-Biography:Frazier was born in Spiro, Oklahoma but was raised in Bakersfield, California...
) - 2:18 - "Jamie" (Hans PoulsenHans PoulsenHans Sven Poulsen is an Australian singer-songwriter popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s...
) - 2:28 - "There Is No Season To My Love" (Quincy JonesQuincy JonesQuincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...
, Dorothy FieldsDorothy FieldsDorothy Fields was an American librettist and lyricist.She wrote over 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films...
) - 2:24 - "Two-Bit Manchild" (Neil DiamondNeil DiamondNeil Leslie Diamond is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present....
) - 3:01 - "The Last Thing On My Mind" (Tom PaxtonTom PaxtonThomas Richard Paxton is an American folk singer and singer-songwriter who has been writing, performing and recording music for over forty years...
) - 3:27 - "Strollin'" (Ralph Reader) - 1:59
- "Scratchin' Ma Head" (Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett) - 2:07
- "I Don't Want To Love You" (Don Everly, Phil Everly) - 2:48
- "Confidentially" (Reg Dixon) - 2:03
- "Rose Coloured Glasses" (Hans Poulsen) - 2:49
- "Grand Unspeakable Passion" (Peter Best) - 2:12
- "Sunday Will Never Be The Same" (Eugene Pistilli, Terry CashmanTerry CashmanTerry Cashman is a record producer and singer-songwriter, best known for his 1981 hit, "Talkin' Baseball." While the song is well recognized today, it was all but ignored by typical Top 40 radio during its chart life, making only the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.Cashman was the lead singer...
) - 2:58 - "You Can Write a Song" (Roger CookRoger Cook (songwriter)Roger Cook is an English songwriter who has written many hits for other recording artists. He has also had a successful recording career in his own right.-Early life:Cook was born in Fishponds, Bristol, England...
, John Neel) - 2:38