Together (John Farnham and Allison Durbin album)

Together is a studio album of duets by Australian pop singers John Farnham (known then as Johnny Farnham) and Allison Durbin, which was released on HMV for EMI Records in September 1971.^[1][2][3] It peaked at No. 20 on the Australian Go-Set's Albums Chart.^[4]

Together
Studio album by Johnny Farnham, Allison Durbin
Released	September 1971
Recorded	February–June 1971
Genre	Pop
Label	HMV/EMI
Johnny Farnham chronology
The Best of Johnny Farnham (1971) Together (1971) Johnny Farnham Sings the Shows (1972)

Farnham had earlier No. 1 singles with "Sadie" in 1968 and his cover of "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" in 1970;^[5][6][7] he was the reigning 'King of Pop' on Go-Set's popularity polls during 1969–1971.^[2] New Zealand-born, Durbin had a hit with "I Have Loved Me a Man" in 1968 and was 'Best Female Artist' for the same Go-Set polls.^[8][9] A Farnham and Durbin duet single, "Baby, Without You", was released in November and reached No. 16 on the Go-Set Singles Chart.^[10]

Background

As Johnny Farnham he had his first No. 1 single on the Go-Set National Singles Charts with the novelty song "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)".^[5] Selling 180,000 copies in Australia, "Sadie" was the highest selling single by an Australian artist of the decade.^[2][3] His second No. 1 was a cover of B. J. Thomas' "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head", which peaked at No. 1 for seven weeks in January–March 1970.^[6][7] A non-album single, "Comic Conversation" was released in October 1970 and peaked at No. 10 on the Go-Set National Top 60 Singles Chart and was still charting in March 1971.^[11] His fifth album, Johnny was released in August, which peaked at No. 24 on the Kent Music Report Albums Charts.^[12] Another non-album single, "Acapulco Sun" had been released in May and peaked at No. 21 on the Go-Set Top 60, but there were no charting singles from Johnny.^[12] Aside from Johnny, Farnham also released a compilation, The Best of Johnny Farnham, and a duet album with Allison Durbin, Together, all in 1971.^[1][13]

Together released in September peaked at No. 20 on the Go-Set Albums Chart.^[4] A Farnham and Durbin duet single, "Baby, Without You", was released in November and reached No. 16 on Go-Set Singles Chart.^[10]

Track listing

Side A

1. "Baby Without You" – 2:27
2. "The Green Green Grass Is Dying" – 2:44
3. "You're Alright with Me" – 2:26
4. "Stay Awhile" – 3:29
5. "I Don't Mind the Rain" - 2;28
6. "Singing Our Song" – 2:54

Side B

1. "That's Old Fashioned" – 3:13
2. "Come on Round to My Place" – 2:16
3. "Aint Nothing Like the Real Thing" – 2:17
4. "Nobody Knows" – 2:26
5. "Better Put Your Love Away" – 2:32
6. "Get Together" – 3:22

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Peak position	Catalogue #
1971	Go-Set Albums Chart[4]	20	Axis 6000
	Kent Music Report Albums Chart[12]	22

References

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2. 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. 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.
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8. New Zealand Music Allison Durbin
9. Melbourne Age "Fall of a pop royal" 5 February 2006
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11. "Go-Set Australian charts – 6 March 1971". Go-Set. Waverley Press. Retrieved 6 September 2009. NOTE: Farnham's single is listed as "Cosmic Conversations" [sic] at No. 52 on 6 March 1971, during its 18-week run on Go-Set National Top 60 it had a peak position of No. 10.
12. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
13. 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.