John Clifford Farrar ( ; born 8 November 1946) is an Australian

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, songwriter, arranger, singer, and guitarist. As a musician, Farrar is a former member of several rock and roll groups including The Mustangs (1963–64), The Strangers (1964–70), Marvin, Welch & Farrar (1970–73), and

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(1973–76); in 1980 he released a solo

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ous album. As a songwriter and producer, he worked with

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from 1971 through 1989. He wrote her U.S. number-one hit singles: " Have You Never Been Mellow" (1975), "

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" (1978 duet with

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), " Hopelessly Devoted to You" (1978), and " Magic" (1980). He also produced the majority of her recorded material during that time including her number-one albums, '' If You Love Me, Let Me Know'' (1974), '' Have You Never Been Mellow'' (1975), and '' Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2'' (1982). He was a co-producer of the

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for the film '' Grease'' (1978). Farrar also produced Newton-John's first American number-one hit single, " I Honestly Love You", which was awarded the

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in 1975. In 1969, Farrar married the Australian singer,

Pat Carroll Patricia Ann Carroll (May 5, 1927 – July 30, 2022) was an American actress and comedian. She was known for voicing Ursula in '' The Little Mermaid'' and for appearances in CBS's ''The Danny Thomas Show'', ABC's '' Laverne & Shirley'', and ...

– formerly Newton-John's singing partner. In July 1970, Farrar and Carroll relocated to the United Kingdom, and starting in late 1975, they have resided in the United States. They are the parents of Sam Farrar (a

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bassist and

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touring member) and Max Farrar (a Golden Ghost guitarist and keyboardist).

Biography

John Clifford Farrar was born on 8 November 1946, and grew up in

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, a suburb of

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. He has an older brother, Reginald, and the family lived in a large household with aunts and uncles. Farrar's mother bought him a country music guitar, which he began playing at twelve years old. In 1961, he began playing in a band, The Jaguars, with his older brother Reg. When he was fifteen , the family relocated to nearby Niddrie. In 1963, he joined The Mustangs, alongside Johnny Cooper on vocals, Peter Ramis on bass guitar and Billy on drums. In late January 1964, he joined The Strangers, replacing the founding guitarist Laurie Arthur, and adding another lead vocalist to the group. Other members were Peter Robinson on the bass guitar and lead vocals, Graeme Thompson on drums, and Fred Weiland on guitar and backing vocals. They had formed as an instrumental band in Glenroy in 1961, working in the Melbourne dance scene. In June 1964, the band issued its first vocal single, "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Someone", which reached the top 30 on the Melbourne charts in July. They became a popular backing and session band. In August 1964, The Strangers were hired as the house band for the ATV O pop music program, ''

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''. Both Farrar's future wife,

, and their close friend,

, appeared on ''The Go!! Show'' as singers backed by The Strangers. Carroll and Newton-John formed a vocal duo, "Pat and Olivia", and in 1967, they first toured the United Kingdom, including a gig at the infamous Raymond Revuebar club in

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. After returning to Australia from a tour, Carroll could no longer work in the UK as her work visa had expired, while Newton-John, as a British citizen, returned to work in the UK. Farrar dated and married Carroll, and following their wedding in 1970, Carroll ceased to pursue headliner status. She occasionally reprised the duo with Newton-John, and worked as a session singer on Farrar's or Newton-John's work. During 1968, The Strangers supported the Australian leg of a tour by the British instrumental group,

. In June 1970, The Strangers released their most successful hit, "Melanie Makes Me Smile", which peaked at No. 14 on the ''

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'' National Top 60 in August. In July 1970, Farrar left The Strangers, and he and Carroll moved to Britain, where he was invited to become a member of Marvin, Welch & Farrar, a vocal harmony group featuring two former members of The Shadows,

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and

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. By that time, Newton-John and Welch were engaged, and Farrar and Welch became two of her songwriters and producers. Welch and Farrar co-produced and performed on Newton-John's cover of

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's track, " If Not for You", and the album of the same title released in November 1971. Farrar also worked with

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as a backing guitarist and vocalist. Marvin, Welch & Farrar put out two albums, an

ous one in 1971, and ''Second Opinion'' (in both quadraphonic and stereo formats) in 1972. In 1973, a third album featured just Marvin and Farrar. The Shadows reformed soon after, and Farrar joined as second lead guitarist and vocalist. In 1975, the group represented the UK in the

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with " Let Me Be the One". In 1973, Farrar had appeared at the same contest as a backing guitarist and vocalist for Richard's entry, "

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"; the following year he backed and produced Newton-John on her effort, " Long Live Love". From 1971 to 1976, various members of The Shadows were employed as session musicians for Newton-John's early albums, recorded at London's Abbey Road Studios. Aside from Farrar and Welch, they included

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, and Trevor Spencer; some other session musicians were the fellow Australians

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and Terry Britten – both also worked with Richard – and some other musicians. They worked under co-producers Farrar and Welch until midway through Newton-John's second album, '' Olivia''. Thereafter, Farrar was her main producer. He produced her number-one albums, '' If You Love Me, Let Me Know'' (1974), '' Have You Never Been Mellow'' (1975), and '' Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2'' (1982). Farrar also produced Newton-John's first American number-one hit single, " I Honestly Love You", which was awarded the

in 1975. His last production for Newton-John was her album, '' Warm and Tender'' in 1989. In 1974, Farrar used the

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"SFX unit" on an instrumental track, "No, No, Nina", well before

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's 1975 single, " Show Me the Way", which featured the same device. However, Farrar's track was held back from release by EMI until 1997, when it appeared on the CD album, ''The Shadows at Abbey Road'', containing mostly unreleased material. A vocal version of "No, No, Nina" appeared on the '' Specs Appeal'' album as a Eurovision contender track, but it was voted sixth out of six initial entries. Aside from instrumentation and vocals, Farrar worked as an arranger on The Shadows' albums: ''

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'', ''Specs Appeal'', '' Tasty'' and ''Live at the Paris Olympia''. Farrar's work with Newton-John embraced a wide range of styles, from "

" (duet with

) to "

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". Farrar's biggest success with Newton-John as a writer-producer came with the film version of the musical, '' Grease''. In 1977, during filming, its producers were replacing some of

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and

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's pieces from the original score and wanted some more commercial songs, including a solo number for Newton-John, so Farrar wrote and submitted two originals, " Hopelessly Devoted To You" and "You're the One That I Want". Both were accepted (despite strong reservations from director Randal Kleiser, who believed that the songs didn't fit the style),Gibb Songs 1978
/ref> and became two of the soundtrack's most successful singles, being international number-one hits during 1978. In June 2004, Farrar recalled writing the two songs: "'You're the One That I Want': The weird thing was it was the fastest song I ever wrote. It came so fast, the actual melody and the feel of it. 'Hopelessly Devoted To You': I spent the longest period writing the lyrics of any song I've ever written. Every thesaurus and every rhyming dictionary I had, just trying to really make it work properly". Other number-one hits for Newton-John that were written and produced by Farrar are " Have You Never Been Mellow" (1975), " Don't Stop Believin'" (an easy-listening chart-topper from 1976, not the Journey song of the same name), and " Magic" (1980). Farrar produced one side of the '' Xanadu'' soundtrack for the 1980 film of the same name. The other side featured tracks by

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and was produced by their guitarist-vocalist,

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. In March 1981, Farrar was nominated for a

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for the song "Suspended in Time" from ''Xanadu''. In 1995, Farrar collaborated with Newton-John and lyricist

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for the musical score of Cliff Richard's musical, '' Heathcliff'' based on the

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novel ''

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''. Farrar also co-wrote songs for a musical based on the 1959 film, ''

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'', which, , was indefinitely postponed. Farrar runs the Moonee Ponds Studio at Sweetwater Road in Malibu.

Personal life

Farrar and Carroll are the parents of Sam Farrar (born 29 June 1978,

bass guitarist) and Max Farrar (Golden Ghost guitarist and keyboardist). , Farrar and Carroll reside in

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Instruments

According to

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John Farrar has been credited with: vocals (lead, backing), guitars (lead, rhythm, bass guitar, acoustic, slide guitar, acoustic slide, electric slide), piano (electric), keyboards, mellotron, synthesizer, vocoder, synclavier, mandolin, and horn.

Discography

;As a performer ;:Solo *''John Farrar'' – LP/CD – CBS/See4Miles (November 1980) *"With Rainine on My Mind" - AUS #90 *"John and Mary" *"Reckless" – duet with Olivia Newton-John (2009). ;:The Strangers ;:Marvin, Welch & Farrar ;:The Shadows ;As a songwriter ;:With Olivia Newton-John *1971 "Round and Round" *1972 "My Old Man's Got a Gun" *1972 "I'm a Small and Lonely Light" *1973 "Maybe Then I'll Think Of You" *1973 "Brotherly Love" *1973 "Music Makes My Day" *1974 "Home Ain't Home Anymore" *1975 " Have You Never Been Mellow" *1975 "It's So Easy" *1975 "

Something Better to Do "Something Better to Do" is a song written by John Farrar and recorded by Olivia Newton-John. The song was released in September 1975 as the lead single from Newton-John's sixth studio album, ''Clearly Love''. The narrator of the song muses that s ...

" *1975 "Sail into Tomorrow" *1976 "It'll Be Me" (also included on Farrar's 1980 solo album) *1976 "Small Talk and Pride" *1976 " Don't Stop Believin'" *1976 " Sam" *1976 "Compassionate Man" *1976 "Love You Hold the Key" (co-written with Olivia Newton-John) *1977 "Coolin' Down" *1978 " Hopelessly Devoted To You" *1978 "

You're The One That I Want "You're the One That I Want" is a song performed by American actor and singer John Travolta and Anglo-Australian singer, songwriter and actress Olivia Newton-John for the 1978 film version of the musical '' Grease''. It was written and produc ...

" (with

) *1978 " A Little More Love" *1978 " Totally Hot" *1978 "Never Enough" *1980 " Magic" *1980 " Suddenly" (with

) *1980 "Dancin'" *1980 "Suspended in Time" *1980 "Whenever You're Away from Me" *1980 "Fool Country" *1981 "

Make a Move on Me "Make a Move on Me" is a song recorded by singer Olivia Newton-John for her eleventh studio album. ''Physical'' (1981). It was written by John Farrar and Tom Snow, and produced by the former. The follow-up single to the number-one hit "Physical ...

" *1981 "

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" *1981 "Stranger's Touch" *1981 "Falling" (also included on Farrar's 1980 solo album) *1981 "Recovery" (also included on Farrar's 1980 solo album) *1982 " Tied Up" *1985 "Queen of the Publication" *1985 "Emotional Tangle" *1985 "Overnight Observation" *1985 "You Were Great, How Was I?" *1989 "Warm and Tender" *1990 "What If" *1990 "So Strange" *1995 "Had to Be" *1998 "Closer to Me" *1998 "Under My Skin" *2008 "Reckless" *2012 "Weightless" *2012 "I Think You Might Like It" ;As a producer ;:With Olivia Newton-John *1971 " If Not for You" (co-produced with Bruce Welch) *1972 " Olivia" (co-produced with Welch) *1973 "

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" (co-produced with Welch) *1974 " Long Live Love" (co-produced with Welch) *1974 " If You Love Me, Let Me Know" *1975 " Have You Never Been Mellow" *1975 "

Clearly Love ''Clearly Love'' is the sixth studio album by Olivia Newton-John, released in September 1975. Commercial performance The album was certified gold in the US. and both of the album's singles were country chart hits, with " Something Better to Do" ...

" *1976 " Don't Stop Believin'" *1977 "

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" *1978 " Grease" *1978 " Totally Hot" *1978 " Xanadu" *1981 "

" *1981 " Love Performance" *1982 " Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2" (new tracks) *1985 "

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" *1989 " Warm and Tender" *1992 " Back to Basics: The Essential Collection 1971–1992" (one new track) *1998 "

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" *2008 "

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" (one track) *2012 " This Christmas" (one track) ;: Other songwriting / production credits *

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– " Workin' on a Groovy Thing" (1969) (arranger) *

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- "Thank Heavens I've Got You" (1973) * Pat Farrar - "Curly Headed Rooster" (1974) *

- "It's Only Me You've Left Behind" (1975) *

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- "It'll Be Me" (1976) * Peter Doyle - "Skin Deep" (1977) *

– "Sandy" (1978) *Ian Mason – "Nobody Takes Me Seriously" (1978) * The Moirs – "State of Shock" (1978) *

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- "Remember When Lovin' Took All Night" (1980) *

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– " I Paralyze" (1982) (co-produced with David Wolpert) *

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- "I Think I Know Too Much" (1982) *

- "Galadriel (Spirit Of Starlight)" (1983) *

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– " Carasmatic" (1987) * Jack Wagner – "Don't Give Up Your Day Job" (1987) *

- Songs from Heathcliff (1995)

Eurovision Song Contest appearances

*1973 "Power to all Our Friends" (backing

). *1974 "Long Live Love" (producer to

) *1975 "Let Me Be the One" (member of

References

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External links

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John Farrar interview
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Farrar, second from right, 1965
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Farrar at right, 1966
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Farrar at left, 1967
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Farrar, second from left, 1969
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