John Clifford Farrar is an Australian music producer, songwriter, arranger, singer, and guitarist.
20 Facts About John Farrar
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John Farrar produced the majority of her recorded material during that time, including her number-one albums, If You Love Me, Let Me Know, Have You Never Been Mellow, and Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol.
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John Farrar was a co-producer of the soundtrack for the film Grease.
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In 1969, Farrar married the Australian singer Pat Carroll, who had been Newton-John's singing partner.
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John Clifford Farrar was born on 8 November 1946, and grew up in Moonee Ponds, a suburb of Melbourne.
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John Farrar has an older brother, Reginald, and the family lived in a large household with aunts and uncles.
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John Farrar's mother bought him a country music guitar, which he began playing at the age of twelve.
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Carroll and Newton-John Farrar 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 Soho.
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John Farrar dated and married Carroll and, following their wedding in 1970, Carroll stopped pursuing headliner status.
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John Farrar occasionally reprised the duo with Newton-John, and worked as a session singer on Farrar's or Newton-John's work.
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Welch and Farrar co-produced and performed on Newton-John's cover of Bob Dylan's track, "If Not for You", and the album of the same title, released in November 1971.
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John Farrar worked as a backing guitarist and vocalist with Cliff Richard.
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The Shadows reformed soon after, and John Farrar joined as second lead guitarist and vocalist.
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In 1973, John Farrar had appeared in the same contest as a backing guitarist and vocalist for Richard's entry, "Power to All Our Friends".
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John Farrar produced her number-one albums, If You Love Me, Let Me Know, Have You Never Been Mellow, and Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol.
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However, John 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.
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In 1977, during filming, its producers were replacing some of Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey'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".
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John Farrar produced one side of the Xanadu soundtrack for the 1980 film of the same name.
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In March 1981, John Farrar was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song for the song "Suspended in Time" from Xanadu.
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In 1995, Farrar collaborated with Newton-John and lyricist Tim Rice on the score of Cliff Richard's musical, Heathcliff based on the Emily Bronte novel Wuthering Heights.