Together (John Farnham and Allison Durbin album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Together

| type = Studio

| artist = Johnny Farnham, Allison Durbin

| cover = LP_Together.jpg

| alt =

| released = September 1971

| recorded = February–June 1971

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| studio =

| genre = Pop

| length =

| label = His Master's Voice/EMI

| producer =

| chronology = Johnny Farnham

| prev_title = The Best of Johnny Farnham

| prev_year = 1971

| next_title = Johnny Farnham Sings the Shows

| next_year = 1972

}}

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 His Master's Voice for EMI Records in September 1971.{{cite encyclopedia |last=McFarlane |first=Ian |authorlink=Ian McFarlane |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop |title=Encyclopedia entry for 'John Farnham' |url=http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=583 |accessdate=4 September 2009 |year=1999 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |location=St Leonards, NSW |isbn=1-86508-072-1 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040829235034/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=583 |archivedate=29 August 2004 }}{{cite book|url=http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an41896781|title=Molly Meldrum presents 50 years of rock in Australia|last=Jenkins|first=Jeff|author2=Ian Meldrum|author2-link=Ian Meldrum|year=2007 |publisher=Wilkinson Publishing|location=Melbourne, Vic|isbn=978-1-921332-11-1 |accessdate=5 September 2009}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QqtinbjO0oEC&pg=PA84|title=1001 Australians You Should Know|last=Creswell|first=Toby|author-link=Toby Creswell|author2=Samantha Trenoweth |year=2006|publisher=Pluto Press|location=North Melbourne, Vic|isbn=978-1-86403-361-8|pages=84–85|accessdate=4 September 2009}} It peaked at No. 20 on the Australian Go-Set's Albums Chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.sitelevel.com/query.go?crid=727d92946b2bcd67&query=%22Together+Johnny+Farnham%22|work=Go-Set|title=Go-Set search engine results for 'Together Johnny Farnham'|publisher=Waverley Press|accessdate=27 March 2010}}

Farnham had earlier No. 1 singles with "Sadie" in 1968 and his cover of "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" in 1970;{{cite web|url=http://www.sitelevel.com/query.go?crid=727d92946b2bcd67&query=%22Sadie+The+Cleaning+Lady%22|work=Go-Set|title=Go-Set search engine results for "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)"|publisher=Waverley Press|accessdate=5 September 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sitelevel.com/query.go?crid=727d92946b2bcd67&query=%22Raindrops+Keep+Falling+On+My+Head%22|work=Go-Set|title=Go-Set search engine results for "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"|publisher=Waverley Press|accessdate=5 September 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/singles.html|work=Go-Set|title=Go-Set Magazine's Number One Singles in Australia 1966–1974|publisher=Waverley Press|accessdate=5 September 2009}} he was the reigning 'King of Pop' on Go-Set's popularity polls during 1969–1971. 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.[http://www.sergent.com.au/music/allisondurbin.html New Zealand Music Allison Durbin][http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-depth/fall-of-a-pop-royal/2006/02/04/1138958944861.html Melbourne Age "Fall of a pop royal" 5 February 2006] A Farnham and Durbin duet single, "Baby, Without You", was released in November and reached No. 16 on the Go-Set Singles Chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.sitelevel.com/query.go?crid=727d92946b2bcd67&query=%22Baby+Without+You%22|work=Go-Set|title=Go-Set search engine results for "Baby, Without You"|publisher=Waverley Press|accessdate=27 March 2010}}

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)". Selling 180,000 copies in Australia, "Sadie" was the highest selling single by an Australian artist of the decade. 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. 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1971/19710306.html|work=Go-Set|title=Go-Set Australian charts – 6 March 1971|publisher=Waverley Press|accessdate=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. His fifth album, Johnny was released in August, which peaked at No. 24 on the Kent Music Report Albums Charts.{{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, NSW|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. 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. Aside from Johnny, Farnham also released a compilation, The Best of Johnny Farnham, and a duet album with Allison Durbin, Together, all in 1971.{{Cite web | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131127164627/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/f/farnhamjohn.html | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/f/farnhamjohn.html | title = John Farnham | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | first2 = Scott | last2 = Reboulet | first3 = Lyn | last3 = Albury | first4 = Beeb | last4 = Birtles | authorlink4 = Beeb Birtles | first5 = Stefan | last5 = Warnqvist | first6 = Peter | last6 = Medlin | work = Passagen.se | publisher = Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren) | archivedate = 27 November 2013 | url-status = usurped | accessdate = 15 May 2014 }}

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