20 May 2025
It’s fair to say that we are huge John Farnham fans here at Bang a Gong HQ. His talent and skill as a singer and entertainer has been widely acknowledged among his peers in the industry.
The latest world singers to heap praise on our John are Richard Marx and Kiss frontman Paul Stanley. Richard has a video series called Stories to Tell and a new clip has just dropped with him and Paul in conversation about John. In it, Richard says: “To me, Sam Cooke is the greatest singer who ever lived and John Farnham is the greatest singer alive.” Paul says he points to John’s singing technique when telling others how to sing well.
At the end of his conversations, Richard gives his guests a gift. This is what he gave Paul Stanley and what they said about John:
For those who are interested, here is the full episode with Paul:
Richard’s Stories to Tell channel on YouTube for other interiews: Stories to Tell
By John Farnham on Bang a Gong:
Amazing Grace
Comic Conversation
Don’t You Know It’s Magic
Everything is Out of Season
Help
I Can’t Dance to Your Music
I Don’t Want to Love You
It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll)
Jamie
One
Please Don’t Ask Me
Also Half Heaven, Half Heartache by John and Zoot
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