"Yes, he is The Voice and that fricking TV show full of wannabes ought to find a new name and restore his title." Ross Wilson, who wrote Farnham’s A Touch of Paradise, said he was "freaked out" by the way Farnham sings so effortlessly. Missy Higgins summed up a general feeling on Farnham’s prowess by stating "I mean, nothing can touch Farnsey.
End chapter, close book!," Anthony Callea said. "When it comes to male singers, you don’t get better than John Farnham in this country…. "The years in theatre and that extraordinary range help communicate a simple pop song to epic heartbreak." "His range is incredible but it’s the tone of his voice that gets me the most, it’s so smooth and evokes so much emotion."ĭavid Campbell said Farnham was "the man who showed boys they could use their range" and pointed to 1980’s Please Don’t Ask Me as an example of his power. "For a man to be able to sing that high with such ease is just not normal,” Ricki-Lee said. "He has timeless songs and a range that is out of this world."įarnham’s voice left many vocalists in awe. "He is shy and unsure of his abilities sometimes but we mere mortals will probably never know this because his voice is so damn good."ĭelta Goodrem said she will forever be inspired by Farnham’s voice. "John Farnham could sing the phone book and it would sound great," Jimmy Barnes says. The result sees Farnham, 63, confirming his status as the singer’s singer. John Farnham has blitzed our poll of Australia's most popular singer as voted by Australian singers. HE'S the voice, and it seems his contemporaries do not need to try and understand it, they just accept it. JOHN Farnham has been voted Australia's greatest singer of all time, but who else made the cut? See the full list here.