John Farnham Claims Ex-Manager Drugged Him for many years in New Narrative

In excerpts from his narrative The Voice Within, released by The Australian, Australian music legend John Farnham has actually made stunning accusations versus his late previous supervisor, Darryl Sambell.

Farnham, who increased to fame in the 1960s, declares he was covertly drugged “for several years” by Sambell throughout the early years of his profession.

” He drugged me for several years and I had no f– ing concept,” Farnham composed in his narrative. “I captured him one day. I was consuming a cup of coffee and there was a tablet just half-dissolved in the bottom. When I asked him what it was, Darryl responded, ‘That’s simply something to assist you remain awake.'”.

Farnham, best understood for his hit “You’re The Voice,” reviewed the lasting effect of this discovery, revealing remorse over his silence at the time. “I feel so embarrassed of myself for not understanding what Darryl depended on or speaking out regularly to put him back in his location. I didn’t question any of it, I simply went along as if absolutely nothing was off-key.”.

He included, “I still do not understand why I didn’t respond more. I put it down to being young, under tension, worn out and sensation not sure and insecure about my own impulses.”

Farnham declares that Sambell’s requirement for control dominated every element of his life throughout their expert relationship. He declared that for several years, Darryl managed “where and when I worked, what I sang, what I used, what I consumed.”

Reviewing the injury of those years, Farnham confesses how tough it has actually been to come to terms with his past.

” Several years have actually passed ever since and, up previously, I have actually discovered it extremely hard to unpick what took place to me. And now that I have actually challenged on it, I reflect on that time with grief. I’m irritated at myself for being so gullible and trusting.”

” I distributed control of my profession, my instructions and my life. I was a young chap and I required a supervisor.”

Sambell handled Farnham’s profession till 1976, when the vocalist lastly ended their expert relationship. The split marked a turning point in Farnham’s life, enabling him to restore his profession with supervisor Glenn Wheatley.

Under Wheatley’s assistance, Farnham launched Whispering Jack in 1986– a specifying minute that moved him to global recognition and saw him peak at No. 1 on the Australian Kent Music Report albums chart.

Farnham’s storied profession is filled with honors. He’s won 21 ARIA Awards from 60 elections, consisting of Album of the Year for Whispering Jack and Single of the Year for “You’re The Voice” in 198 and in 2003, he was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Popularity.

Beyond the ARIAs, Farnham has actually made Mo Awards for Finest Male Singing and Performer of the Year, and a Logie for Finest Teenage Character early in his profession. He got the JC Williamson Award in 2004 for life time accomplishment in live efficiency, and was called Australian of the Year in 1987. His contributions to music and charity made him the Officer of the Order of Australia in 1996, and he was inducted into the Music Victoria Hall of Popularity in 2015.

More just recently, John Farnham: Finding The Voice— launched through Sony Pictures with a buddy soundtrack by means of Wheatley Records/Sony Music Australia– ended up being Australia’s highest-grossing feature-length music documentary of perpetuity. The soundtrack debuted at No. 2 on the ARIA Chart, marking Farnham’s 20th leading 10 look. The documentary likewise won the 2024 AACTA Award for Finest Documentary and the 2024 Television Week Logie Award for Finest Documentary.

From his youth in Melbourne to his current fight versus cancer, The Voice Within explores both the highs and the considerable obstacles that have actually formed Farnham’s life. You can pre-order the book at Hachette Australia.