Wheatley mortgaged his house to bankroll Farnham’s 1986 comeback album Whispering Jack, which went on to become one of the biggest-selling Australian albums of all time.
The album would revitalise Farnham’s career and the last song to be added to it – You’re The Voice – became an Australian pop anthem.
After mixing the initial version of the song, Wheatley was left flat so Farnham jumped back in the recording booth.
“He sang the livin’ bejesus out of it,” Wheatley said in an oral history published in 2014.
Wheatley also managed Goodrem, helping her launch her 2003 debut Innocent Eyxjmtzywes.
Wheatley spent about 10 months in jail in 2007 after pleading guilty to charges of tax evasion.
