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Donna Fargo (born Yvonne Vaughn; November 10, 1945 [3] [4]) is an American country singer-songwriter known for a series of Top 10 country hits in the 1970s. These include " The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A. " and " Funny Face ", both of which were released in 1972 and became crossover pop hits that year.
This article presents the discography of American country music singer-songwriter, Donna Fargo. Since 1972, Fargo has released 15 studio albums, one of which was certified Gold by the RIAA. She has also released 47 singles, 6 of which went to Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.
Fargo told Tom Roland in The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits that she wrote the song with a different title originally. "It really started out to be 'Happiest Girl in the World,' but the rhyme scheme got to be too unnatural, so I changed it to 'U.S.A.' It kind of wrote itself after that." [1]
Fargo revealed to Tom Roland in The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits that she originally offered comedian George Lindsey the chance to record the song first, but he turned it down. "It was a natural song for me to write, 'cause my husband used to call me 'funny face' and I used to call him 'fuzzy face' because he always wore a beard ...
The title track of The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A. was the lead single released from the album in February 1972. The single became Fargo's first charting single and a major Country pop crossover hit in the United States and Canada, peaking at #1 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles chart, #11 on the Billboard Hot 100, #7 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, [4 ...
The album consisted of eleven tracks of material, mainly all written by Fargo herself. The tenth track entitled "Heartbreak Hotel" was a cover of the single by Elvis Presley. The opening track "US of A" referred to patriotism in the United States. Miss Donna Fargo was originally released on an LP record. It contained six songs on the "A" side ...
Whatever I Say Means I Love You is the fifth studio album released by American country artist Donna Fargo. The album was released in July 1975 on Dot Records and was produced by Stan Silver. It was Fargo's final album for the Dot label and produced four singles between 1975 and 1976 that each charted on the Billboard country music chart.
"You Were Always There" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Donna Fargo. It was released in May 1973 as the second single from the album My Second Album . The song was Fargo's fourth hit on the country chart and her fourth number one.