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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.
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 ...
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]
"You Can't Be a Beacon If Your Light Don't Shine" is a song written by Marty Cooper, and recorded by American country music artist Donna Fargo. It was released in May 1974 as the first single from the album Miss Donna Fargo. The song was Fargo's fifth number one on the U.S. country singles chart.
Miss Donna Fargo is the fourth studio album released by American country artist Donna Fargo.The album was released in 1974 on Dot Records (ABC Records in the UK) and was produced by Fargo's husband and manager Stan Silver.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Donna Fargo spent three weeks at number one in June with her first chart entry, "The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.", [7] and went on to gain her second number one in the fall with "Funny Face". Jerry Wallace achieved his only country chart-topper with " If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry ", which spent two non-consecutive weeks at number one ...