Donna Fargo - Funny Face 1972

“Funny Face’ is a 1972 single written and recorded by Donna Fargo. “Funny Face“ was Fargo’s follow-up release on the country chart after “The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA“. Like its predecessor, “Funny Face“ hit number one on the country chart and was a Gold Record. “Funny Face“ remained at number one for three weeks and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the chart. “Funny Face“ would also cross over to the pop chart, peaking at number five. 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,“ she told Roland. “It was just kind of a little song to him.“ She wrote 16 verses to it but decided to use only the first tw