FIRST TIME HEARING Donna Fargo - The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A. REACTION

[@danmadison1244]

You two teachers should know, that Donna Fargo was a English teacher. Gave it up to sing professionally

[@shyman99]

I'm a dude and found myself singing this song as it is so catchy.

[@CadillacL]

Same here! Can’t help singing along.

[@harpergras]

My mom and eldest sister used to love this song so much...They played it all the time back in the day..The 70`s had everything.

[@honeybrown1997]

I'm an old school country fool, and I love this song! ☺I also love "Funny Face" and Hello Little Bluebird". I remember watching the Donna Fargo Show years ago and thinking what a nice person she seemed. Donna Fargo has one of the sweetest voices I've ever heard.

[@denisef1684]

Me too!!!!

[@MrSteveLoucks]

Donna Fargo and this tune brought so much joy to my Mom, making her the happiest girl in the whole USA! Now check out her song Funny Face.

[@davidcollins897]

Yes, Funny Face! Absolutely. These were some of the songs my mom loved that I remember from my childhood. They never do get old.

[@cog4life]

A great one-Funny Face 😊

[@user-gt2uf8cq9y]

For the saddest Donna Fargo song, check out "Sign of the Times". Even happier than "Happiest Girl" is "You Can't Be A Beacon (If You Light Don't Shine)".

[@theodoreritola7641]

Donna TO ME sounds like a norther 70s giant Dolly Parton

[@stephenlynn7442]

My Mom loved this song too. She wore out a cassette tape playing this song over and over.

[@richardkint6531]

One of 2 crossover hits for Donna Fargo! Funny Face was the other one, both gold records. She won a grammy for Her Happiest Girl song, Best Female Country Vocal. 😎

[@shellybrownlee5470]

This was one of my favorite songs as a child in the 70s. My dad called me Sunshine and he would sing that line, shine on me sunshine, to me and I would shout I'm the happiest girl in the whole USA! Thank you for that memory!

[@bonniespruin6369]

That's so sweet.

[@theodoreritola7641]

Thats very sweet. I hope you're having a very blessed day .

[@cherylhadsall1501]

Aww I’m so glad you all did this one! I was a little girl at the retro laundromat while my momma was doing Laundry. They had the old school juke box. I would go stand on my toes to read all the songs and inevitably an adult would walk up and ask if there were songs I wanted to hear. I lived for that!! Anyway this song was on top of my list! Ty guys! ❤

[@user-pq9zc3uc7m]

Very catchy, very kitchy, very popish and everybody was singing back in the day. Donna was everywhere.

[@jerrymartin3965]

I was a kid when this woman was on top of her game. She became ill and retired. She was as sweet in real life as she was in her music.

[@RonSafreed]

Donna came down with MS & was on a tv commercial about MS back in the seventies some years after this 1972 country song!!

[@jerrymartin3965]

@RonSafreed I think it was 1978 when she formally retired. I saw her at a CB jamboree in 1976, where she autographed a T shirt for me with her likeness on it. Still have it today.

[@beegee1960]

I remember this. She was on track to become a star in the Loretta Lynn level and to have her career derailed by MS was so sad.

[@Luv-ls4mw]

I love this song from donna fargo

[@TheMadeofhonor]

Donna Fargo a legend! I grew up listening to her, she sings like a Southern Angel.

[@bonniespruin6369]

I was 8 years old when this came out on the radio. I would sing my heart out along with it. I loved it! Thanks for reacting to this one!

[@jhonyermo]

OH and The BLANKET on the GROUND. More country from the same era. By Billie Jo Spears. It was released in February 1975

[@markmacdonald8512]

Love that song with the Jew's harp played at the end.

[@jeannedickson5921]

When I was a little girl, I used to sing this song incessantly. I loved this song! Still do!

[@ziggy107]

omg, instant transport back to early 70's childhood

[@boomeister2]

I remember my mother playing this song on the stereo at least one morning during the week while she was getting us all ready, fed, off to school and my dad off to work. I think it was a bit of a subliminal message to my dad to let him know how much she loved him. It definitely made an impression on us kids that our parents loved each other. My sisters and I would sing along and then leave for school "The Happiest Kids in the Whole U.S.A." 🥰

[@Jude_196]

LOVED THIS SONG - STILL DO!! This came out when I was a child and I had it MEMORIZED!! LOVED THE LYRICS!! Ya'll enjoy!! HUGS!

[@denisef1684]

I remember loving to hear this song come on the radio!!!! Made me smile for a long time!!!!!

[@Rogn1]

I’m a 62 year old my sitting here crying, thinking of my mom who passed away nine years ago. This was a favorite of her’s. What a great way to end the day, great song and great memories. Love it.

[@johnk.2508]

I am crying too because this song reminds me of hearing it at my Grandparents' house when I was 6 or 7 and absolutely loving it. I only wish I had known to appreciate those times more than I did because seemingly a decade later I'm now 58 and my Grandparents are long gone.

[@normabreazile5500]

❤️🙏

[@martyhawkins9607]

my history too. same age as you, but mine passed during the time this song was popular in ;74 mom liked all those country hit from george jones to hank williams, but she also like ccr, paul simon , the carpenters too,

[@1177kc]

We’re the same age and first thing I thought of was mom. She passed four years ago and I’ll just cry with you now. Good memories!

[@georgedominguez255]

✝️✝️✝️🙏☮️Also Marie Osmond Paper Roses and with Donnie I’m Leaving It All Up To You. I Never Promised You A Rose Garden by Lynne Anderson. Playground in My Mind by Clint Holmes. Into The Mystic by Van Morrison and Freddy Fender with Before the Next Teardrop Falls and Wasted Days and Wasted Nights and also Eddie Rabbit Driving My Life Away! Also Poco with Crazy Love!Our great cherished songs from the 70s!

[@rodneybrucehicksjones213]

Donna Fargo became my all time favorite singer when this song came out. She was the first female in country music history to have back to back million selling singles with this song and Funny Face. She’s a great singer/songwriter and author. Thank you so much for spotlighting this amazing song!!

[@ednafenton7558]

Donna Fargo is my favorite singer. She has many great songs. Donna is another female country singer who is a singer/songwriter. My favorite song is "That was yesterday."

[@MrThesem]

Wow, yesterday One of These Days by Pink Floyd, and today Donna Fargo. Talk about whiplash!!

[@andymageen5308]

Another reason to love this channel ✌️

[@StormyPeak]

I'm 60 years old...use to sing this song over and over and over as it played on my record player back when I was a young girl...often with my mom singing with me. It's still one of my all time favorites.

[@theWyattearp-xd5gb]

thank you so much for picking this one, D.F. was one of my moms favorite and i remember listening to her when driving around with my mom in the late 70's early 80's, lost my mom in 82, and now whenever i hear this song i think of nothing but my mom.

[@stevehamilton8824]

My dad loved this song. I have such fond memories of driving in the car with my dad and this playing on our way to visit my grandparents. Music is amazing in that it can bring back memories and emotions untapped in years. Thank you!

[@willmacintyre649]

Miss Donna Fargo is a legend... one of her bet album releases is "Shame On Me". Every cut on this album by Miss Donna Fargo is 10 Carat Gold!!!

[@michellejackson6679]

Donna is true country!.. I have to thank my Pop-Pop for introducing me to old country.. This is magic to me.. thank you for the reaction.

[@toodlescae]

Oh I love Donna Fargo

[@Cheryl_Haydon]

I always listened to my area's top 40 pop station as a kid, but then they started playing this country song...and I think it was the first country song I ever loved. Thanks for playing it!

[@SaggezzaPrimo]

You should check out her singing "You can't be a beacon if your light don't shine." Great song - always makes me want to be a better person.

[@denisef1684]

Yes!!!!!

[@martyhawkins9607]

anber is so sweet, bless you all

[@dibutler9151]

I try not to miss any of your reacts, but I haven't seen you guys react to Tanya Tucker!!! She is AWESOME for 70s era country. She had her biggest hit with her first one, Delta Dawn, at age 13! I hope this gets some thumbs up.

[@denisef1684]

Oh yeah! Tanya was one of my all time favorite artists!!!!!!

[@jackieburchell2187]

A sweet cute song❤️😊🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@walterrutherford8321]

Dolly Parton is who I first think of when someone says cross-over, country. She had country songs that were big hits during the disco era. Try, Two Doors Down. The second name that comes to mind is Bobby Gentry. I heard her song, Mississippi Delta played in the intro to a movie last year. I’d forgotten that song. Edit: I thought Donna sounded quite a bit like Dolly at the start of the song. Dolly also has that country twang to her voice.

[@MrCome4numb]

Yes "Funny Face" and "Superman" were he two other biggest hits, but "Funny Face" was the song my stepdad used to sing to my mom. It was his song to her along with "Daisy A Day."

[@kennyhuskisson2684]

This was a HUGE hit in 1972 & Donna Fargo was HOT!!👍✌️

[@shirleybuffington6420]

Fun fact she was from a small town in North Carolina it is the same little town that Andy Griffin was from and that is Mount Airy . Also it is the town that Andy based the town of Mayberry on.

[@williamgreco3046]

Not far off 77. Visited once traveling back to Jersey from Charlotte. Got to see McAdenville, Christmas town USA, that trip.

[@caretaker158]

This is one of my all time favorite songs, has been since I was a kid. The line, "Now you be careful, gotta go, I love you, have a beautiful day".... man that just hits ya right in the heart. I remember those days a long time ago... it's just such a wonderful reminder of how you can find happiness even in the rush of getting ready in the morning.

[@rulebs]

Another feel good song that sings about love and sunshine is " Walking on Sunshine " by Katrina and the Waves. A good female Friday song

[@70sruleforever37]

Oh yes PLEASE react to this song!

[@sonnyjames8922]

Enjoyed hearing this again . . .. It's worth buying a Donna Fargo Greatest Hits. I have 6 of her albums. She was born Yvonne and used to be the head of the English Dept at Northview High in Covina, CA, in the mid 1960's. While teaching, she pursued a career in music, took the name Donna Fargo, and had about 15 - 20 great songs including "Do I Love You" in 1977 which I recommend highly. Fun fact: Tanya Tucker also recorded "The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A." in 1972. Both are good. Donna's is the standard.

[@Gwen0902]

This was ALWAYS my mom's first song of many that she would play to start the day! I was 7 years old then. The loving memories come flooding back with the happy tears. Thank you for playing this beautifully upbeat song ♥

[@avioncamper]

Huge country hit.

[@stefanwilliams2576]

my wife spent an entire day singing this song and it still didn't ruin it for me...

[@stormy8207]

Donna Fargo. Oh gosh.... As an Australian, not so important on the music scene but I do remember her. Long, long time since I've heard her name.

[@lauriewyatt9055]

Donna Fargo, What can I say, she just have a wonderful voice. I love this song because it is such a happy song.

[@allendixon7700]

I'll type I'll type it one as it gives me 1 to those happiest girls. I know how you are sorry yeah go ahead get my one around question mark

[@allendixon7700]

Did you ever break down nice country songs too much it's fine, I mean, what's doing an example here time AY ma'am tired of me what she was talking about andstalled by your man, she was given 4 ASAP stamps AI Z box steps, a stamp for the perfect. PERF ACT marriage.

[@allendixon7700]

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[@allendixon7700]

How about a forester FOR R EST ER sisters Forster sisters sung a song to me in the morning wiking me up? Tell him I fell in love again with my last night again cause I it was my fault. Cause I was doing everything Aba RY THI NG just strike J. U s t right r I g h t it was

[@allendixon7700]

But if you call bracket dial what are doing? There's Forster sisters they're giving a man a whole lot of confidence, I say why I'm inside. I won't admire my confidence. What these girls does like gay of they give it and they're song. I fell in love again and I snapped by the forest resistance arab question mark

[@kathrynnard8059]

Wow haven't heard that in a loooong time

[@beegee1960]

That was a massive hit in the seventies. It won all kinds of awards, an Emmy for best female performance, CMA music song of the year and thers.

[@allendixon7700]

ILL take T a.k.a. 10RNA of does happiest? I want the happiest HAP Pi EST girl G. R. L and the hounited states of America USA I want the happiest of girl.

[@nolantomlinson7554]

One of the greatest songs of its era.

[@paul8926]

This song was playing non-stop on the radio when I was a child…great happy times !

[@kennyhuskisson2684]

​@@paul8926Yes, 1972👍✌️

[@nolaknowles9888]

This was covered by a thirteen year old Tanya Tucker on her debut album, Delta Dawn. My mother played that album almost as relentlessly as she did her Elvis Presley albums. This was one of my favorite tracks on that album.

[@dennisbarnes7933]

Yes! Donna Fargo is from my home town...Mt. Airy NC...along with Andy Griffith....

[@cindy844]

Mayberry! ❤❤

[@randybaker6042]

My favorite song at the time.

[@dawnmorris5042]

I seem to remember that Donna Fargo started out as a high school teacher before her singing career.

[@kevinhouse4376]

I love it when you revisit early '70s country music. I know you love story songs, so you really should check out country singer Tom. T. Hall (whose nickname was The Storyteller). Start with his "Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine" and then "The Year That Clayton Delaney Died."

[@chrisoakley5830]

1960s and 70s Country music is the best.

[@joshuaparris6710]

And "I Love", another song that will bring positivity to your day.

[@joshuaparris6710]

And "I Love", another song that will bring positivity to your day.

[@kevinhouse4376]

@@joshuaparris6710 Yes! I almost mentioned that one, too.

[@BoldlyDoug]

I remember my Grandma playing this record when I was little.

[@TedC5203]

I saw Donna Fargo in concert. Little fact: She was a school teacher when she wrote this and started singing professionally.

[@dianalmccullough24]

It's about time.

[@stormstudios8281]

A great track! My father surprised me with this one on a road trip CD he made. She has such an amazing voice!

[@susanstanley1746]

I haven't heard this song in forever.. I remember hearing on the radio when I was nine or ten yrs old back in the 70s. I just gave my age away lol ❤ I always liked this song

[@onlyme114]

She had several hits. Another one is Superman.❤

[@valerienewton908]

I loved this song so much when I was 11 years old that I named my Dawn Doll, Donna! LOVE!

[@SharonWebber-og4cz]

Such great memories thank you ❤

[@chuckragland9972]

😱 WOW! I haven't heard this in a long time!!

[@jdw5678]

I haven't heard this song in decades! A great memory, thanks for choosing it. Another sweet country song for female Friday is "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" by Crystal Gayle, from the late '70s. It was a big crossover hit to the pop world.

[@delorespetree3243]

Love Donna Fargo music

[@nancyharn1980]

One of those songs I can remember coming out of the radio on the kitchen table, mom singing and swinging around the kitchen while preparing a meal. Thanks for letting me relive a great memory!

[@jonstreng7850]

My favorite memory... sitting in our mom's room listening to her cassette tapes. This song, and Donna's other big song, Funny Face, brought a huge smile to our faces. Soon enough we were singing along, not well, but just enough to make us laugh. We had too. My father was in a hospital for mental illness, 70 miles away, and my mother knew that a divorce from him would be coming anytime soon. I was 5 and my brother was 3. Whoever suggested this song - I sincerely appreciate and Thank you.

[@jeanstrickland2445]

Oh my goodness, haven’t heard this for years, still a very touching song 😊

[@bobbierobinson6269]

I love this song. It was old when I met my husband, but it still sounds like how I feel 30yrs now.

[@patprescott1818]

Thank-you I need to hear a song from my younger days. Sitting in the living room playing while mom listening to her country music on the radio or records. I was feeling a little down today and when I watch you guys listening to the music I grew up not just country it makes me feel so much better. Thanks for sharing 💜🎵🎶✌🇨🇦

[@Jen-in-Texas]

This is such a great song to listen to anytime, but even more so on those especially special days when you’re feeling really giddy. Love it!

[@rayfaircloth8253]

This song was released when I was an older child around 11 and 12. I loved it then, and I still do!!

[@gkiferonhs]

Love to hear these 70's women!!! Thanks for the review!

[@bbuchanan5569]

I love watching, hearing your reactions to my 60 & 70 songs!

[@xxstarlandrap4302]

My favorite song I use to sing this to my grandbabies when I rocked them to sleep. They loved it.

[@debbiefreeman9481]

Wow, used to hear this a lot in the 70’s. Haven’t heard it in a long time.

[@user-ze9jw8zu2x]

My favorite song by Donna Fargo us "Superman." It makes mincemeat out of this one.

[@jamielandis4308]

Right up there with ABBA’s “Honey Honey” for being the most wholesome sunny song of all time! Ah hell. Getting teary-eyed over a song I haven’t heard in years. 🌞🌞🌞

[@gyrene_asea4133]

I'm glad that you recognized Reba McIntyer and her distinctive super-"twang' when she used it. Fun. Thanks.

[@KideoTime]

Wow, I can't believe I never heard this song before. Thanks for featuring it today.

[@hellokimmy68]

I am sitting here with tears in my eyes, remembering singing this song as a wee little girl. I think it was my favorite song for some time.

[@gregorypatton4706]

This is a brilliant joyful early seventies country song. Makes me feel terrific every time I hear this slow mellow sounding masterpiece.

[@1963bigivan]

Watched you all for a while. I love that you did this song. I first heard it when I was probably 7 or 8. I fell in love with the song and especially her! Miss Donna,

[@ms.dirtybird7779]

I am tearing up, this takes me back to being a little girl spinning circles and singing this song. I was 4 or 5 yrs old. My parents listened to country.

[@alanlucio3442]

I saw her in concert in 1979. One of the first concerts I ever went to

[@user-pk1rf5vi6z]

Great song, I enjoy hearing the happiness in it.

[@allendixon7700]

That's just brother, I mean, you got the happiest girl g Irl in the how. USA and the Ho WHO LE United States of America question markyou gonna be some kinda, happy man brother, that's why that's cool break. Dad

[@elebenty5709]

Loved this one as a little kid.

[@warrenmolnar5527]

A good song for you guys is reunion. Life is a rock

[@jefflee2698]

My mother used to sing this in the mornings as her and my father were getting ready for work and me and my sisters were getting ready for school.

[@kennyhuskisson2684]

I seen Donna Fargo way back in 1976, see opened for the Statler Brothers, down in Jackson, Mississippi, Awesome concert!👍✌️

[@garyseven5791]

I don't believe I ever heard the song back in the day but we certainly need more songs like this one.

[@BringItMAGA]

This song was so wonderful bread but we all liked it I remember it well.

[@Teletran35]

Omg I haven't heard this song since the 70s when I was a kid

[@tylerhackner9731]

Awesome 👏

[@leedsdevil]

Thanks, love this song. I'm old enough to remember this song playing on country and adult oriented pop radio, and it brings back a lot of memories.

[@1177kc]

I was a kid who didn’t much care for country music at the time that this was all over the radio. I couldn’t help but love the undeniable bubbliness and joy of this song.

[@bradsullivan2495]

Another country classic that you need to check out actually came out in 1959. "El Paso" by Marty Robbins is a love story that will deliver a jolt.

[@folkmusic99]

Marty Robbins was about as talented as they get -- and what a voice!

[@Rocker1983]

This song was huge when I was a kid. Thanks for the reaction.

[@bobbyj5375]

Reba, totally. Both voices are amazing.

[@debbiequevedo7792]

Donna Fargo whose real name is Yvonne Vaughan, is from Mt Airy NC. Her brother, Gale, was a musician himself and played in a band with my great-uncle. My mom and dad went to school with her. BTW Andy Griffith was my 3rd cousin. His mom and my great grandmother were sisters. He was my grandma's 1st cousin and my mom's 2nd cousin and I grew up hearing stories and seeing photos. Andy's big break was a recording called "What It Was, Was Football." Lots of great talent from NC and Donna is a testament to that.

[@cindy844]

Actually, Andy would be your first cousin, twice removed. I learned the difference myself when I was researching my ancestry.