Donna Fargo (born Yvonne Vaughan on November 10, 1945 in Mount Airy, North Carolina) is a country music singer and songwriter. She is best known by pop fans for her 1972 country/pop crossover hit "The Happiest Girl In the Whole USA." Fargo has had six #1 songs on the country charts. She has placed nine songs in the country top five, 15 in the top ten, 17 in the top 15, and 19 songs in the top 20. In all, she has placed 37 songs on the Billboard country charts between 1972 and 1991. Biography Early life Donna Fargo was born in Mount Airy, North Carolina in 1944. Mount Airy was an area of North Carolina that was well-known for its traditional mountain music. As a child, she sang quite a bit, but did not initially pursue a career in music. After graduating from High Point College where she was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority, she went into teaching in Los Angeles, becoming a high school English teache

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