Australian singles chart:
Funny Man entered the Australian singles chart* on 19 April 1969 and peaked at #15. It was #78 on the Top 100 of 1969.
Songwriter:
Ray Stevens
Record label of Australian release:
Festival
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Queenslander Ross D Wyllie first performed with the Kodiaks before stepping out as a solo singer and moving to Melbourne.
In 1967 Ross became the host of a new pop music TV show, Uptight, for Melbourne’s ATV 0 (now channel 10). He hit the charts twice in 1969, first with his cover of Ray Stevens’ song, Funny Man, then The Star, written by Johnny Young.
In 1970 Uptight was replaced on Channel 0 by a pop music series, Happening ’70, with Wyllie retained as host. He returned to Brisbane late that year and was replaced on Happening ’71 by Jeff Phillips.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_D._Wyllie
Lyrics:
Look-a there, there he goes
Ha, there goes the funny man
The life of the party, that′s me
And they’d never guess
That I had a care
They′d be amazed to see me cry
When the party’s through
Cry over you
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