"Funny Way of Laughin'" is a song written by

Hank Cochran Garland Perry "Hank" Cochran (August 2, 1935 – July 15, 2010) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Starting during the 1960s, Cochran was a prolific songwriter in the genre, including major hits by Patsy Cline, Ray Price, Eddy ...

and performed by

Burl Ives Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995) was an American Folk music, folk singer and actor with a career that spanned more than six decades. Ives began his career as an itinerant singer and guitarist, eventually launching his o ...

. It reached #3 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart, #9 on the U.S. country chart, #10 on the U.S. pop chart, #18 on Canada's

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, and #29 on the UK Singles Chart in 1962. It was featured on his 1962 album '' It's Just My Funny Way of Laughin'''. The song won the Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording at the

5th Annual Grammy Awards The 5th Annual Grammy Awards were held on May 15, 1963, at Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City. They recognized accomplishments by musicians for the year 1962. Tony Bennett and Igor Stravinsky each won 3 awards. Award winners *Record of the ...

in 1963. The song ranked #82 on ''Billboard'' magazine's Top 100 singles of 1962.

Other versions

*Cochran released a version of the song on his 1963 album ''Hits from the Heart''. *

Jeannie Seely Marilyn Jeanne Seely (born July 6, 1940) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actress and author. Primarily identified with country music, Seely found success with the Grammy Award-winning song " Don't Touch Me" (1966). Her soul-ins ...

released a version of the song as the

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to her 1967 single "These Memories". *

Jim Ed Brown James Edward Brown (April 1, 1934 – June 11, 2015) was an American Country music, country singer who achieved fame in the 1950s with his two sisters as a member of the Browns. He later had a successful solo career from 1965 to 1974, followed b ...

released a version of the song on his 1968 album ''Country's Best on Record''.

References

1962 songs 1962 singles Songs written by Hank Cochran Burl Ives songs Decca Records singles Song recordings produced by Bob Ferguson (musician) Song recordings produced by Fred Foster {{1960s-single-stub