They started off in 1967 with 'Here come the Nice', a song I think is about a 'the pleasent onsets of intoxicants'. They went on doing major hit singles like Itchycoo Park (which was later covered by the M People), another song about drugs.
One of my favourite songs 'Lazy Sunday' was released in April 1968 went straight into No.2 in the UK chart. Loads more songs did really well but, as most bands do, they broke up in 1969 when Marriot and Frampton formed the band 'Humble Pie' and Lane, Jones and McLagan joined with Rod Stewart and Ron Wood to form 'The Faces'.
They're called 'The Small Faces' because, stupidly, they were all short in build (small) and they all had good looking faces!(or so they thought).
Almost all of the songs they sang were written be Steve Marriot and Ronnie Lane.
From the web site...The Small Faces Page
I know...more than you wanted...I am an old fan of the group.
What I was really doing was attempting a smart #ssed remark using Sacco and Vanzetti.