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Skeeter Davis - May/1967 recorded Dec/1966, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville CHILD OF THE KING (Cindy Walker) Once I was clothed in the rags of my sin Wretched and poor lost and lonely within But with wonderous compassion the King of all Kings In pity and love took me under his wing Oh yes, oh yes I'm a child of the King His royal blood now flows in my veins And I who was wretched and poor now can sing Praise God, Praise God I'm a child of the King [ guitar ] Now I'm a child with a heavenly home My holy father has made me his own And I am cleansed by his blood and I'm clothed in his love And someday I'll sing with the angels above Oh yes, oh yes I'm a child of the King... **********. + Informações

Skeeter Davis sings 'The End of the World' live at the Midnight Special (early '70s). The song was her biggest hit in 1963 and of her career. Reaching #2 on Billboards country and pop charts,#1 Adult Contemporary Easy Listening hit and #4 hit on Billboard's rhythm and blues (R&B) chart. A remarkable achievement since nobody has done that before. Lyrics were written by Sylvia Dee in memory of her father and the music by Arthur Kent. Lyric: Why does the sun go on shining Why does the sea rush to shore Don't they know it's the end of the world Cause you don't love me anymore Why do the birds go on singing Why do the stars glow above Don't they know it's the end of the world It ended when I lost your love I wake up in the morning and I wonder Why everything's the same as it was I can't understand no I can't understand How life goes on the way it does Why does my heart go on beating Why do these eyes of mine cry Don't they know it's the end of the world It ended when you said goodbye Why does my heart go on beating Why do these eyes of mine cry Don't they know it's the end of the world It ended when you said goodbye. + Informações

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A very unusual recording from one of the female pioneers of country music, Skeeter Davis landed in the Top Ten with this September, 1963 hit, "I Can't Stay Mad At You". The song is a straightforward pop tune which had little or no appeal to her country music audience at the time, but it came on the heels of her recording of "The End Of The World" which was one of the great country crossover songs which had reached #2 on the charts earlier that year.. + Informações

Skeeter Davis sings 'I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know' live at the Grand Ole Opry in 1961. This song has been a #1 country hit for The Davis Sisters (Skeeter and Betty Jack Davis) in 1953 and was written by Cecile Null.. + Informações

Skeeter Davis and Bobby Bare Let It be Me (Je t'appartiens) Recorded: October 1964, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville LET IT BE ME (Je t'appartiens) (Mann Curtis - Pierre Delanoe - Gilbert Becaud) I bless the day I found you I want to stay around you And so I beg you let it be me Don't take this heaven from one if you must cling to someone Now and forever let it be me Each time we meet love I find complete love Without your sweet love what would life be So never leave me lonely tell me you love me only And that you always let it be me If for each bit of gladness someone must taste of sadness I beg the sorrow please let it be me And no matter how the price is I'll make the sacrifices For each new tomorrow just let it be me Each time we meet love... Let it be me **********. + Informações

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Skeeter Davis - Jun/1964 Vocals: The Anita Kerr Singers (Dorothy Dillard, Anita Kerr, Louis Nunley, William Wright) A beautiful Connie Francis song MY HAPPINESS (Betty Peterson - Barney Bergantine) Evening shadows make me blue when each weary day is through How I long to be with you my happiness Everyday I reminisce dreaming of your tender kiss Always thinking how I miss my happiness A million years it seems have gone by since we shared our dreams But I'll hold you again there'll be no blue memories then Whether skies are grey or blue anyplace on earth will do Just as long as I'm with you my happiness (Whether skies are grey or blue) whether skies are grey or blue (Anyplace on earth will do) anyplace on earth will do Just as long as I'm with you my happiness **********. + Informações

Skeeter Davis sang so much and Pop Hits fits perfect for her voice - Like her version of I will follow him. + Informações

Skeeter Davis - Sunglasses (1966) SUNGLASSES (John D. Loudermilk) I got my swimcap and comb and my paperback book but I'm almost through I got my lipstick and mirror and my suntan lotion and my cam'ra too I got my beach bag full of all the necessary items for a day in the sun And of course it wouldn't be like me if I didn't bring along Some sunglasses hmm to hide behind Sunglasses mhm to cry behind Sunglasses mhm to die behind Dear while I lie and cry and sigh and hurt and watch you while you flirt With your somebody new makin' me blue I brought my towel and transistor radio so I could tell the time Cause the Top Forty records and the weather sports will get you off of my mind I'll rent an umbrella from the lifeguard fella with the dreamy eyes And you can bet I couldn't forget my old standby's My sunglasses hmm to hide behind... Sunglasses sunglasses sunglasses **********. + Informações

Skeeter Davis Another one of her very BEST songs here..... + Informações

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Released on the 1969 album, "The Closest Thing To Love". Written by Chip Taylor, this song was originally offered to Connie Francis who turned it down because she felt the song was too risque for her career. It was then recorded by Evie Sands but her label went backrupt. Finally, it was given to Merilee Rush who recorded it and had a top 10 hit.. + Informações

Skeeter Davis has never gotten a lot of critical attention, but in the '50s and '60s, she recorded some of the most accessible crossover country music, occasionally skirting rock & roll.. + Informações

Mary Frances Penick (December 30, 1931 -- September 19, 2004), better known as Skeeter Davis, was an American country music singer best known for crossover pop music songs of the early 1960s. She started out as part of The Davis Sisters as a teenager in the late 1940s, eventually landing on RCA Records. In the late '50s, she became a solo star. Her best-known hit was the pop classic "The End of the World" in 1963. One of the first women to achieve major stardom in the country music field as a solo vocalist, she was an acknowledged influence on Tammy Wynette and Dolly Parton and was hailed as an "extraordinary country/pop singer" by The New York Times music critic Robert Palmer. Davis was the first of seven children born to William and Punzie Penick, in Dry Ridge, Kentucky.[2] Because her grandfather thought that she had a lot of energy for a young child, he nicknamed Mary Frances "Skeeter" (slang for mosquito). In 1947, the Penick family moved to Erlanger, Kentucky, where Skeeter met Betty Jack Davis and Wanda Rose Rader at Dixie Heights High School, becoming instant friends. They sang together through much of high school, and at Decoursey Baptist Church, where Wanda's father was the pastor. They formed a group known as the Davis Sisters (although they were unrelated), and started singing on Detroit radio station WJR's program Barnyard Frolics. Wanda was unable to travel, so Skeeter & BJ began to make a name as a duet. Eventually, the duo were signed by RCA Records in .... + Informações

Skeeter Davis sings a live version of One Tin Soldier at the Midnight Special (early '70s). The song was written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter. It was also the theme song for the movie: 'The Legend of Billy Jack'. Lyric: Listen children to a story that was written long ago Bout a kingdom on a mountain and the valley down below On the mountain was a treasure buried deep beneath a stone And the valley people swore they'd have it for their very own Go ahead and hate your neighbor go ahead and cheat a friend Do it in the name of heaven you can justify it in the end There won't be any trumpets blowing come the judgement day On the bloody morning after ooh ooh one tin soldier rides away So the people of the valley sent a message up the hill Asking for the buried treasure tons of gold for which they'd kill Come an answer from the kingdom with our brothers we will share All the secrets of our mountain all the riches buried there Now the valley cried with anger mount your horses draw your sword And they killed the mountain people so they won their just reward Now they stood beside the treasure and the mountain dark and red Turned the stone and looked beneath it Peace on Earth was all it said Go ahead and hate your neighbor go ahead and cheat a friend Do it in the name of heaven you can justify it in the end There won't be any trumpets blowing come the judgement day On the bloody morning after ooh ooh one tin soldier rides away. + Informações

The End of the World (1973) Skeeter Davis with a cover of this pop hit song. Recorded in December 1968 and released on the album 'Closest Thing To Love' in 1969. Later on the Camden album mentioned above. The song was written by Chip Taylor and originally made famous by Merrilee Rush (it was pitched first to Connie Francis but she turned it down) who had a #7 US hit with it on Billboards hot 100. Later its been covered by PP Arnold, Juice Newton, Billie Davis, The Pretenders and others. Lyric: There'll be no strings to bind your hands not if my love can't bind your heart And there's no need to take a stand for it was I who chose to start I see no reason to take me home I'm old enough to face the dawn Just call me angel of the morning angel Just touch my cheek before you leave me baby Just call me angel of the morning angel Then slowly turn away from me Maybe the sun's light will be dim and it won't matter anyhow If morning echo says we've sinned well it was what I wanted now And if we're victims of the night I won't be blinded by the light Just call me angel of the morning angel Just touch my cheek before you leave me baby Just call me angel of the morning angel Then slowly turn away I won't beg you to stay with me Through the tears of the days of the years Baby baby just call me angel of the morning angel Just touch my cheek before you leave me baby Just call me angel of the morning angel Just touch my cheek before you leave me baby. + Informações

Skeeter Davis - I Will 1963 Skeeter Davis is the only woman in the history of the Billboard charts to hit the top ten singles list on all four singles charts, the Hot 100 (pop/rock), country, easy listening, and soul/rhythm and blues with her 1963 smash "The End of the World." Linda Ronstadt, The Pointer Sisters, and Barbra Streisand have also hit four different charts but Streisand has not had a top ten country or soul record, the Pointers did not hit the country top ten, and Ronstadt did not make the top ten soul chart. I WILL (Dick Glasser) I don't want to be the one to say I'm gonna miss you But I will I will I don't wanna say I'm gonna cry my eyes out baby But I will you know I will I'm not ashamed for you to know how much I really love you so Cause it was such a thrill And just remember when you're gone there'll be that someone Said who loves you still You will look at her and see me smiling back at you I know you will you will You will find yourself repeating things we used to do I know you will you will Don't wonder if you want to come back just got running home to me And let me feel the thrill Cause I'm the one who told I would love you dear forever And I will I will [ strings ] You will look at her and see me smiling back at you I know you will you will. + Informações

Mary Frances Penick (December 30, 1931 September 19, 2004), better known as Skeeter Davis, was an American country music singer best known for crossover pop music songs of the early 1960s. She started out as part of The Davis Sisters in the early 1950s. In the late '50s and early '60s, she became a solo star. Her best known hit was the song "The End of the World" in 1963. One of the first women to achieve major stardom in the country music field as a solo vocalist, she was an acknowledged influence on Tammy Wynette and Dolly Parton and has been hailed as an "extraordinary country/pop singer" by The New York Times music critic Robert Palmer. Davis was the first of seven children born to William and Punzie Penick, born in Dry Ridge, Kentucky. Because her grandfather thought that she had a lot of energy for a young child, he nicknamed Mary Frances "Skeeter" (slang for mosquito). In 1947, the Penick family moved to Erlanger, Kentucky, where Skeeter met Betty Jack Davis at Dixie Heights High School, becoming instant friends. They sang together through much of high school. They formed a group known as The Davis Sisters (although they were unrelated), and started singing on Detroit radio station WJR's program Barnyard Frolics. RCA Records producer Steve Sholes liked The Davis Sisters' harmonies and offered the duo a recording contract in 1953. Their most successful release was "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know," which spent eight weeks at No. 1 on the country charts in 1953 .... + Informações

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Released on the 1963 album, "Cloudy With Occasional Tears". Originally recorded in 1961 by Franck Pourcel under the title "Chariot". It was a hit for Petula Clark in France and Belgium before being translated into English and becoming a hit for Little Peggy March in the same year as this recording.. + Informações

B-side of "Optimistic". This song was written in 1940 and was originally a hit for the Glenn Miller orchestra. A remake by Louis Armstrong became a hit in 1949, and another remake by Fats Domino became a huge hit in the '50's.. + Informações

Hand in Hand with Jesus (1967) Great country gospel song sung by Skeeter Davis. Recorded in December 1966 at RCA Victor Studios, Nashville. Songwriters were Alice Hawthorne and Alton Howard. Lyric: Soft as a voice of an angel breathing a lesson unheard Hope with a gentle persuasion whispers a comforting word Wait till the darkness is over wait till the tempest is done Hope for the sunshine tomorrow after the shower is gone Whispering hope oh how welcome Thy voice Making my heart any sorrow rejoice [ steel ] Whispering hope oh how welcome Thy voice Making my heart any sorrow rejoice. + Informações