Skeeter Davis discography
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This article presents the discography of American country music singer-songwriter
, Skeeter Davis
. Between 1959 and 1989, Davis recorded 29 studio albums, 9 compilation albums. She placed a total of 55 singles on the Billboard Country Chart
between 1957 and 1976 as a solo artist, one of which went to #1 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
chart.
^ Skeeter Davis Sings "The End of the World" also peaked at #61 on the U.S. Billboard 200
albums chart.
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
, Skeeter Davis
Skeeter Davis
Mary Frances Penick , 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...
. Between 1959 and 1989, Davis recorded 29 studio albums, 9 compilation albums. She placed a total of 55 singles on the Billboard Country Chart
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
between 1957 and 1976 as a solo artist, one of which went to #1 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...
chart.
Studio albums
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| 1959 | I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too is the debut studio album by American country artist Skeeter Davis. The album was released in November 1959 on RCA Victor Records and was produced by Chet Atkins...
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| 1961 | Here's the Answer Here's the Answer Here's the Answer is the second studio album by American country artist Skeeter Davis. The album was released in January 1961 on RCA Victor Records and was produced by Chet Atkins... |
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| 1963 | Skeeter Davis Sings "The End of the World"[A]
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| Cloudy with Occasional Tears
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| 1964 | Let Me Get Close to You
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| 1965 | Written by the Stars
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| Skeeter Davis Sings Standards
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| 1966 | Singin' in the Summer Sun
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| My Heart's in the Country
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| 1967 | Hand in Hand with Jesus
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| Skeeter Davis Sings Buddy Holly
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| What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied)
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| 1968 | Why So Lonely
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| I Love Flatt and Scruggs
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| 1969 | The Closest Thing to Love
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| Mary Frances
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| 1970 | A Place in the Country
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| It's Hard to Be a Woman
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| 1971 | Skeeter
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| Love Takes a Lot of My Time
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| 1972 | Bring It on Home
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| Skeeter Sings Dolly
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| 1973 | The Hillbilly Singer
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| I Can't Believe That It's All Over
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| 1982 | Live Wire
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| 1983 | Heart Strings
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^ Skeeter Davis Sings "The End of the World" also peaked at #61 on the U.S. Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
albums chart.
Collaborations
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| 1962 | Porter Wagoner and Skeeter Davis Sing Duets (with Porter Wagoner Porter Wagoner Porter Wayne Wagoner was a popular American country music singer known for his flashy Nudie and Manuel suits and blond pompadour. He introduced the young Dolly Parton near the beginning of her career on his long-running television show, and they were a well-known duet throughout the late 1960s and... )
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| 1965 | Tunes for Two (with Bobby Bare Bobby Bare Robert Joseph Bare is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is the father of Bobby Bare, Jr., also a musician.-Early career:... ) |
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| 1970 | Your Husband, My Wife (with Bobby Bare)
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| 1985 | She Sings, They Play (with NRBQ NRBQ NRBQ is an American rock band founded in 1967. It is known for its live performances, containing a high degree of spontaneity and levity, and blending rock, pop, jazz, blues and Tin Pan Alley styles. Its best known line-up is the 1974–1994 quartet of pianist Terry Adams, bassist Joey Spampinato,... ) |
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| 1989 | You Were Made for Me (with Teddy Nelson)
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Compilation albums
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| 1964 | I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know
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| 1965 | The Best of Skeeter Davis
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| Blueberry Hill
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| 1970 | Easy to Love
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| 1973 | The Best of Skeeter Davis, Vol. 2
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| 1975 | The Versatile Skeeter Davis
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| 1981 | You've Got a Friend
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| 1986 | Skeeter Davis (Lassos N' Spurs series)
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| 1985 | 20 of the Best
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| 1996 | The Essential Skeeter Davis
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
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| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US AC Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States... |
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| 1957 | "He Left His Heart for Me" | — | — | — | — | I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know |
| 1958 | "Lost to a Geisha Girl" | 15 | — | — | — | Blueberry Hill |
| "Walk Softly Darling" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know" was a number one country music single for The Davis Sisters in 1953. The song, written by Cecil Null, was the first hit for the duo of Skeeter Davis and Betty Jack Davis and their only one as Betty Jack was killed in an automobile accident the week the record... " |
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| "I Ain't a Talkin'" | — | — | — | — | I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know | |
| 1959 | "Set Him Free" | 5 | — | — | — | I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too |
| "Homebreaker" | 15 | — | — | — | Blueberry Hill | |
| 1960 | "Am I That Easy to Forget Am I That Easy to Forget "Am I That Easy to Forget" is the title of a popular song written by country music singer Carl Belew and W.S. Stevenson and published in 1958. Belew recorded his song in Nashville on December 17, 1958, and released the single in March 1959, where it reached number nine on the U.S. country music chart... " |
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| "(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too" | 2 | 39 | — | — | Here's the Answer | |
| "My Last Date (With You)" | 5 | 26 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | "The Hand You're Holding Now" | 11 | — | — | — | I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know |
| "Optimistic" | 10 | — | — | — | Blueberry Hill | |
| 1962 | "Where I Ought to Be" | 9 | — | — | — | |
| "The Little Music Box" | 22 | — | — | — | ||
| "The End of the World"[A] | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | Skeeter Davis Sings "The End of the World" | |
| 1963 | "I'm Saving My Love" | 9 | 41 | 13 | — | Cloudy, with Occasional Tears |
| "I Can't Stay Mad at You" | 14 | 7 | 2 | — | Let Me Get Close to You | |
| 1964 | "He Says the Same Things to Me" | 17 | 47 | 15 | — | |
| "Gonna Get Along Without You Now Gonna Get Along without Ya Now "Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now" is a popular song written by Milton Kellem, and published in 1951. Originally written in English, has been done in several styles and tempos.... " |
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| "Let Me Get Close to You" | 45 | 106 | — | — | ||
| "What Am I Gonna Do with You" | 38 | 123 | — | — | I Can't Believe That It's All Over | |
| 1965 | "You Taught Me Everything That I Know" | — | — | — | — | What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied) |
| "Sunglasses" | 30 | 120 | — | — | Singin' in the Summer Sun | |
| 1966 | "I Can't See Me Without You" | — | — | — | — | What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied) |
| "If I Ever Get to Heaven" | — | — | — | — | My Heart's in the Country | |
| "Goin' Down the Road (Feelin' Bad)" | 36 | — | — | — | ||
| 1967 | "Fuel to the Flame" | 11 | — | — | — | What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied) |
| "What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied)" | 5 | 121 | — | — | ||
| "Set Him Free" (remake) | 52 | — | — | — | ||
| 1968 | "Instinct for Survival" | 54 | — | — | — | Skeeter, Skeeter, Skeeter |
| "There's a Fool Born Every Minute" | 16 | — | — | 18 | ||
| "Timothy" | — | — | — | — | I Can't Believe That It's All Over | |
| "The Closest Thing to Love (I've Ever Seen)" | 66 | — | — | — | The Closest Thing to Love | |
| 1969 | "Keep Baltimore Beautiful" | — | — | — | — | |
| "Teach Me to Love You" | — | — | — | — | Mary Frances | |
| "I'm a Lover (Not a Fighter)" | 9 | — | — | 7 | A Place in the Country | |
| 1970 | "It's Hard to Be a Woman" | 65 | — | — | — | It's Hard to Be a Woman |
| "We Need a Lot More of Jesus" | 69 | — | — | — | ||
| "Let's Get Together" (with George Hamilton IV George Hamilton IV George Hege Hamilton IV is an American country musician. He began performing in the late 1950s as a teen idol, later switching to country music in the early 1960s.-Biography:Hamilton was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina... ) |
65 | — | — | — | A Place in the Country | |
| "Bridge Over Troubled Water Bridge over Troubled Water Bridge Over Troubled Water is the fifth and final studio album by Simon & Garfunkel. Released on January 26, 1970 on both Quadraphonic and Stereo formats, it reached No. 1 on Billboard Music Charts pop albums list... " |
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| 1971 | "Bus Fare to Kentucky" | 21 | — | — | 30 | Skeeter, Skeeter, Skeeter |
| "Love Takes a Lot of My Time" | 58 | — | — | — | Love Takes a Lot of My Time | |
| "One Tin Soldier One Tin Soldier "One Tin Soldier" is a 1960s era anti-war song written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter. The Canadian pop group Original Caste first recorded the song in 1969. The track went to No. 6 on the RPM Magazine charts and hit the No.1 position on Canada's most influential radio chain, CHUM-AM, in Canada... "[B] |
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| 1972 | "Sad Situation" | 46 | — | — | 6 | Skeeter, Skeeter, Skeeter |
| "A Hillbilly Song" | — | — | — | 76 | The Hillbilly Singer | |
| 1973 | "I Can't Believe That It's All Over" | 12 | 101 | — | 11 | I Can't Believe That It's All Over |
| "Don't Forget to Remember" | 44 | — | — | 64 | The Versatile Skeeter Davis | |
| 1974 | "One More Time" | 65 | — | — | — | |
| "Lovin' Touch" | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976 | "I Love Us" | 60 | — | — | — | non-album singles |
| 1977 | "It's Love That I Feel" | — | — | — | — | |
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^ "The End of the World" also peaked at #18 on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
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- B^ "One Tin Soldier" also peaked at #2 on the RPMRPM (magazine)RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...
Adult Contemporary Tracks chart in Canada.
Collaborations
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| 1952 | "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know" was a number one country music single for The Davis Sisters in 1953. The song, written by Cecil Null, was the first hit for the duo of Skeeter Davis and Betty Jack Davis and their only one as Betty Jack was killed in an automobile accident the week the record... " |
Betty Jack Davis Betty Jack Davis Betty Jack Davis was an American country music singer who was one half of the duet The Davis Sisters with Skeeter Davis, who was not related.-Biography:... |
1 | 18 | I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know |
| 1965 | "A Dear John Letter A Dear John Letter "A Dear John Letter", or "Dear John" is the name of a popular country music song. It was popularized by Ferlin Husky and Jean Shepard, and was a crossover country-pop hit in 1953.... " |
Bobby Bare Bobby Bare Robert Joseph Bare is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is the father of Bobby Bare, Jr., also a musician.-Early career:... |
11 | 114 | Tunes for Two |
| 1968 | "For Loving You For Loving You "For Loving You" is a 1967 duet by Bill Anderson and Jan Howard. The single was the duo's most successful release. "For Loving You" went to number one on the country charts in four weeks and spent 20 weeks on the chart.... " |
Don Bowman Don Bowman (singer) Don Bowman is an American country music singer, songwriter, comedian and radio host. He recorded for RCA Victor between 1964 and 1970, charting in the Top 40 with "Chit Atkins, Make Me a Star"... |
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| 1970 | "Your Husband, My Wife" | Bobby Bare | 22 | — | Your Husband, My Wife |
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Guest singles
| Year | Single | Artist | Peak positions | Album |
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| 1967 | "Chet's Tune" | Some of Chet's Friends | 38 | non-album single |
B-sides
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | A-Side Single | |
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| 1962 | "Something Precious" | 23 | — | "Where I Ought to Be" |
| 1964 | "How Much Can a Lonely Heart Stand" | — | 92 | "He Says the Same Things to Me" |
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