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Skeeter Davis

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Real name
Mary Frances Penick
Born
December 30, 1931
Died
September 19, 2004
Country
United States
IPI
00007623799 8 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Country music singer and songwriter
Member of
The Davis Sisters
Some of Chet's Friends
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Originals

Covers by Skeeter Davis

Title Performer Release date Originally by
May 1962 Wynn Stewart
January 1965 Bonnie Owens & Fuzzy Owen
August 1970 Barbara Fairchild
September 1973 Casey Kelly
November 1966 Connie Smith
November 1965 Luciano Tajoli con la grande orchestra diretta da Enzo Ceragioli REL, Betty Curtis PRF, Connie Francis
May 1962 Ray Sanders with The Anita Kerr Singers
November 1965 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Mildred Bailey
  1990 Gwen McCrae REL, Brenda Lee REC
August 1971 (unknown), (unknown), The Original Sacred Harp Choir
October 1960 Carl Belew
February 1969 Evie Sands
June 1965 Roy Drusky
October 1964 Johnny Tillotson
May 1962 Roy Drusky
March 1971 Anne Murray
May 1966 Chad and Jeremy
March 1970 George Hamilton IV
  December 1967 Dinah Shore and Buddy Clark - Orchestra under the direction of Ted Dale REC, Ricardo Montalbán and Esther Williams BRD
August 1968 Joe Cannonball Lewis
November 1966 Loretta Lynn
August 1961 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Ryan
1982 Loretta Lynn
July 1969 Bobbi Staff
Born to Love You Skeeter Davis February 1969 Unverified
August 1969 Judy Collins
  1990 Johnny Darrell REC, George Hamilton IV REL
August 1970 Simon and Garfunkel
May 1968 Connie Smith
March 1970 The First Edition
August 1968 Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys
1963 Andy Williams - Arr. & cond. by Robert Mersey
October 1960 Eddy Arnold and His Tennessee Plowboys
January 1973 George Jones
February 1969 Dottie West
January 1973 Kenny Brown and Marilyn Kaye and The Arkansas Ramblers
1982 Buck Owens
November 1965 Julie London
August 1969 Johnny Cash
June 1972 Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton
November 1965 Joanie Sommers with The Bobby Troup Sextet
1991 Bonnie Owens & Fuzzy Owen
1990 Eagles [US1]
1991 Terry Clement and His Rhythmic Five, Jimmy Newman, Teddy Nelson - Flyvende Nordmenn
May 1966 Jana Louise
1973 The Bee Gees
May 1968 Melba Montgomery
1963 The Shirelles
March 1963 Carl Butler
June 1965 Marty Robbins
August 1970 Dolly Parton
August 1968 Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys
March 1970 Roy Orbison with Bob Moore's Orch. & Chorus
June 1967 The Ding Dongs [Bobby Darin]
October 1964 The Chiffons [US1]
November 1966 Jan Howard
August 1968 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
August 1971 James Taylor
  November 1965 Felicia Sanders PRF, Kaye Ballard REC,REL
November 1966 (unknown), Carter Family
December 1967 Bill Anderson and Jan Howard
August 1968 Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys
November 1966 Henry Whitter
1983 Marvin Rainwater
May 1962 Marvin Rainwater
April 1964 Roy Hogsed, Teresa Brewer with Orchestra directed by Ray Bloch
November 1966 Conway Twitty
June 1972 Dolly Parton
January 1973 Ernest Tubb
May 1967 (unknown)
  May 1962 Jerry and Zelda REL, Gene Autry REC, Lulu Belle and Scotty BRD
August 1968 Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys
June 1967 Buddy Holly
May 1962 Ernest Tubb
March 1963 Harlan Howard
January 1961 Billy Brown, Corina Minette
August 1971 Conway Twitty
  March 1971 Kris Kristofferson REC, Percy Sledge REL
1990 George Jones
  August 1971 Nat Stuckey REL, Jack Greene REC
February 1969 Johnny Nash
1982 Olivia Newton-John
May 1967 Knippers Bros. & Parker
February 1968 Jean Shepard
May 1973 Bill Anderson [US1]
June 1965 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
July 1960 Hank Locklin
Covered by Petty Booka
August 1971 Hawkshaw Hawkins
1990 Don Gibson
August 1969 Bobbi Staff
February 1965 Buck Owens
May 1968 Tammy Wynette
1991 Carlene Carter
1991 NRBQ
July 1958 Sonny James
August 1971 Gordon Lightfoot
March 1970 Waylon Jennings & Anita Carter
1990 Olivia Newton-John
September 1973 The Jackson 5
May 1967 J. B. Whitmire Blue Sky Trio
August 1968 (unknown)
February 1965 Ginny Wright - Jim Reeves
November 1966 Bonnie Guitar
June 1967 The Crickets [US]
October 1967 Sue Thompson
March 1970 Charley Pride
March 1970 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
June 1972 Merle Haggard and The Strangers
February 1965 Jerry Wallace
February 1965 Ned Miller
January 1961 Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar, Betty Cody
February 1969 Dionne Warwick
March 1971 Lynn Anderson
August 1968 Johnny Cash
June 1967 Buddy Holly
November 1965 The Ames Brothers with Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra
May 1967 David Beatty and The Harmonettes
June 1967 The Crickets [US]
January 1973 Vernon Dalhart, Jimmy Heap and The Melody Masters - Vocal by Perk Williams, Al Montgomery
June 1965 Johnny Cash and Tennessee Two
  November 1965 The High Hatters - Vocal Refrain by Sam Coslow REC,REL, Helen Kane and Dan Healy PRF
March 1963 Jean Shepard
January 1961 Don Gibson
1963 Vic Dana
1963 Franck Pourcel et son grand orchestre, Little Peggy March - Orchestra conducted by Sammy Lowe
August 1968 Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys
May 1967 Blackwood Bros. Quartet
March 1970 The Kingston Trio
August 1968 (unknown), The Carter Family
June 1972 Dolly Parton
January 1972 Jean Shepard
June 1972 Dolly Parton
October 1960 Johnnie and Jack and Their Tennessee Mountain Boys
1982 Randy Vanwarmer
March 1963 Little Eva
February 1965 Gilbert Bécaud, Jill Corey with Jimmy Carroll
  March 1970 Dino Valenti REC, The Kingston Trio REL
October 1960 Rusty Nail and The Boys of the Trail
February 1969 Leapy Lee
May 1968 Eddy Arnold
March 1963 Don Robertson & Lou Dinning
November 1957 Hank Locklin
Covered by The Frontier Circus
1983 Geo. Campbell, Elvis Presley
January 1972 Waylon Jennings
January 1973 Jimmy Work
June 1967 The Crickets [US]
1985 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
1990 Roger Miller [US-OK]
March 1963 Justin Tubb with Roger Miller
1963 The Viscounts [GB]
March 1963 Barbra Streisand - Arr. & Cond. by Robert Mersey
March 1970 Curly Putman
1990 Mary Wells
October 1964 Jon and Sondra Steele
June 1965 Buck Owens
November 1960 Floyd Cramer, Joni James
  January 1973 Billy Jack Wills and His Western Swing Band REL, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys REC
January 1972 Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
May 1967 The Chuck Wagon Gang
May 1967 Dixie Sacred Singers
  June 1967 The Crickets [US] REL, Sonny West REC
June 1965 Don Gibson
May 1966 Bill Anderson [US1]
January 1972 The Original Caste
August 1969 Jerry Butler
August 1968 Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys
February 1965 George Jones & Melba Montgomery
May 1966 Andrea Carroll
  May 1967 Simmons Sacred Singers REL, Turkey Mountain Singers REC
August 1969 Clara Smith and Her Jazz Trio
May 1968 Lynn Anderson
November 1966 Bill Phillips
June 1967 Buddy Holly
January 1972 Tim Hardin
May 1966 The Shangri-Las
June 1965 Wanda Jackson
1983 The Davis Sisters
May 1962 The Davis Sisters
1982 Osborne Brothers
2001 Gene Autry and The Pinafores with Orchestral Acc.
October 1962 Harry Reser and His Orchestra
  November 1965 Doris Day REC,REL,BRD
June 1965 Hank Locklin and His Rocky Mountain Playboys
March 1963 Wanda Jackson
August 1969 Tammy Wynette
November 1965 Orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman, Petula Clark with Accompaniment directed by Joe Henderson
1963 (unknown)
  1985 Adriana Caselotti REL,BRD
August 1969 Ian and Sylvia
August 1969 Dusty Springfield
May 1962 Stonewall Jackson
June 1965 Bill Anderson [US1]
May 1966 Glenn Yarbrough
  May 1966 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
1982 Don Gibson
1982 Delbert McClinton
January 1972 John Denver
January 1961 Ray Peterson with Hugo Peretti and His Orchestra, Marilyn Michaels
  June 1967 The Crickets [US] REL, Buddy Holly and The Three Tunes REC
February 1965 Jaye P. Morgan with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus
May 1966 Rick Nelson
August 1968 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
August 1969 Waylon Jennings and The Waylors
March 1961 Marty Robbins
May 1966 Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra, Jackie Rae with Orchestra directed by Gordon Franks
January 1972 The Band
October 1960 Jan Howard
March 1970 Jeannie C. Riley
May 1962 Roy Drusky
August 1969 Noel Harrison
February 1969 Eddy Arnold
1963 Jan Howard with The Jordanaires
June 1967 The Crickets [US]
November 1966 Buck Owens and His Buckaroos
March 1970 Merle Haggard and The Strangers
February 1965 Buck Owens
June 1972 Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton
November 1965 Victor Young and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louanne Hogan
June 1972 Dolly Parton
  February 1965 Kitty Kallen REL, Bing Crosby - Grace Kelly REC
June 1967 Buddy Holly
1980 Lulu Belle & Scotty and Five String Banjo
May 1966 The Drifters [US1]
October 1960 Buck Owens
May 1962 Johnny Western with the Guitars of Johnny Fields, Mel Tillis
June 1965 Ernest Tubb
May 1962 "Little" Jimmy Dickens
June 1967 Buddy Holly
February 1965 Hoyt Axton with The Sherwood Singers
June 1970 Wayne Raney
October 1964 The Chiffons [US1]
June 1967 Jimmy Payne
November 1965 Victor Young, Jeri Southern with Victor Young and His Orchestra
June 1965 The Louvin Brothers
May 1967 Beulah Gaylord Young and Clara Moister
May 1967 Inspirations Quartet
March 1963 Stonewall Jackson
May 1968 Johnny Tillotson
July 1964 Wynn Stewart
November 1966 Loretta Lynn
January 1973 Ray Price
1982 Moon Mullican
June 1965 Roger Miller [US-OK]
September 1973 Anne Murray
May 1968 David Houston [US1]
October 1960 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
December 1969 Brooklyn Bridge
November 1965 Chas. Winters and Elond Autry
August 1971 Carole King
1963 Angèle Durand, The Ames Brothers

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
A Place in the Country Skeeter Davis March 1970 RCA Victor
Bring It on Home Skeeter Davis January 1972 RCA Victor
Cloudy, with Occasional Tears Skeeter Davis 1963 RCA Victor
Desperado Skeeter Davis 1990 Barbara E Productions
Hand in Hand with Jesus Skeeter Davis May 1967 RCA Victor
Heart Strings Skeeter Davis 1983 Tudor [1]
Here's the Answer Skeeter Davis January 1961 RCA Victor
I Can't Believe That It's All Over Skeeter Davis September 1973 RCA Victor
I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know Skeeter Davis July 1964 RCA Camden
I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too Skeeter Davis October 1960 RCA Victor
I Love Flatt and Scruggs Skeeter Davis August 1968 RCA Victor
It's Hard to Be a Woman Skeeter Davis August 1970 RCA Victor
Let Me Get Close to You Skeeter Davis October 1964 RCA Victor
Live Wire Skeeter Davis 1982 51 West
Love Takes a Lot of My Time Skeeter Davis August 1971 RCA Victor
"maryfrances" Skeeter Davis August 1969 RCA Victor
My Heart's in the Country Skeeter Davis November 1966 RCA Victor
Porter Wagoner and Skeeter Davis Sing Duets Porter Wagoner and Skeeter Davis May 1962 RCA Victor
She Sings, They Play Skeeter Davis & NRBQ 1985 Rounder
Singin' in the Summer Sun Skeeter Davis May 1966 RCA Victor
Skeeter Skeeter Davis March 1971 RCA Victor
Skeeter Davis Sings Buddy Holly Skeeter Davis June 1967 RCA Victor
Skeeter Sings Dolly Skeeter Davis June 1972 RCA Victor
Skeeter Sings Standards Skeeter Davis November 1965 RCA Victor
Sweet Dreams Skeeter Davis 1990 Barbara E Productions
The Closest Thing to Love Skeeter Davis February 1969 RCA Victor
The End of the World Skeeter Davis March 1963 RCA Victor
The Hillbilly Singer Skeeter Davis January 1973 RCA Victor
Tunes for Two Skeeter Davis & Bobby Bare February 1965 RCA Victor
What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied) Skeeter Davis October 1967 RCA Victor
Why So Lonely? Skeeter Davis May 1968 RCA Victor
Written by the Stars Skeeter Davis June 1965 RCA Victor
Your Husband, My Wife Bobby Bare and Skeeter Davis March 1970 RCA Victor
You Were Made for Me Skeeter Davis and Teddy Nelson 1991 Rocade Records

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
A Dear John Letter Skeeter Davis & Bobby Bare January 1965 RCA Victor
Don't Forget to Remember Skeeter Davis 1973 RCA Victor
For Loving You Skeeter Davis and Don Bowman December 1967 RCA Victor
Fuel to the Flame Skeeter Davis January 1967 RCA Victor
Gonna Get Along Without You Now Skeeter Davis April 1964 RCA Victor
I Can't Believe That It's All Over Skeeter Davis May 1973 RCA Victor
(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too Skeeter Davis July 1960 RCA Victor
I Can't Stay Mad at You Skeeter Davis August 1963 RCA Victor
I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know Skeeter Davis July 1958 RCA Victor
I Love Us Skeeter Davis July 1976 Mercury
I'm a Lover (Not a Fighter) Skeeter Davis 1969 RCA Victor
Instinct for Survival Skeeter Davis February 1968 RCA Victor
Let Me Get Close to You Skeeter Davis July 1964 RCA Victor
Lost to a Geisha Girl Skeeter Davis November 1957 RCA Victor
My Last Date (With You) Skeeter Davis November 1960 RCA Victor
Optimistic Skeeter Davis August 1961 RCA Victor
Sun Glasses Skeeter Davis July 1965 RCA Victor
Teach Me to Love You Skeeter Davis July 1969 RCA Victor
The End of the World Skeeter Davis October 1962 RCA Victor
The Hand You're Holding Now Skeeter Davis March 1961 RCA Victor
We Need a Lot More of Jesus Skeeter Davis June 1970 RCA Victor
What Am I Gonna Do with You Skeeter Davis October 1964 RCA Victor
What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied) Skeeter Davis - Arranged and conducted by Bill Walker June 1967 RCA Victor
Where I Ought to Be Skeeter Davis January 1962 RCA Victor
Your Husband, My Wife Bobby Bare and Skeeter Davis December 1969 RCA Victor

Performances also appear on

Title Performer Release date Label
Country Christmas various artists 2001 Lifestyles
Country Girls Sing Country Songs various artists May 1966 RCA Camden
Nashville Christmas Party various artists October 1962 RCA Victor
Truck Stop 4 various artists 1980 Dureco Benelux

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