Country Artist Skeeter Davis

One of the first women to achieve major stardom in the Country Music field as a solo vocalist, Skeeter Davis has won numerous awards and was a member of The Grand Ole Opry. In 1963, Davis achieved her biggest success with Country/Pop hit “The End of the World”.  The record was also a surprise top-five hit on the Rhythm and Blues charts, making Davis one of the few white female singers to have a top-10 hit in that market. The single sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. “The End of the World” soon became Davis’s signature song. Davis achieved one other Country-Pop hit with the Gerry Goffin and Carole King-penned “I Can’t Stay Mad at You”, which peaked at number seven on the Pop charts and number two on the Easy Listening chart in 1963. In 1964, she was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for her recording of “He Says the Same Things to Me”.

Davis’s success continued with “I’m Saving My Love” and 1964’s Gonna Get Along Without You Now. In 1965, she recorded a duet with Bobby Bare called “A Dear John Letter”, which just missed the Country top 10. The following year, she earned her third Grammy nomination for “Sun Glasses”, which peaked at number 30 on the Hot Country Songs chart. In 1967, Davis was back in the top 10 with “What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied)”. She received her fourth Grammy nomination for 1967’s “What Does It Take”.

In 1970, Davis had another top-10 hit with “I’m a Lover (Not a Fighter)” and another duet with Bobby Bare with “Your Husband, My Wife”. The following year, she had a hit with the autobiographical “Bus Fare To Kentucky”. Davis’s recording of the anti-war song “One Tin Soldier”, released in 1972, earned her an appearance on The Midnight Special. The single was a major success in Canada.

Her last major hit was 1973’s “I Can’t Believe That It’s All Over”, which peaked at number 12 in Country and number 101 on the Pop chart. In the 1970s, she began regularly touring foreign countries such as Barbados, Singapore, and Sweden, where she retained a following.