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- Redefining Your Identity after Rejection
- Bus fare to Kentucky
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Dry Ridge, Kentucky, USA
Skeeter Davis (born Mary Frances Penick; December 30, 1931 – September 19, 2004) was an American country music singer who sang crossover pop music songs including 1962's "The End of the World". She started out as part of the Davis Sisters as a teenager in the late 1940s, eventually landing on RCA Victor. In the late 1950s, she became a solo star. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Known for
- Country's Family Reunion Christmas (Vol. 1) — Herself2011
- Opry Video Classics: Duets — Self (archive footage)2007
- Opry Video Classics: Songs That Topped the Charts — Herself (archive footage)2007
- Opry Video Classics: Queens of Country — Self (archive footage)2007
- The Women of Country — Self1993
- The Midnight Special — Self1972
- The Gold Guitar1966
- Forty Acre Feud — Self1965
- The Mike Douglas Show — Self1961
- American Bandstand — Self1957
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1926-05-26
- Active to
- 1991-09-28
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Mary Frances "Skeeter" Davis (December 30, 1931 – September 19, 2004) was a country music singer and a member of the Grand Ole Opry radio show for more than 40 years. She was best known for her hit song "The End of the World" (1963), one of the most popular American records of the 1960's. 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. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Skeeter+Dav
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- Family name
- Davis
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Dry Ridge
- Place of death
- Nashville
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- music composing
- Genre
- folk music
- Instrument
- voice
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- Voice type
- soprano
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- cause of death
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- Skeeter Davis
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- 1952-00-00
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