Skeeter Davis The End Of The World (1963) 4 K

Skeeter Davis performing The End Of The World, released originally in 1962. It reached, 1 US Billboard Easy Listening, ,2 US Billboard Hot 100, ,2 US Cash Box Top 100, ,2 US Billboard Hot Country Singles, ,2 US Cash Box Country Singles. The End of the World was one of the most successful songs of Skeeter Davis career. The record was also a surprise top five hit on the rhythm and blues charts, making Davis one of the very few white female singers to have a top ten hit in that market. The single sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. It became her signature song, as Davis extraordinary country, pop vocals make the heartbreak in the lyrics palpable. Skeeter Davis 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. One of the first women to achieve major stardom in the country music field as a solo vocalist, she was an acknowledged infl