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Thread #32319   Message #424864
Posted By: GUEST,Gern, sadly cookie-less these days
24-Mar-01 - 11:38 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The End of the World (Skeeter Davis)
Subject: RE: Pop Lyric?:Don't They Know It's the End
Actually Skeeter Davis sang more than mere "minor" country hits! Her real name was Mary Frances Pennick, and she sang with fellow Kentuckian Betty Jack Davis as the Davis Sisters. Crisp Everly-like harmonies with that oddly plaintive voice. They hit big in 1953 with "I Forgot More than You'll Ever Know." A car crash killed Betty Jack and hurt Skeeter bad enough to suspend her career; but in the late 50s she was back with the manic masterpiece "the End of the World." This was followed up with "Set Him Free," and then some "minor" country hits, like "I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter."