Ahhh, Skeeter Davis. One of the absolutely greatest pop vocal performances I've ever heard. What a gem that song is. If you can find the original record...listen to it. Skeeter had a very small voice and a certain "quality" that I've never heard since. Kind of like that "little break" that Patsy had. (She of course, had a HUGE voice, and great skills) Poor Skeeter, that song was IT for her. She had some minor Country hits, but never approached anything like "The End of the World" again.

She was married to DJ Ralph Emery, and in the seventies became an object of ridicule among her Grand Ol Opry co-horts by OPENLY and ON STAGE questioning the United States' role in the war. I think she was dumped. She's back on the Opry (always singing "The End of the World") but her voice is gone, and her pitch is so shaky, that the y've mixed the back up singers so high you can barely hear her.

Thanks for reminding me of this wonderful song Peter. Clela's great isn't she?

Rick