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Skeeter Davis (I) (1931–2004)


Skeeter Davis was one of the first female vocalists to become a top level star in the country music field. Born Mary Frances Penick on December 30, 1931, Davis began performing in her native Kentucky as part of a duet with high school friend Betty Jack Davis in 1949. The teenagers, dubbed The Davis Sisters, quickly became a popular regional act ... See full bio »

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Known For

The Boat That Rocked
(2009)
The Gold Guitar
The Gold Guitar Actress
(1966)
Affliction
Affliction Soundtrack
(1997)
Cold Case
Cold Case Soundtrack

Filmography

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 2016 Wayward Pines (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Walcott Prep (2016) ... (performer: "The End of the World " - uncredited)
 2015 Fallout 4 (Video Game) (performer: "The End of the World")
 2013 Under the Dome (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Blue on Blue (2013) ... (performer: "End Of the World" - uncredited)
 2013 My Apocalypse: Chapter 2 - Easy Way Out (Video short) (performer: "End of the World")
 2013 Granite Flats (TV Series) (performer - 8 episodes)
- Something Dangerous (2013) ... (performer: "The End of the World" - uncredited)
- The Wrong Man (2013) ... (performer: "The End of the World" - uncredited)
- Re-assembly (2013) ... (performer: "The End of the World" - uncredited)
- Bonds (2013) ... (performer: "The End of the World" - uncredited)
- Talking (2013) ... (performer: "The End of the World" - uncredited)
 2010 Legion (performer: "The End of the World")
 2009 Zonad (performer: "The End Of The World")
 2009 The Boat That Rocked (performer: "End of the World" (1962))
 2008 An American Affair (performer: "The End of the World")
 2007 Opry Video Classics: Duets (Video) (performer: "Let It Be Me")
 2007 Opry Video Classics: Queens (Video) (performer: "End of the World")
 2007 Opry Video Classics: Songs That Topped the Charts (Video) (performer: "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know")
 2007 Cold Case (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Boy Crazy (2007) ... (performer: "The End of the World")
 2005 Lost (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- What Kate Did (2005) ... (performer: "The End of the World" - uncredited)
 2005 Daltry Calhoun (performer: "The End of the World")
 2001 Riding in Cars with Boys (performer: "End of the World")
 2001 An American Rhapsody (performer: "The End of the World" (1962))
 2000 Big Eden (performer: "Optimistic")
 1999 Girl, Interrupted (performer: "The End of the World")
 1997 Affliction (performer: "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know")
 1993 Matinee (performer: "The End Of The World")
 1988 Dolly (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Nashville Memories (1988) ... (performer: "The End of The World", "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels")
 1983 Roman Za'ir (performer: "The End of the World")
 1978 The Porter Wagoner Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Skeeter Davis (1978) ... (performer: "The End of the World", "I'll Fly Away")
 1958-1960 Country Style, U.S.A. (TV Series short) (performer - 3 episodes)
- Episode #4.6 (1960) ... (performer: "Am I That Easy to Forget")
- Episode #3.3 (1959) ... (performer: "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know")
- Episode #2.6 (1958) ... (performer: "He Left His Heart with Me")
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Other Works:

CD: "The Essential Skeeter Davis"

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2 Print Biographies | 2 Interviews | 13 Articles | 2 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »
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Trivia:

Had a number 1 hit in 1963 with the song "The End Of The World". Other solo hits included "Set Him Free" (1959); "(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too" (1960, answer song to Hank Locklin's million selling 'Please help me I'm falling'; "I Can't Stay Mad at You" (1963); and "What Does it Take to Keep a Man Like You Satisfied" (1967). See more »

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