Biography
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Skeeter Davis
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Birth name :
Mary Frances Penick
Origin :
Dry Ridge, Kentucky
Genres :
Country
Pop
Nashville sound
Labels :
RCA Victor
Mercury
Red Rooster
Atlantic
Years active :
1952–2004
Born / Died
Born:(1931-12-30)December 30, 1931 Dry Ridge, Kentucky, U.S.
Died:September 19, 2004(2004-09-19) (aged 72) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Mary Frances Penick (December 30, 1931 – September 19, 2004), better known as Skeeter Davis, 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.
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 and was hailed as an "extraordinary country/pop singer" by The New York Times music critic Robert Palmer.
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