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

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