Release Date: 04 May 2015
Label: Jasmine Records
Packaging Type: Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 604988365023
Genres: Country Easy Listening
Description
This compilation anthologises Skeeter Davis's solo career between 1957-62, and features all her known studio recordings during this period. Many of her early singles (Disc 1) are new to CD, and several of her LP tracks (Disc 2) appear on CD in stereo here for the first time.
Included herein are a dozen major C&W hits, many of which crossed over to the pop charts, most notably '(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too', 'My Last Date (With You)' and her signature song, the multi-million-selling 'The End Of The World'.
Before evolving into just about the most successful crossover country/pop singer of her era, Skeeter Davis started out in a honky-tonk styled vocal duo, The Davis Sisters, who had a C&W #1 in 1953 with their first record. After her "sister" Betty Jack (they weren't actually related) died in an auto accident, Skeeter quit singing for several years before re-emerging in 1957 as a solo artist. Skeeter went on to become the first female C&W singer to record in the celebrated early 60s Countrypolitan style, as her post-1960 recordings confirm.
Tracklisting
Tommy Hunt
Kay Barry / Maureen Evans
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Johnnie Ray
Eddie Cochran
Various Artists
Billie Holiday
Charlie Applewhite
Skeeter Davis
Skeeter Davis
