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Skeeter Davis | Format: Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (24 Feb 1996)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Sony Music CMG
  • ASIN: B000002WS9
  • Other Editions: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 6,755 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. I Forgot More Than You'll Ever KnowDavis Sisters 3:00£0.89
Listen  2. Set Him FreeSkeeter Davis 2:14£0.89
Listen  3. Am I That Easy To Forget?Skeeter Davis 2:06£0.89
Listen  4. The One You Slip Around WithSkeeter Davis 2:45£0.89
Listen  5. (I Can't Help You) I'm Falling TooSkeeter Davis 2:45£0.89
Listen  6. No, NeverSkeeter Davis 2:05£0.89
Listen  7. My Last Date (With You)Skeeter Davis 2:33£0.89
Listen  8. OptimisticSkeeter Davis 1:59£0.89
Listen  9. The End Of The WorldSkeeter Davis 2:37£0.89
Listen10. Gonna Get Along Without You NowSkeeter Davis 2:21£0.89
Listen11. Where I Ought To BeSkeeter Davis 2:44£0.89
Listen12. I Can't Stay Mad At YouSkeeter Davis 2:06£0.59
Listen13. I'm Saving My LoveSkeeter Davis 2:00£0.89
Listen14. Silver Threads And Golden NeedlesSkeeter Davis 2:10£0.69
Listen15. Mine Is A Lonely LifeSkeeter Davis 2:15£0.89
Listen16. Let Me Get Close To YouSkeeter Davis 2:32£0.89
Listen17. Fuel To The FlameSkeeter Davis 2:43£0.89
Listen18. What Does It Take (To Keep A Man Like You Satisfied)Skeeter Davis 2:36£0.89
Listen19. I'm A Lover (Not A Fighter)Skeeter Davis 2:16£0.89
Listen20. Bus Fare To KentuckySkeeter Davis 2:57£0.89

Product Description

20 TRACKS CD-RCA EUROPE 078636653624

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
By Peter Durward Harris #1 HALL OF FAME TOP 10 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
When people assess sixties country music, Skeeter is usually well down the list, but this is so unfair. Perhaps it is due to her success in the pop charts, particularly with End of the world, but Skeeter recorded many other great songs, as this collection shows.

This compilation begins with I forgot more than you’ll ever know, recorded when Skeeter was part of an act called the Davis Sisters, who weren’t actually sisters at all. The remaining tracks are all Skeeter solos, including such classics as Am I that easy to forget (which eventually became a pop hit for Engelbert Humperdinck), The one you slip around with, End of the world, I can’t stay mad at you and Bus fare to Kentucky.

I can’t help you I’m falling too is an answer song to Please help me I’m falling. There is a brilliant cover of Gonna get along without ya now, which was originally an American hit for Teresa Brewer and also for Patience and Prudence. It eventually became a British hit for Viola Wills in the seventies.

Silver threads and golden needles was first recorded by Wanda Jackson, but after Skeeter recorded it, Dusty Springfield’s group The Springfields covered it and had an American hit with it. It has since been covered many times, including by Linda Ronstadt in the seventies. In the nineties, Dolly, Tammy and Loretta revived it for their Honky tonk angels albums, with Tammy singing lead.

Fuel to the flame is an early Dolly song that Skeeter took into the country top ten. Skeeter eventually recorded a whole album of Dolly songs. That album was eventually released on CD, paired with a Buddy Holly tribute album.

There is a slight technical defect on I’m saving my love. The liner notes explain that the damage to the original master is irreparable even with modern restoration techniques, but the song was a country top ten hit so was included anyway.

There are many other delights on this wonderful collection of music by a lady whose contribution to country music has never been fully appreciated.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By SHEAR
Format:Audio CD
I HAVE ONLY BECOME AWARE OF SKEETER DAVIS THE LAST FEW MONTHS.I JUST WISH I WAS AWARE OF HER IN THE SIXTYS,SHE HAD A GREAT VOICE.THIS IS A GREAT CD,ALL GREAT SONGS WONDERFUL VALUE.WHEN SHE DUAL TRACKS THIS IS GREAT SINGING,I CAN NOT THINK OF ANY OTHER SINGER THAT COULD COME ANY WAY NEAR HER WHEN SHE DUAL TRACKS.SHE SEEMS TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN POP AND COUNTRY WITH EASE.IF YOU LIKE VALUE FOR MONEY GO OUT AND BUY THIS GREAT CD.I HAVE BROUGHT MANY CDS OVER THE YEARS BUT THIS IS MY BEST BUY,THE GREAT SKEETER DAVIS.
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Skeeter Davis 5 Jan 2010
Format:Audio CD
What can I say about Skeeter truly a well presented singer of times back, has good diction in song singing:
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