Jackie DeShannon's "Every Time You Walk in the Room" was also a big hit in the 60's!! Love her voice! Love y'all sooo much...keep up the wonderful work (fun!!)!!
Skeeter Davis was an acquaintance of mine for a few years. I had her for an autographing at the bookstore I managed in the '90s and she did a full concert in our mall's center court. Got to hear her do "End of the World" live! Her voice was amazing!
Her actual name was Mary Francis. She picked up the nickname Skeeter as a young girl from her grandfather who said she was always buzzing around the house like a "skeeter" (mosquito).
I'm 66 years old now, and this has been one of my all time favorite songs since it was on the radio. I fell in love with her voice when I was just a little boy.
I met Skeeter back in the early 80's, My Mom was friends with her. She was such a sweet, humble lady. Mom was heartbroken when she passed. She was a soft spoken lady. RIP
Back to the 60s we go! (1962, to be exact.) Skeeter Davis (Real name: Mary Francis Penick) was a big name country star back in the 60s. This was her first MAJOR crossover hit. "I Can't Stay Mad At You" was another. She never had a #1 hit, but this song hit #2 on both the pop and country charts. She had a great career, and was one of Dolly Parton's biggest influences.
Produced in Nashville by Chet Atkins, this was intended to be a Country record (hear the steel guitar) but it crossed over and became a huge Pop hit as well.
I was a kid living at Key West then and we really didn't know how close we were to war. All I really knew was the military set up missiles on the beach a block from our house and put rolls and rolls of barbed wire up and down the beach.
Currently going through it my high school lover of 11 years left me Feels like it was yesterday but it's actually almost been two years and I can't get over it for some reason
The Grand Ole Opry is a long-running live country radio show originally aired from the Ryman Auditorium and now airs from Opryland. Most of the performers on the show are known as "Members" of the Opry and you can only become a member upon invitation of a current member. The Opry's membership acts as a kind of living Hall of Fame with both living legends and current artists regularly performing on the show.
Almost. They never broadcasted from the Opryland theme park, but instead build a huge freestanding building near the park. That location is still used by the Opry to this day, even 30 years after the park shuttered. The park was eventually leveled and they built a huge mall there called Opry Mills. Of course, the Opryland hotel is still near there and in use.
Opry members are required to perform on the broadcast an a regular basis. This is why George Strait isn't a member. He lives on his Texas ranch and has no desire to be in Nashville that often!
When I was a small town teenager in the 60s the local radio station would broadcast about three hours of requests and dedications every evening where you could phone in a request and dedicate it to someone - maybe you and your girl’s special song or whatever. This was quite common in 60s radio around the country. When you heard this song requested and it was like, “to Judy from Bill”, you knew that Bill just got dumped and was playing his last card to win her back. Simple times.
For any 'Baby Boomer' Generation folks, like myself, I think ALL of us are familiar with this song, and Remember & Love It! Easy to sing along to. :) Thx for Reacting to it Guys! PS- Cute to see little Luca trying to flash a smile with His pacifier! :)
I am a 2001 and I play a game called “Fallout 4” and there is a radio station called “Diamond City Radio” and that is where I heard this song. Let me tell ya it hits completely different because on the game it is literally the end of the world. I fell in love with this song when I heard.
In the late '70s I bought a complliation album of songs of heartbreak (thank you Time Life Music), and discovered this song. All the songs were pop, so I never realized that she was a Country singer until years later. To this day, I still have this song on my iTunes playlist.
This song was in the top 5 of the country, pop. adult contemporary, and R&B charts, and was covered from everyone from Herman's Hermits to Patti Smith.
My favorite female singer of all-time! What a beautiful voice. A cross between country & pop. Her sad songs always put tears in my eyes. A couple of absolute killers are "Optimistic" and the Charlie Chaplin-penned "Smile". Jay wondered about her nickname "Skeeter." As a child she was often underfoot and adults tagged her as Skeeter, short for "Mosqueeter" (Mosquito). Her real last name was Penick but she partnered up with a gal named Betty Davis and they became the Davis Sisters in the 1950s, but Betty was killed in an auto accident that also left Skeeter injured. Skeeter then teamed up with Betty's sister, Georgia. But they didn't click. Skeeter carried on alone, retaining the Davis name. Rob Squad, please listen to Skeeter's 1963 hit "I Can't Stay Mad at You", a great one written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King.
Excellent top shelf choice. Always,always have loved this song!🥰⚘⚘. This is such a trip down my youths memory lane. Thanks guys. Glad you like it. No autotune here. Pure talent!!!!!!!!!!
This was one of my mom's favorite singers and favorite songs. Mom used to sing in church and was told she sounded a lot like Skeeter Davis. I was only ten years old at the time so I had no idea who Skeeter was back then, I only knew my mom could sing well.
I was a year old when this song came out. And I can remember hearing it as a little girl, having that emotion of sadness that this song brought to me at maybe four years old! Music is so powerful we don’t even realize how powerful it is. I’ve loved this song since then, and the next one after it was the song Downtown by Petula Clark! That’s another one you guys should check out. So great!!
I saw her in Birmingham Alabama at Boutwell Auditorium in a show called WVOK shower of Stars. She appeared with Jan and Dean also Jerry Lee Lewis and a band from England called The Missing Links, some of whom wound up in the great Moody Blues. She was sweet and delicate just like her songs. She was actually the reason I wanted to go to the show.
“The Grand Ole Opry” is a Country music radio show that airs on Friday and Saturday nights on 650 WSM Nashville, Tennessee. The radio show has been continuously broadcast for almost a century. For a number of years, the radio show was broadcast nationally on NBC Radio. In 1927, when the program was first aired for the first time on NBC Radio, the first musical guest was African-American Blues harmonica player DeFord Bailey. Years later, in the late-1960s, Bailey returned to perform for their televised anniversary show. His performance is available for viewing here on TH-cam.
These oldies are heavy for us older folks… my parents are in their 70’s and we grew up listening to this music from them, my step mom of 35 years passed away a few years ago and these always remind me of her playing them!
oh my goodness what a cute little baby boy you have just comes on looks adorable off he goes I'm smiling and that's a good thing because the song just put tears in my eyes
End Of The World went to #2 on the pop charts and was Skeeter Davis biggest hit. A song from her that's more uptempo which I think you'll really enjoy is her other top 10 hit "I Can't Stay Mad At You".
Skeeter Davis did not write this song. The lady who wrote it wrote it thinking about her father, something that has been misquoted as being Skeeter's story.
I always imagined this being sung from the perspective of a young girl. Losing her first love. Finding that the unimaginable can happen. How can love end? How can life go on without it? Doesn’t the world stop?
Jay and Amber the Grand Ole Opry is a weekly radio show that premiered on November 28th 1925 from Nashville Tennessee. It would show case the legends of country music and introduce new country music talent. Later when Television came along they would sometimes televise the shows. The radio show is still broadcast today on WSM radio . It was an honor back in the day to be invited to the Opry and that was how country music stars new they had made it to the "big time".
This was her only pop song, everything else was country. Davis isn't even her last name, she paired up with another singer as a Duo and became the Davis sisters, taking on the other girls last name. Unfortunately, heard singing partner died in a car crash. By this time everybody was used to her as Davis. So her first solo album is the one I'm linking at the bottom. Since she was so used to being a duet, rather than finding a new partner, she had a duet with herself. Multi-tracking was not really a thing yet, so this was way ahead of its time. This record was part of my mother's record, and I took it over at a very young age. Something about her singing, and her harmonizing (and she kind of looked like my aunt...). The cool part however was this album was stamped "demo only". My parents were friends with a guy who was such an audiophile, that he installed a record player in his car, coming out of his dashboard in what used to be the glove box. He had a buddy that worked at radio station and would get him records. Sometimes records would wind up at their rock and roll station from other disciplines, because they would just mass ship new albums to all of the radio stations instead of being selective by genre. So in this case the rock and roll station wasn't going to play a country western album. My mom grew up half in Dallas, half in Brooklyn (where she met and married my dad). They both love the same rock and roll music but she still had a huge place in her heart for country and western. So as soon as this guy got his hands on this record, he insisted on playing it for her, and gave it to her. th-cam.com/video/g1hneKk8GgM/w-d-xo.html ETA - Amber you're incorrect, there was a lot they could hide. They work wonders with an echo chamber and a mixing board. There were a couple of TV stars that were pushed to record songs, and when they said that they couldn't even sing, they were told don't worry about it we'll fix it. And of course for any TV performance they would lip sync, so they never had to repeat the performance.
For Female Friday, check out a lady who passed just recently, Susan Jacks, lead singer of The Poppy Family, a Canadian band of the early Seventies. Susan had a voice that was poignant and powerful, plucking the heartstrings like a soulful guitar. She was best known in the States for the song, "Which Way You Goin', Billy".
Yep. One of those classics that everyone can relate to. I relate it more to losing a family member or friend, and that pain that no one else is at all aware of. That was sweet to see your boy pop up there. I'm looking forward to that. I feel like an old man that had a surprise baby that entered our world, and he'll be doing that in the near future. He is only 8 months now. I enjoy your reactions and thank you.
The Grand Ol Opry is the "Apollo" of country music. Every one who is anyone has sang on her stage. The artists are invited to join and they are required to make so many appearances each year. The Opry is televised weekly and can be found on the radio as well.
Skeeter Davis was actually born Mary Frances Penick in 1931. This was her biggest pop hit. It peaked at # 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in March 1963 and sold over a million copies in the US alone. Skeeter Davis died from breast cancer in 2004. She was 72 years old. RIP.
She acquired the nickname of ‘Skeeter’ (a local term for a mosquito) from her grandfather because she was always active and buzzing around like the insect.
The Grand Ole Opry is a live radio show on WSM in Nashville Tennessee that began broadcasting in 1925. It had a very strong signal you could pick it up from several states over, thanks to NBC. Most of the country stars had a gospel/folk upbringing in the mountains and southern states and Bluegrass music came from there. It was the dream of Country/Western singers to get on the Grand Ole Opry to be heard, long before there were videos or television. It was hard to get on it if you didn't already have a record deal. And they had high standards and expected you to never miss an advertised performance. Which Hank Williams Sr missed performances and got fired. The Outlaw movement started when frustrated singers didn't fit into their mold, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and many others went to Austin Texas to perform on Austin City Limits which was broadcasts on PBS TV stations. A lot of folk singers got a boost from going to Austin.
OMG Luca was so cute, the way he was so seriously studying Jay when he was talking about the song, like he was trying to decide if he agreed with Jay or not.
My favorite use of this song was in the post-apocalyptic video game Fallout 4. There's a ton of great music in the whole game series. Lynda Carter voiced the character Magnolia in the game. Her character was a singer, and the songs she sings in the game were originals written and recorded by Lynda herself.
Oh yes... many a teenage girl listened to this song when their first love broke their heart. Been there, done that. 💔 That baby boy ALWAYS makes me smile. I just want to squeeze him. ;)
One of my all-time favorites from the way back country female singer songs is Donna Fargo's "Happiest Girl in the Whole USA" oh, when she does that line "now you be careful, gotta go, I love you, have a beautiful day".... wow.
She was a excellent singer, her & her sister was singers. In auto accident, her sister died. She carried on singing. Nick name was Skeeter, As her Grandfather gave her because she was always Buzzing Around as a Child. 😢 Love this song, Romantic. Mr T.
I'm 74, that said, this is one of those "songs of my youth". Thank you for covering this. I remember dancing to this, it is just as poignant now as it was then. You pick good.
Thank you for recognising that there is nothing between you and the singer's voice but a microphone and a recording device...no auto-tune, no computer "clean up", just powerful full talent Such a beautiful voice, almost as beautiful as your family!
Oh my, what a cutie pie; he is so big already! I love this song by Skeeter Davis. Karen Carpenter did a cover of this too, and of course it is fabulous too.!
Oh! I love it when you take me down memory lane! I remember singing along to Skeeter as I rollerskated with friends as a teenager. Thanks for the memory you lovely pair. Say "hello from England" to that darling little boy of yours 🇬🇧💖🇺🇸
Skeeters recording of this song, was the first, and only time, a song cracked the top 5 on all 4 billboard charts, and was ranked the #2 song of 1963. When I started driving in the 70's, installed an 8 track tape player in my car with 2 9 inch speakers in the back so I could blast my Skeeter Davis tape. Love your reactions!
One of my favourite female country singer and this is one of her best songs. Please check out her songs "A dear John letter", "Gonna get along without you now" and "My last date".
I was a little kid when this song was popular. My big sister (15 years older than me) was my idol, I loved her so much! I was sad when she’d leave home after one of her visits. She had to return to her job miles away! Whenever this song came on the radio, I would think of my sister and how much I missed her.
My grandmother was serving lunch to Skeeter Davis and Hank Snow at Gwynn Oak Park in Baltimore. After hitting it off with them, she took her 13 year old grandson (me) over to sit and eat with them. They gave me their autographs and I later saw her perform this song live.
Thank you for sharing. One of my favorites by skeeter davis. Her real name was Mary Penick. She was born and raised in Kentucky and lived on a farm. End Of The World came out in 1963
this song always spooked me as a kid in the 60's. yeah the cold war-hiding-under-your-desk drills in the first grade. I was a very neurotic child (still am) exposed to all sorts of stuff at a very early age. I'm amazed I made it out with some sanity. it reminded me of the old gospel song "the last sunday". spooky music.
I saw Skeeter Davis in the early 1980s at the Chatham empire theatre, she was on the bill with boxcar Willie she sounded great boxcar Willie was his brilliant self, we really enjoyed the gig, I thought I didn't know who she was but when she started singing I knew All of her songs.
For female Friday you really need to do Jackie Deshannon "WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW" and "PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART"
Yyeeessss!!!
Im a regular hood dude doing food reviews on my TH-cam channel lol
Jackie DeShannon's "Every Time You Walk in the Room" was also a big hit in the 60's!! Love her voice! Love y'all sooo much...keep up the wonderful work (fun!!)!!
Those are perfect for today. Perfect for then too. Maybe things don't really change much at all.
What he said.👍
Skeeter Davis was an acquaintance of mine for a few years. I had her for an autographing at the bookstore I managed in the '90s and she did a full concert in our mall's center court. Got to hear her do "End of the World" live! Her voice was amazing!
Hey! That picture at 5:32 is from our autographing! My wife snapped that shot!
That's so cool! Thanks for sharing!
@@newodkin Wow! So cool.
Skeeter told a radio dj that this was about her mother's death.
Her actual name was Mary Francis. She picked up the nickname Skeeter as a young girl from her grandfather who said she was always buzzing around the house like a "skeeter" (mosquito).
I'm 66 years old now, and this has been one of my all time favorite songs since it was on the radio. I fell in love with her voice when I was just a little boy.
same here as well!
And me.. A great gentle and pure song
This was one of the most beautiful song's of the 60's. R.I.P. Ms Skeeter Davis
I met Skeeter back in the early 80's, My Mom was friends with her. She was such a sweet, humble lady. Mom was heartbroken when she passed. She was a soft spoken lady. RIP
No you didn't.
Back to the 60s we go! (1962, to be exact.) Skeeter Davis (Real name: Mary Francis Penick) was a big name country star back in the 60s. This was her first MAJOR crossover hit. "I Can't Stay Mad At You" was another. She never had a #1 hit, but this song hit #2 on both the pop and country charts. She had a great career, and was one of Dolly Parton's biggest influences.
Skeeter Davis was so sweet singing this sad song! We all loved it and sang it together laughingly!
the line "why does my heart go on beating, why do these eyes of mine cry" , MAKE ME CRY!....
Jackie De Shannon
“What The World Needs Now Is Love , Sweet Love” great song and voice.
Also Needles and Pins…my favourite by Jackie De Shannon
A beautiful song we can all relate to, and a classic breakup song 😅 timeless
Produced in Nashville by Chet Atkins, this was intended to be a Country record (hear the steel guitar) but it crossed over and became a huge Pop hit as well.
RIP Skeeter Davis. Great voice. Wonderful song.
This song was released about six weeks after the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962, where they were actual fears that it was the end of the world.
I was a kid living at Key West then and we really didn't know how close we were to war.
All I really knew was the military set up missiles on the beach a block from our house and put rolls and rolls of barbed wire up and down the beach.
This was the ultimate heartbreak song! I think everyone back in those days knew this song and sang along with tears!!! It's such a beautiful song!
People who had a major heartbreak in life understand what she says. I did feel this in my life. I still love this song.
Currently going through it my high school lover of 11 years left me
Feels like it was yesterday but it's actually almost been two years and I can't get over it for some reason
The Grand Ole Opry is a long-running live country radio show originally aired from the Ryman Auditorium and now airs from Opryland. Most of the performers on the show are known as "Members" of the Opry and you can only become a member upon invitation of a current member. The Opry's membership acts as a kind of living Hall of Fame with both living legends and current artists regularly performing on the show.
Almost. They never broadcasted from the Opryland theme park, but instead build a huge freestanding building near the park. That location is still used by the Opry to this day, even 30 years after the park shuttered. The park was eventually leveled and they built a huge mall there called Opry Mills. Of course, the Opryland hotel is still near there and in use.
Both are worth a visit.
The Grand Ole Opry is known as the church of Country Music.
Opry members are required to perform on the broadcast an a regular basis. This is why George Strait isn't a member. He lives on his Texas ranch and has no desire to be in Nashville that often!
When I was a small town teenager in the 60s the local radio station would broadcast about three hours of requests and dedications every evening where you could phone in a request and dedicate it to someone - maybe you and your girl’s special song or whatever. This was quite common in 60s radio around the country. When you heard this song requested and it was like, “to Judy from Bill”, you knew that Bill just got dumped and was playing his last card to win her back. Simple times.
Skeeter Davis was my dad's favorite artist. When she came on the radio in the car, dad was like "Ok, sit down and hush now."
I enjoyed the reaction and I’ve heard this song many times. A great song. The best part of it is when Luca came in and joined the show.
I loved Skeeter. Her bio-book "Bus Fare To Kentucky" is incredible. A lotta hardships she endured.
For any 'Baby Boomer' Generation folks, like myself, I think ALL of us are familiar with this song, and Remember & Love It! Easy to sing along to. :) Thx for Reacting to it Guys! PS- Cute to see little Luca trying to flash a smile with His pacifier! :)
Right on man!
Amen. And Dusty Springfield. County - pop goddesses.
@@ed.z. yezz indeed. DUSTY!
I am a 2001 and I play a game called “Fallout 4” and there is a radio station called “Diamond City Radio” and that is where I heard this song. Let me tell ya it hits completely different because on the game it is literally the end of the world. I fell in love with this song when I heard.
she was my dad's favorite country singer when i was a kid ... i'm 67 now ... keep up the gr8 work!
One of favs. Her voice is magical.
In the late '70s I bought a complliation album of songs of heartbreak (thank you Time Life Music), and discovered this song. All the songs were pop, so I never realized that she was a Country singer until years later.
To this day, I still have this song on my iTunes playlist.
A favorite from my teen years. What a beautiful and emotional song! Just as good now as it was all those years ago.
This song was in the top 5 of the country, pop. adult contemporary, and R&B charts, and was covered from everyone from Herman's Hermits to Patti Smith.
My favorite female singer of all-time! What a beautiful voice. A cross between country & pop. Her sad songs always put tears in my eyes. A couple of absolute killers are "Optimistic" and the Charlie Chaplin-penned "Smile". Jay wondered about her nickname "Skeeter." As a child she was often underfoot and adults tagged her as Skeeter, short for "Mosqueeter" (Mosquito). Her real last name was Penick but she partnered up with a gal named Betty Davis and they became the Davis Sisters in the 1950s, but Betty was killed in an auto accident that also left Skeeter injured. Skeeter then teamed up with Betty's sister, Georgia. But they didn't click. Skeeter carried on alone, retaining the Davis name. Rob Squad, please listen to Skeeter's 1963 hit "I Can't Stay Mad at You", a great one written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King.
Excellent top shelf choice. Always,always have loved this song!🥰⚘⚘. This is such a trip down my youths memory lane. Thanks guys. Glad you like it. No autotune here. Pure talent!!!!!!!!!!
This was one of my mom's favorite singers and favorite songs. Mom used to sing in church and was told she sounded a lot like Skeeter Davis. I was only ten years old at the time so I had no idea who Skeeter was back then, I only knew my mom could sing well.
She was definitely a country singer but sang this song perfectly. She was respected in the industry to her end.
I was a year old when this song came out. And I can remember hearing it as a little girl, having that emotion of sadness that this song brought to me at maybe four years old! Music is so powerful we don’t even realize how powerful it is.
I’ve loved this song since then, and the next one after it was the song Downtown by Petula Clark! That’s another one you guys should check out. So great!!
I saw her in Birmingham Alabama at Boutwell Auditorium in a show called WVOK shower of Stars. She appeared with Jan and Dean also Jerry Lee Lewis and a band from England called The Missing Links, some of whom wound up in the great Moody Blues. She was sweet and delicate just like her songs. She was actually the reason I wanted to go to the show.
With the passing of Lisa Marie Presley, you should check out her music! RIP! 🙏
And Jeff Beck.
Thank you for bringing me this song; I haven't heard this song in many years. not since even oldies stations quit playing 50's and 60's Misuc.
What a precious little one on Mamma's lap! Awwww.....so sweet! ♥
“The Grand Ole Opry” is a Country music radio show that airs on Friday and Saturday nights on 650 WSM Nashville, Tennessee. The radio show has been continuously broadcast for almost a century. For a number of years, the radio show was broadcast nationally on NBC Radio. In 1927, when the program was first aired for the first time on NBC Radio, the first musical guest was African-American Blues harmonica player DeFord Bailey. Years later, in the late-1960s, Bailey returned to perform for their televised anniversary show. His performance is available for viewing here on TH-cam.
These oldies are heavy for us older folks… my parents are in their 70’s and we grew up listening to this music from them, my step mom of 35 years passed away a few years ago and these always remind me of her playing them!
oh my goodness what a cute little baby boy you have just comes on looks adorable off he goes I'm smiling and that's a good thing because the song just put tears in my eyes
End Of The World went to #2 on the pop charts and was Skeeter Davis biggest hit. A song from her that's more uptempo which I think you'll really enjoy is her other top 10 hit "I Can't Stay Mad At You".
Skeeter Davis actually wrote this song for her father who passed away when Davis was still fairly young.
Skeeter Davis did not write this song. The lady who wrote it wrote it thinking about her father, something that has been misquoted as being Skeeter's story.
Arthur Kent and Sylvia Dee were the writers of End of the World.
I am a grown up man, but every time I hear this song it makes me wanna cry. Thanks for the reaction!
I always imagined this being sung from the perspective of a young girl. Losing her first love. Finding that the unimaginable can happen. How can love end? How can life go on without it? Doesn’t the world stop?
Jay and Amber the Grand Ole Opry is a weekly radio show that premiered on November 28th 1925 from Nashville Tennessee. It would show case the legends of country music and introduce new country music talent. Later when Television came along they would sometimes televise the shows. The radio show is still broadcast today on WSM radio . It was an honor back in the day to be invited to the Opry and that was how country music stars new they had made it to the "big time".
And you can watch a portion of it live on the Grand Ole Opry TH-cam channel.
This was her only pop song, everything else was country. Davis isn't even her last name, she paired up with another singer as a Duo and became the Davis sisters, taking on the other girls last name. Unfortunately, heard singing partner died in a car crash. By this time everybody was used to her as Davis.
So her first solo album is the one I'm linking at the bottom. Since she was so used to being a duet, rather than finding a new partner, she had a duet with herself. Multi-tracking was not really a thing yet, so this was way ahead of its time.
This record was part of my mother's record, and I took it over at a very young age. Something about her singing, and her harmonizing (and she kind of looked like my aunt...). The cool part however was this album was stamped "demo only". My parents were friends with a guy who was such an audiophile, that he installed a record player in his car, coming out of his dashboard in what used to be the glove box. He had a buddy that worked at radio station and would get him records. Sometimes records would wind up at their rock and roll station from other disciplines, because they would just mass ship new albums to all of the radio stations instead of being selective by genre. So in this case the rock and roll station wasn't going to play a country western album. My mom grew up half in Dallas, half in Brooklyn (where she met and married my dad). They both love the same rock and roll music but she still had a huge place in her heart for country and western. So as soon as this guy got his hands on this record, he insisted on playing it for her, and gave it to her.
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ETA - Amber you're incorrect, there was a lot they could hide. They work wonders with an echo chamber and a mixing board. There were a couple of TV stars that were pushed to record songs, and when they said that they couldn't even sing, they were told don't worry about it we'll fix it. And of course for any TV performance they would lip sync, so they never had to repeat the performance.
Love Skeeter Davis
YES! Takes me back. My step-dad used to play her records all the time.
For Female Friday, check out a lady who passed just recently, Susan Jacks, lead singer of The Poppy Family, a Canadian band of the early Seventies. Susan had a voice that was poignant and powerful, plucking the heartstrings like a soulful guitar.
She was best known in the States for the song, "Which Way You Goin', Billy".
This song was featured in a very sad scene in the movie Girl, Interrupted. Great movie.
Yep. One of those classics that everyone can relate to. I relate it more to losing a family member or friend, and that pain that no one else is at all aware of.
That was sweet to see your boy pop up there. I'm looking forward to that. I feel like an old man that had a surprise baby that entered our world, and he'll be doing that in the near future. He is only 8 months now. I enjoy your reactions and thank you.
So nice to hear this song again, decades later, now as an adult!
This was my heartbreak song.
I think it was everyone’s.😢❤
One of my favorite songs of all time! Love Female Friday ✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿and both of you! Take care 🙂
Released in December 1962....a HUGE hit in early 1963...a. CLASSIC!
This is my parent's generation of music and I heard it growing up all the time! Great reaction!
I remember this beautiful sentimental favourite...beautiful vocals and arrangements and orchestration...a slow dancer for sure...Ty guys for thisun...
One of my favorite songs to finger-pick on the guitar with it's unique melody and rolling piano in the background.
Great song. Tell Luca, we said "Hi"
The Grand Ol Opry is the "Apollo" of country music. Every one who is anyone has sang on her stage. The artists are invited to join and they are required to make so many appearances each year. The Opry is televised weekly and can be found on the radio as well.
Damnnn I’m teary eyed now. Such a beautiful song with touching lyrics
Skeeter Davis was actually born Mary Frances Penick in 1931. This was her biggest pop hit. It peaked at # 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in March 1963 and sold over a million copies in the US alone. Skeeter Davis died from breast cancer in 2004. She was 72 years old. RIP.
I remember hearing this on AM radio as a little kid. I’m 55 now. Been a long time since I’ve heard this
Skeeter Davis was the first concert I ever went to. My parents took me. I was 4 and I loved it. Early country music is still the best in my view.
She acquired the nickname of ‘Skeeter’ (a local term for a mosquito) from her grandfather because she was always active and buzzing around like the insect.
Hearing this one at the time was a favorite. It was also covered by Brenda Lee and Herman's Hermits .
The Grand Ole Opry is a live radio show on WSM in Nashville Tennessee that began broadcasting in 1925. It had a very strong signal you could pick it up from several states over, thanks to NBC. Most of the country stars had a gospel/folk upbringing in the mountains and southern states and Bluegrass music came from there. It was the dream of Country/Western singers to get on the Grand Ole Opry to be heard, long before there were videos or television. It was hard to get on it if you didn't already have a record deal. And they had high standards and expected you to never miss an advertised performance. Which Hank Williams Sr missed performances and got fired. The Outlaw movement started when frustrated singers didn't fit into their mold, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and many others went to Austin Texas to perform on Austin City Limits which was broadcasts on PBS TV stations. A lot of folk singers got a boost from going to Austin.
Awww so happy to see Little Luca !!!!! Such a beautiful boy 🥰
OMG Luca was so cute, the way he was so seriously studying Jay when he was talking about the song, like he was trying to decide if he agreed with Jay or not.
My favorite use of this song was in the post-apocalyptic video game Fallout 4. There's a ton of great music in the whole game series. Lynda Carter voiced the character Magnolia in the game. Her character was a singer, and the songs she sings in the game were originals written and recorded by Lynda herself.
Fallout 3, New Vegas, and 4 all introduced me to a number of great songs I'd never have otherwise encountered.
@@vedlashouseofoldtvcommerci2340 yo same I fell in love with this song when I heard it
Thank god for diamond city radio, making my wasteland days a bop lol
This song was so popular, covered by about everyone, including British Invasion bands. This is one of my niece's (born mid 80s) favorite songs.
As always you’ve done it again. I remember my gramma loved it and thanks for the memories.
I always hear this tune, twice. So beautiful.
Oh yes... many a teenage girl listened to this song when their first love broke their heart. Been there, done that. 💔 That baby boy ALWAYS makes me smile. I just want to squeeze him. ;)
This one's a real classic. I used to ADORE when it would come on the radio. Can't help but sing along.
One of my all-time favorites from the way back country female singer songs is Donna Fargo's "Happiest Girl in the Whole USA" oh, when she does that line "now you be careful, gotta go, I love you, have a beautiful day".... wow.
She was a excellent singer, her & her sister was singers. In auto accident, her sister died. She carried on singing. Nick name was Skeeter, As her Grandfather gave her because she was always Buzzing Around as a Child. 😢
Love this song, Romantic. Mr T.
I remember this song so well from my childhood. Thanks for the memories.
I'm 74, that said, this is one of those "songs of my youth". Thank you for covering this. I remember dancing to this, it is just as poignant now as it was then. You pick good.
Thank you for recognising that there is nothing between you and the singer's voice but a microphone and a recording device...no auto-tune, no computer "clean up", just powerful full talent Such a beautiful voice, almost as beautiful as your family!
Oh my, what a cutie pie; he is so big already! I love this song by Skeeter Davis. Karen Carpenter did a cover of this too, and of course it is fabulous too.!
Love this ladies singing.
What a Handsome young man you guys have. Enjoy every minute of him
Oh! I love it when you take me down memory lane! I remember singing along to Skeeter as I rollerskated with friends as a teenager. Thanks for the memory you lovely pair. Say "hello from England" to that darling little boy of yours 🇬🇧💖🇺🇸
Skeeters recording of this song, was the first, and only time, a song cracked the top 5 on all 4 billboard charts, and was ranked the #2 song of 1963. When I started driving in the 70's, installed an 8 track tape player in my car with 2 9 inch speakers in the back so I could blast my Skeeter Davis tape. Love your reactions!
One of my favourite female country singer and this is one of her best songs. Please check out her songs "A dear John letter", "Gonna get along without you now" and "My last date".
The Carpenters did an excellent cover of this song as well, making it popular again in the '70s.
Many covers do not live up to the originals but the carpenters version runs this close
This is what is called a "Torch song" - a song longing for unrequited love - THANK YOU
The young, child like quality really speaks to the pain of those lost young loves, that I, at the age of 70 still can recall and cry for.
I was a little kid when this song was popular. My big sister (15 years older than me) was my idol, I loved her so much! I was sad when she’d leave home after one of her visits. She had to return to her job miles away! Whenever this song came on the radio, I would think of my sister and how much I missed her.
A British Invasion group Herman’s Hermits covered this song on their 1965 “Herman’s Hermits On Tour” LP.
Songs from this particular era have a wonderfully exact structure, including the talking.
My grandmother was serving lunch to Skeeter Davis and Hank Snow at Gwynn Oak Park in Baltimore. After hitting it off with them, she took her 13 year old grandson (me) over to sit and eat with them. They gave me their autographs and I later saw her perform this song live.
This was used in a scene in the movie Girl Interrupted that took the hopeless sadness of the song to another level.
What a beautiful voice she has....and you guys have such a cute toddler!!!
Please review Lisa Marie Presley singing with her dad Elvis Presley in a duet "Where No One Stands Alone". Hauntingly Beautiful!!! RIP Lisa 💙💙
This is one of the 60s classics.
Thank you for sharing. One of my favorites by skeeter davis. Her real name was Mary Penick. She was born and raised in Kentucky and lived on a farm. End Of The World came out in 1963
Great song. You'd like Jackie DeShannon "What The World Needs Now Is Love"
I recommended that song and "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" around Thanksgiving.
this song always spooked me as a kid in the 60's. yeah the cold war-hiding-under-your-desk drills in the first grade. I was a very neurotic child (still am) exposed to all sorts of stuff at a very early age. I'm amazed I made it out with some sanity. it reminded me of the old gospel song "the last sunday". spooky music.
I saw Skeeter Davis in the early 1980s at the Chatham empire theatre, she was on the bill with boxcar Willie she sounded great boxcar Willie was his brilliant self, we really enjoyed the gig, I thought I didn't know who she was but when she started singing I knew All of her songs.
One of the best songs ever!
Isn’t it amazing how beautiful broken heart sound from the past