The Essential Skeeter Davis
ASIN: B000002WSA
Track Listings
| 1. I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know - The Davis Sisters, Skeeter Davis |
| 2. Set Him Free |
| 3. Am I That Easy to Forget? |
| 4. One You Slip Around With |
| 5. (I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too |
| 6. No, Never |
| 7. My Last Date (With You) |
| 8. Optimistic |
| 9. End of the World |
| 10. Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now |
| 11. Where I Ought to Be |
| 12. I Can't Stay Mad at You |
| 13. I'm Saving My Love |
| 14. Silver Threads and Golden Needles |
| 15. Mine Is a Lonely Life |
| 16. Let Me Get Close to You |
| 17. Fuel to the Flame |
| 18. What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied) |
| 19. I'm a Lover Not a Fighter |
| 20. Bus Fare to Kentucky |
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The Essential Skeeter Davis
Skeeter Davis Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD  General
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ASIN: B000002WS9 Release Date: 1995-03-28 |
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This is the right CD to buy.......2006-11-28
A beautiful voice: sad, plaintive, matter-of-fact, pithy.......2005-06-09
Best Skeeter Davis cd available.......2003-04-18
All of Skeeter's subsequent solo top 10 hits are found on this collection, such as her signature song "End Of The World" and the answer song "(I Can't Help It) I'm Falling Too." Four Davis recordings which weren't singles are also included. Among them, the frequently recorded "Silver Threads And Golden Needles" should have been replaced by one of her hit duets with Bobby Bare. But since Davis' RCA catalog has long been missing in action - and the recent Bobby Bareless-RCA Country Legends only has 15 tracks - that's a minor objection. This is the best Skeeter Davis cd available.
An under-rated sixties country singer.......2003-03-23
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.
The Best Yet.......2002-12-14
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