Skeeter Davis:
Born Dec. 30, 1931
Died Sept. 19, 2004
Dry Ridge, Kentucky
60's Pop Music:
Skeeter Davis had
a great love for
60s pop music.
Her song
"End Of The
World" was
recorded by
Hermans Hermits.
It was
Skeeter Davis
that took up for
The Byrds
after a harsh
reception from a
Grand Ole Opry
crowd in the 1960's
Nashville & Opry:
Skeeter Davis
moved to Nashville
in 1959, and joined
the Grand Ole
Opry in 1960.
She married
WSM air personality
Ralph Emery,
but that marriage
ended in 1964
A younger Skeeter Davis with pop singer Stevie Wonder in the 1970's at the Grand Ole Opry
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A rare picture of
Skeeter Davis and
Stevie Wonder
at the
Grand Ole Opry
in Nashville TN.
This picture came
from the estate of
Grand Ole Opry
star Skeeter Davis
Right: An early picture of Skeeter Davis at the Grand Ole Opry in the 1960's or 1970's
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Another item
from the
Skeeter Davis
estate. An old
Skeeter Davis
business
card from
High Harmony
Productions
in Nashville
February, 1998: Nashville Tennessee
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Carol Lee Singers with Grand Ole Opry Star Skeeter Davis