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Remembering Skeeter Davis with My Heart’s In The Country
Skeeter Davis was the first of seven children born to William and Punzie Penick, born in Dry Ridge, Kentucky. When she sings about her heart in the country she speaks from the heart. Fans old enough to remember Skeeter Davis can recall her cross-over songs, but almost all of it was country. Her voice was recognizable, and when we heard her on the radio we knew exactly who it was.
There was a mystique about Skeeter Davis. Her 1960 hit “(I Can’t Help You) I’m Falling Too” was Davis’ first entrance onto the pop charts. The song went all the way to the Top 40 there, which was unheard of for a country singer at the time.
Davis lived in Brentwood, Tennessee, from the early 1960s until the time of her death in 2004. Her autobiography, Bus Fare to Kentucky (named after a 1971 Davis hit), was published in 1993. Skeeter Davis fought the good fight against breast cancer, losing the battle. She died of breast cancer in a Nashville, Tennessee hospice, at the age of 72, on September 19, 2004.
Let’s remember Skeeter Davis today, with a song from 1966. If my thoughts are correct the song most likely echoes Skeeter’s true desire. Here is Skeeter Davis singing “My Heart’s In The Country”, written by Larry Kingston and Felton Jarvis:
The photos in this video include those of Jim Reeves, Anita Kerr, Chet Atkins, Bobby Bare, Brenda Lee, Bill Monroe, Buck Owens, Mother Maybelle Carter and the Carter Sisters, Wanda Jackson, Grand Ole Opry entertainers 1960-1961, Don Gibson, Dolly Parton, Dottie West, Del Wood, Eddy Arnold, Ernest Tubb, Everly Brothers, George Jones, Hank Williams, Skeeter Davis, June Carter, Johnny Cash, Jean Shepard, Kitty Wells, Lefty Frizell, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, Louvin Brothers, Minnie Pearl, Marty Robbins, Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner, Elvis Presley, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Tammy Wynette
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