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Skeeter Davis: The End of the World Easy piano solo sheet music, Noten, partitura, spartiti, partition, 楽譜
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Skeeter Davis (born Mary Frances Penick; December 30, 1931 – September 19, 2004) was an American country music singer and songwriter who sang crossover pop music songs including 1962’s “The End of the World”. She started out as part of the Davis Sisters as a teenager in the late 1940s, eventually recording for RCA Victor. In the late 1950s, she became a solo star.
One of the first women to achieve major stardom in the country music field as a solo vocalist, she was an acknowledged influence on Tammy Wynette and Dolly Parton. She was hailed as an “extraordinary country/pop singer” by The New York Times music critic Robert Palmer.
Davis’s song “The End of the World” has been named as a major influence on several artists: Among them are Lou Reed, and 21st-century singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey, both of whom named it among their favorite recordings of all time.[84] Bob Dylan also recorded a version of “I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know” featuring the Davis Sisters’ arrangements on his 1970 album Self Portrait.
“The End of the World” was also used in the popular video game Fallout.
Nina Gordon, formerly of Veruca Salt, also covered the song on her 2000 album Tonight and the Rest of My Life.
Davis penned nearly 70 songs over the course of her career, and earned two BMI awards: for “Set Him Free” and “My Last Date With You”, the latter also recorded by Ann-Margret, Pat Boone, Kay Starr, Joni James, and several others, in addition to Davis’ original hit version. Deborah Harry recorded a remake of Davis’ version in 1993 featuring Michael Stipe, a long-time Davis fan. (Conway Twitty wrote new lyrics for the instrumental in 1972 as “Lost Her Love (On Our Last Date)”, which reached number one on the country chart, as did Emmylou Harris’ remake of Twitty’s version in 1983 retitled “Lost His Love (On Our Last Date)”.)