Skeeter Davis discography
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{{Infobox artist discography
| Artist = Skeeter Davis
| Image = File:Skeeter Davis 1972 (crop).jpg
| Caption = Davis performing in 1972
| Studio = 32
| Compilation = 18
| Singles = 59
| Option = 53
| Option name = Lead singles
| 1Option = 6
| 1Option name = Collaborative singles
| 2Option = 2
| 2Option name = Other charted songs
| 3Option = 2
| 3Option name = Other appearances
}}
The discography of American country artist Skeeter Davis contains 32 studio albums, 18 compilation albums, 59 singles, 53 lead singles, six collaborative singles, two other charted songs and two additional appearances. Davis was first one half of the duo, The Davis Sisters before embarking on a solo career with the RCA Victor label.{{cite web |last1=Unterberger |first1=Richie |title=Skeeter Davis Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/skeeter-davis-mn0000749175/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=20 September 2022}} Her second single was 1957's "Lost to a Geisha Girl", which reached the top 15 of the American Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. It was followed in 1959 by the top five country selection, "Set Him Free". The same year, Davis's debut studio album was issued on RCA Victor titled I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too. Her career momentum continued to build in 1960 with two top five back-to-back singles: "(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too" and "My Last Date (With You)". Both selections also climbed into the Billboard Hot 100 top 40. They were featured on Davis's second studio album called Here's the Answer. Between 1961 and 1962, Davis had top ten Billboard country singles with "Optimistic" and "Where I Ought to Be".
In 1963, Davis reached the zenith of commercial success with the single, "The End of the World". The song reached number two on the Billboard country and pop charts. It also reached the top ten of the R&B chart and topped the adult contemporary chart. It was included on her third studio album called Skeeter Davis Sings The End of the World. It was followed by another crossover single titled "I Can't Stay Mad at You". Between 1963 and 1964, Davis reached the Billboard country top ten with "I'm Saving My Love" and "Gonna Get Along Without You Now". Between 1963 and 1964, RCA Victor released two studio LP's of her material, including Cloudy with Occasional Tears, which reached number 11 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. Although her singles reached progressively lower chart positions as the sixties progressed, RCA continued releasing a series of LP's of Davis's material. This included My Heart's in the Country (1966) and Why So Lonely? (1968), which reached charting Billboard country positions.
In 1965, Davis collaborated with country artist, Bobby Bare, on the top 20 single, "A Dear John Letter". It was included on their 1965 album, Tunes for Two, which charted at number eight on the Billboard country LP's chart. In 1967, Davis returned to the country top five with the single "What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied)". Davis had several more top ten and top 20 country singles on the Billboard and RPM charts (Canadian country chart): "Fuel to the Flame" (1967), "There's a Fool Born Every Minute" (1968) and "I'm a Lover (Not a Fighter)" (1969). She continued recording for RCA Victor through 1974. Among her most commercially-successful songs of this period was 1971's "Bus Fare to Kentucky" and 1973's "I Can't Believe That It's All Over". The latter was a top 20 Billboard and RPM country single. Davis then released material on several independent labels through 1989. Among them was a collaborative studio album with NRBQ in 1985 called She Sings, They Play and 1989's You Were Made for Me with Teddy Nelson.
Albums
=Solo studio albums=
=Collaborative studio albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of albums, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:21em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US Country |
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| scope="row"| Porter Wagoner and Skeeter Davis Sing Duets {{small|(with Porter Wagoner)}} |
| — |
| scope="row"| Tunes for Two {{small|(with Bobby Bare)}} |
| 8 |
| scope="row"| Your Husband, My Wife {{small|(with Bobby Bare)}}{{cite journal |last1=Bare |first1=Bobby |last2=Davis |first2=Skeeter |title=Your Husband, My Wife (LP Information) |journal=RCA Victor |date=March 1970 |id=LSP-4335}} |
| — |
| scope="row"| She Sings, They Play {{small|(with NRBQ)}}{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Skeeter |title=She Sings, They Play (Album Information) |journal=Red Rooster Records or Rounder Records |date=1985 |id=3092 or 108}} | | — |
| scope="row"| You Were Made for Me {{small|(with Teddy Nelson)}}{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Skeeter |last2=Nelson |first2=Teddy |title=You Were Made for Me (Album Information) |journal=Elli Records |date=1989 |id=CD-82010 or LP-42010}} |
| — |
| colspan="3" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
=Compilation albums=
Singles
=As lead artist=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions, and other relevant details ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="7"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
| scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|US {{cite book |last1=Whitburn |first1=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2010 |date=2011 |publisher=Record Research |isbn=978-0898201888 |page=221}} ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|US ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|US ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|US ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|AUS ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|CAN ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|UK |
|---|
| scope="row"| "He Left His Heart with Me"{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Skeeter |title="He Left His Heart with Me"/"Don't Let Your Lips Say Yes" (7" vinyl single) |journal=RCA Victor |date=September 1957 |id=47-7034}}
| rowspan="2"| 1957 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — | {{n/a}} |
| scope="row"| "Lost to a Geisha Girl"
| — || 15 || — || — || — || — || — | {{n/a}} |
| scope="row"| "Walk Softly, Darling"{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Skeeter |title="Walk Softly, Darling"/"I Need You All the Time" (7" vinyl single) |journal=RCA Victor |date=March 1958 |id=47-7189}}
| rowspan="3"| 1958 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — | {{n/a}} |
| scope="row"| "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know"{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Skeeter |title="I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know"/"Wave Bye-Bye" (7" vinyl single) |journal=RCA Victor |date=July 1958 |id=47-7293}}
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — | I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too |
| scope="row"| "I Ain't A-Talkin'"{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Skeeter |title="I Ain't A-Talkin'"/"Slave" (7" vinyl single) |journal=RCA Victor |date=November 1958 |id=47-7401}}
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — | {{n/a}} |
| scope="row"| "Set Him Free"
| rowspan="2"| 1959 | — || 5 || — || — || — || — || — | I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too |
| scope="row"| "Homebreaker"
| — || 15 || — || — || — || — || — | {{n/a}} |
| scope="row"| "Am I That Easy to Forget?"
| rowspan="3"| 1960 | — || 11 || — || — || — || — || — | I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too |
| scope="row"| "(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too"
| 39 || 2 || — || — || — || — || — | rowspan="2"| Here's the Answer |
| scope="row"| "My Last Date (with You)"
| 26 || 4 || — || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row"| "The Hand You're Holding Now"
| rowspan="2"| 1961 | — || 11 || — || — || — || — || — | {{n/a}} |
| scope="row"| "Optimistic"
| — || 10 || — || — || — || — || — | {{n/a}} |
| scope="row"| "Where I Ought to Be"
| rowspan="3"| 1962 | — || 9 || — || — || — || — || — | {{n/a}} |
| scope="row"| "The Little Music Box"
| — || 22 || — || — || — || — || — | {{n/a}} |
| scope="row"| "The End of the World"
| 2 || 2 || 1 || 4 || 32 || — || 18 | Skeeter Davis Sings The End of the World |
| scope="row"| "I'm Saving My Love"
| rowspan="2"| 1963 | 41 || 9 || 13 || — || — || — || — | Cloudy with Occasional Tears |
| scope="row"| "I Can't Stay Mad at You"
| 7 || 14 || 2 || — || 46 || — || — | rowspan="4"| Let Me Get Close to You |
| scope="row"| "He Says the Same Things to Me"
| rowspan="4"| 1964 | 47 || 17 || 15 || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row"| "Gonna Get Along Without You Now"
| 48 || 8 || 15 || — || 75 || — || — |
| scope="row"| "Let Me Get Close to You"
| —{{efn|"Let Me Get Close to You" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 6 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100.}} || 45 || — || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row"| "What Am I Gonna Do with You"
| —{{efn|"What Am I Gonna Do with You" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 23 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100.}} || 38 || — || — || — || — || — | {{n/a}} |
| scope="row"| "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)"
| rowspan="2"| 1965 | —{{efn|"I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 26 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100.}} || — || — || — || — || — || — | Written by the Stars |
| scope="row"| "Sun Glasses"
| —{{efn|"Sun Glasses" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 20 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100.}} || 30 || — || — || — || — || — | Singin' in the Summer Sun |
| scope="row"| "I Can't See Me Without You"{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Skeeter |title="I Can't See Me Without You"/"Don't Anybody Need My Love" (7" vinyl single) |journal=RCA Victor |date=January 1966 |id=47-8765}}
| rowspan="3"| 1966 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — | What Does It Take (To Keep |
| scope="row"| "If I Had Wheels"{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Skeeter |title="If I Had Wheels"/"If I Ever Get to Heaven (I Won't See You)" (7" vinyl single) |journal=RCA Victor |date=May 1966 |id=47-8837}}
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — | {{n/a}} |
| scope="row"| "Goin' Down the Road (Feelin' Bad)"
| — || 36 || — || — || — || — || — | My Heart's in the Country |
| scope="row"| "Fuel to the Flame"
| rowspan="3"| 1967 | — || 11 || — || — || — || — || — | rowspan="3"| What Does It Take (To Keep |
| scope="row"| "What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied)"
| —{{efn|"What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied)" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 21 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100.}} || 5 || — || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row"| "Set Him Free"{{efn|The 1967 release "Set Him Free" was a re-recording of the original 1959 single.{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Skeeter |title="Set Him Free"/"Is It Worth It to You" (7" vinyl single) |journal=RCA Victor |date=November 1967 |id=47-9371}}}}
| — || 52 || — || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row"| "Instinct for Survival"
| rowspan="4"| 1968 | — || 54 || — || — || — || — || — | rowspan="2"| Skeeter |
| scope="row"| "There's a Fool Born Every Minute"
| — || 16 || — || — || — || 18 || — |
| scope="row"| "Timothy"{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Skeeter |title="Timothy"/"I Look Up (And See You on My Mind)" (7" vinyl single) |journal=RCA Victor |date=September 1968 |id=47-9625}}
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — | I Can't Believe That It's All Over |
| scope="row"| "The Closest Thing to Love (I've Ever Seen)"
| — || 66 || — || — || — || — || — | rowspan="2"| The Closest Thing to Love |
| scope="row"| "Keep Baltimore Beautiful"{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Skeeter |title="Keep Baltimore Beautiful"/"Baby, Sweet Baby" (7" vinyl single) |journal=RCA Victor |date=April 1969 |id=74-0148}}
| rowspan="3"| 1969 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row"| "Teach Me to Love You"{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Skeeter |title="Teach Me to Love You"/"Bobby Blows a Blue Note" (7" vinyl single) |journal=RCA Victor |date=July 1969 |id=74-0203}}
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — | "maryfrances" |
| scope="row"| "I'm a Lover (Not a Fighter)"
| — || 9 || — || — || — || 7 || — | A Place in the Country |
| scope="row"| "It's Hard to Be a Woman"
| rowspan="4"| 1970 | — || 65 || — || — || — || — || — | rowspan="2"| It's Hard to Be a Woman |
| scope="row"| "We Need a Lot More of Jesus"
| — || 69 || — || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row"| "Let's Get Together" {{small|(with George Hamilton IV)}}
| — || 65 || — || — || — || — || — | A Place in the Country |
| scope="row"| "Bridge Over Troubled Water"{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Skeeter |title="Bridge Over Troubled Water"/"How in the World Do You Kill a Memory" (7" vinyl single) |journal=RCA Victor |date=September 1970 |id=47-9896}}
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — | It's Hard to Be a Woman |
| scope="row"| "Bus Fare to Kentucky"
| rowspan="3"| 1971 | — || 21 || — || — || — || 30 || — | Skeeter |
| scope="row"| "Love Takes a Lot of My Time"
| — || 58 || — || — || — || — || — | Love Takes a Lot of My Time |
| scope="row"| "One Tin Soldier"
| — || 54 || — || — || — || 4 || — | Bring It on Home |
| scope="row"| "Sad Situation"
| rowspan="2"| 1972 | — || 46 || — || — || — || 6 || — | Skeeter |
| scope="row"| "A Hillbilly Song"
| — || — || — || — || — || 76 || — | The Hillbilly Singer |
| scope="row"| "I Can't Believe That It's All Over"
| rowspan="2"| 1973 | —{{efn|"I Can't Believe That It's All Over" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 1 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100.}} || 12 || — || — || — || 11 || — | I Can't Believe That It's All Over |
| scope="row"| "Don't Forget to Remember"
| — || 44 || — || — || — || 64 || — | {{n/a}} |
| scope="row"| "One More Time"
| rowspan="2"| 1974 | — || 65 || — || — || — || — || — | {{n/a}} |
| scope="row"| "Lovin' Touch"{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Skeeter |title="Lovin' Touch"/"Come Mornin'" (7" vinyl single) |journal=RCA Victor |date=September 1974 |id=PB-10048}}
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — | {{n/a}} |
| scope="row"| "I Love Us"
| 1976 | — || 60 || — || — || — || — || — | {{n/a}} |
| scope="row"| "It's Love That I Feel"{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Skeeter |title="It's Love That I Feel"/"If You Loved Me Now" (7" vinyl single) |journal=Mercury Records |date=February 1977 |id=73898}}
| 1977 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — | {{n/a}} |
| scope="row"| "The End of the World" {{small|(re-recording)}}{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Skeeter |title="The End of the World"/"I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know (About Him)" (7" vinyl single) |journal=Gusto Records |date=1979 |id=GT4-2059}}
| 1979 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — | The Best of the Best of Skeeter Davis |
| scope="row"| "The Rose"{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Skeeter |title="The Rose"/"I Love You (Bigger Than Texas)" (7" vinyl single) |journal=Part 2 Records |date=1980 |id=NR-12083}}
| 1980 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — | {{n/a}} |
| colspan="10" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
=As a collaborative artist=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions, and other relevant details ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="3"| Peak chart ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
| scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|US Bub. ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|US ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|CAN |
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| scope="row"| "Rock-A-Bye Boogie" {{small|(with Porter Wagoner)}}{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Skeeter |last2=Wagoner |first2=Porter |title="Rock-A-Bye Boogie"/"Violet and the Rose" (7" vinyl single) |journal=RCA Victor |date=1962 |id=47-9427}} | 1962 | — || — || — | Porter Wagoner and Skeeter Davis Sing Duets |
| scope="row"| "A Dear John Letter" {{small|(with Bobby Bare)}} | 1965 | 14 || 11 || — | Tunes for Two |
| scope="row"| "Chet's Tune" {{small|(credited as "Some of Chet's Friends")}} | rowspan="2"| 1967 | — || 38 || — | {{n/a}} |
| scope="row"| "For Loving You" {{small|(with Don Bowman)}} | — || 72 || 18 | {{n/a}} |
| scope="row"| "Your Husband, My Wife" {{small|(with Bobby Bare)}} | 1970 | — || 22 || — | Your Husband, My Wife |
| scope="row"| "You Were Made for Me" {{small|(with Teddy Nelson)}}{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Skeeter |last2=Nelson |first2=Teddy |title="You Were Made for Me"/"We Know How to Rock" (7" vinyl single) |journal=Elli Records |date=1989 |id=FR-001}} | 1989 | — || — || — | You Were Made for Me |
| colspan="6" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Other charted songs
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions, and other relevant details ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Notes |
| scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|US ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|US |
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| scope="row"| "Something Precious"
| 1962 | — || 23 | Skeeter Davis Sings the End of the World | {{efn|B-side to "Where I Ought to Be".{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Skeeter |title="Where I Ought to Be"/"Something Precious" (7" vinyl single) |journal=RCA Victor |date=January 1962 |id=47-7979}}}} |
| scope="row"| "How Much Can a Lonely Heart Stand"
| 1964 | 92 || — | {{n/a}} | {{efn|B-side to "He Says the Same Things to Me".{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Skeeter |title="He Says the Same Things to Me"/"How Much Can a Lonely Heart Stand" (7" vinyl single) |journal=RCA Victor |date=January 1964 |id=47-8288}}}} |
| colspan="6" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Other appearances
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name ! scope="col" style="width:20em;"| Title ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Other artist(s) ! scope="col"| Album ! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row"| "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"
| 1962 | {{n/a}} | Nashville Christmas Party | {{cite journal |title=Nashville Artists (LP Liner Notes and Information) |journal=RCA Victor |date=1962 |id=LPM-2579}} |
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| scope="row"| "Hallelujah in My Heart"
| 1996 | Philomena Begley | The Two Queens "Old Friends Share Old Memories" |
Notes
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