Skeeter Davis - Complete Rca Singles As & Bs 1953-62 (CD)

Country star Skeeter Davis enjoyed a chart career that lasted nearly a quarter of a century from the early '50s through to 1976, her personality and the quality of her voice enabling her to successfully adapt to the changing idioms within the genre. Coming to prominence in the pop charts as she did with the iconic hit "The End Of The World", many fans may well be unaware of the dues that she paid before that major success which saw her almost top the US pop charts. By the time that classic record was released towards the end of 1962 - it is in fact the last single to be featured in this collection - she had already had a significant career focused purely on the country market, recording initially with her friend Bette Jack Davis as The Davis Sisters and then, after a break of a couple of years, resuming her career as a solo artist in 1958. This great value 61-track 2-CD set comprises the A and B side of every single she released on RCA from her 1953 debut as part of The Davis Sisters and then as a solo artist through to the end of 1962, plus seven bonus tracks selected from her two solo albums from the period "I'll Sing You A Song And Harmonise Too" and "Here's The Answer", the latter trading on her success with "answer" records like her debut solo hit "Lost To A Geisha Girl", and the Top 5 hits "(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too", and "My Last Date With You". It features her 1953 debut country No. 1 as The Davis Sisters "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know", plus her twelve solo hits during the period, including the Top 10 successes "Set Him Free", "Optimistic" and "Where I Ought To Be", and ending with the classic "End of The World". It's a thorough overview of her first decade as a recording artist, which set the scene for a long and successful career.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know (The Davis Sisters)
2. Rock-A-Bye Boogie (The Davis Sisters)
3. You're Gone (The Davis Sisters)
4. Sorrow and Pain (The Davis Sisters)
5. Takin' Time Out for Tears (The Davis Sisters)
6. Gotta Get A-Goin' (The Davis Sisters)
7. You Weren't Ashamed to Kiss Me Last Night (The Davis Sisters)
8. Foggy Mountain Top (The Davis Sisters)
9. Show Me (The Davis Sisters)
10. Just Like Me (The Davis Sisters)
11. The Christmas Boogie (The Davis Sisters)
12. Tomorrow I'll Cry (The Davis Sisters)
13. Everlovin' (The Davis Sisters)
14. Tomorrow's Just Another Day to Cry (The Davis Sisters)
15. He Left His Heart with Me (Skeeter Davis)
16. Don't Let Your Lips Say Yes (Skeeter Davis)
17. Lost to a Geisha Girl (Skeeter Davis)
18. I'm Going Steady with a Heartache (Skeeter Davis)
19. Walk Softly Darling (Skeeter Davis)
20. I Need You All the Time (Skeeter Davis)
21. Wave Bye Bye (Skeeter Davis)
22. I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know (Skeeter Davis)
23. I Ain't A-Talkin' (Skeeter Davis)
24. Slave (Skeeter Davis)
25. Set Him Free (Skeeter Davis)
26. The Devil's Doll (Skeeter Davis)
27. Homebreaker (Skeeter Davis)
28. Give Me Death (Skeeter Davis)

Disc: 2

1. Am I That Easy to Forget (Skeeter Davis)
2. Wishful Thinking (Skeeter Davis)
3. I Can't Help You I'm Falling Too (Skeeter Davis)
4. No, Never (Skeeter Davis)
5. My Last Date with You (Skeeter Davis)
6. Someone I'd Like to Forget (Skeeter Davis)
7. The Hand You're Holding Now (Skeeter Davis)
8. Someday Someday (Skeeter Davis)
9. Optimistic (Skeeter Davis)
10. Blueberry Hill (Skeeter Davis)
11. Where I Ought to Be (Skeeter Davis)
12. Something Precious (Skeeter Davis)
13. The Little Music Box (Skeeter Davis)
14. The Final Step (Skeeter Davis)
15. The End of the World (Skeeter Davis)
16. Somebody Loves You (Skeeter Davis)
17. The One You Slip Around with (Skeeter Davis)
18. Just When I Needed You (Skeeter Davis)
19. Your Cheatin' Heart (Skeeter Davis)
20. Chained to a Memory (Skeeter Davis)
21. Standing in the Shadows (Skeeter Davis)
22. Under Your Spell Again (Skeeter Davis)
23. Let Those Brown Eyes Smile at Me (Skeeter Davis)
24. He'll Have to Stay (Skeeter Davis)
25. Tell Tommy I Miss Him (Skeeter Davis)
26. I Really Want You to Know (Skeeter Davis)
27. I Want to See You Too (Just One More Time (Skeeter Davis)