Although she was a mainstay on the country charts for decades, Skeeter Davis’ crossover success on the pop charts was mostly limited to a pair of Top-10 singles. But one of those songs, her 1962 hit ...

Skeeter Davis, who hit the top of the pop music charts with “The End of the World” in 1962 and sang on the Grand Ole Opry radio show for more than 40 years, has died. She was 72. Davis died Sunday of ...

Skeeter Davis, who sang on the Grand Ole Opry radio show for more than 40 years and topped the pop charts with “The End of the World” in 1962, died Sunday Sept. 19 in Nashville. She was 72. She had ...

Skeeter Davis, a veteran of the Grand Ole Opry, died Sunday (Sept. 19) at Nashville’s St. Thomas Hospital. She was 73. The artist, born Mary Frances Penick in Dry Ridge, Ky., had battled breast cancer ...

In the late 1940s, Kentucky native Skeeter Davis first broke out as part of the Davis Sisters with her singing partner, Betty Jack Davis. Though the two weren’t related, they formed a sisterly bond ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Country music singer Skeeter Davis, a veteran of Nashville's Grand Ole Opry, died today, according to a family friend. Davis, 73, had battled breast cancer since 1988. She died at ...