SINGER

Skeeter Davis

1931 - 2004

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Skeeter Davis has received more than 1,899,461 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Skeeter Davis is the 1,246th most popular singer (up from 1,299th in 2019), the 6,348th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,000th in 2019) and the 312th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Skeeter Davis ranks 1,246 out of 4,381. Before her are Martha Mödl, Lucho Gatica, Fred Bongusto, Tiziano Ferro, Taos Amrouche, and Glykeria. After her are Rosario Flores, Najwa Karam, Bobby Womack, Sotiria Bellou, Alison Moyet, and Dulce Pontes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Skeeter Davis ranks 352. Before her are Ibrahim Biogradlić, Tamara Rylova, Shuntarō Tanikawa, Zakaria Tamer, Louis Pouzin, and Tullio Regge. After her are Park Wan-suh, Ferenc Szojka, Emma Andijewska, Jerrie Cobb, Emam-Ali Habibi, and Paulo Maluf. Among people deceased in 2004, Skeeter Davis ranks 212. Before her are Jacques Noël, Ancel Keys, Terry Melcher, Kenneth E. Iverson, Mahmut Atalay, and Gunder Hägg. After her are O. W. Fischer, Madeleine Robinson, Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Pat Roach, José Luis Cuciuffo, and George Baird.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Skeeter Davis ranks 6,348 out of 20,380. Before her are Charmian Carr (1942), Monique Alexander (1982), Helen Walton (1919), Anthony Denison (1949), Louis Bromfield (1896), and Clint Walker (1927). After her are Connie Britton (1967), Alan Ritchson (1982), Nita Naldi (1894), Jimmy Durante (1893), Paul Anderson (1932), and Michael Lerner (1941).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Skeeter Davis ranks 312. Before her are Sonny Boy Williamson II (1912), Philip Bailey (1951), Bobby Helms (1933), Playboi Carti (1996), Lhasa de Sela (1972), and Xzibit (1974). After her are Bobby Womack (1944), Charlie Dominici (1951), Jakob Dylan (1969), Leonard Warren (1911), Koko Taylor (1928), and Brian Hyland (1943).

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