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Skeeter Davis

American singer-songwriter (1931-2004)
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Skeeter Davis
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Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[16]
Date of birth
December 30, 1931
Date of death
September 19, 2004
Place of birth
Dry Ridge
Place of death
Nashville
Country of citizenship
United States[11]
Occupation
singer-songwriter, singer, writer, children's writer, recording artist, musician, country musician[12][13]
Field of work
music composing[14]
Educated at
Dixie Heights High School[15]
Genre
pop music, country music, folk music[17][18][19]
Cause of death
breast cancer[24]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[29]
Birth name
Mary Frances Penick[30]
Discography
Skeeter Davis discography[22]
Family name
Davis[25]
Given name
Skeeter[26]
Instrument
voice[28]
Manner of death
natural causes[27]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia[31]
Place of burial
Williamson Memorial Gardens[10]
Record label
4 Star Records, RCA[20][21]
Voice type
soprano[23]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 54
ISNI
0000000079621002
VIAF cluster ID
69115208
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n93020172
GND ID
119183269
AZLyrics artist ID
s/skeeterdavis
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000749175
BBC Things ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
138930356
Billboard artist ID
skeeter-davis
CONOR.BG ID
10576997
Carnegie Hall agent ID
13051
Deezer artist ID
71251
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119183269
Discogs artist ID
521632
Europeana entity
agent/base/67904
FAST ID
317904
FID performing arts ID
agent/gnd_119183269
Film.ru person ID
skeeter-davis
Find a Grave memorial ID
9503752
Freebase ID
/m/03y8xd
GTAA ID
261631
Geni profile ID
6000000065582162006
Genius artist ID
Skeeter-davis
Grammy Awards artist ID
skeeter-davis/9497
Grove Music Online ID
A2275771
HAND ID
AEAB-A510-6E39-3A53-99C1
IMDb ID
nm0205473
Kinobox person ID
991157
LyricsTranslate ID
skeeter-davis-lyrics.html
MusicBrainz artist ID
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Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
220258
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000027654
NDL Authority ID
001165054
NE.se ID
skeeter-davis
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2005269610
NNDB people ID
963/000026885
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX871521, XX5677130
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
097167231
Obálky knih ID
mzk2005269610
OpenMLOL author ID
291466
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110810104724901
Plex person key
5d7769b796b655001fdd75fa
Prabook ID
632148
Quora topic ID
Skeeter-Davis
Rate Your Music artist ID
skeeter-davis
Rock's Backpages artist ID
skeeter-davis
SBN author ID
UBOV424167
SNAC ARK ID
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Songkick artist ID
130604
TMDB person ID
2292772
Tidal artist ID
5107
WikiTree person ID
Penick-144
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/f87cf745-ec4e-44d6-901c-4f693ab6155d

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 5
writer, singer, singer-songwriter, children's writer, recording artist
Mb:performer of 4
You Were Made for Me, I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too, Skeeter Davis Sings The End of the World, The End of the World / Somebody Loves You
Genre 3
pop music, country music, folk music
← Performer 3
The Windmills of Your Mind, The End of the World, Don't Forget to Remember
Cause of death 1
breast cancer
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Family name 1
Davis
Field of work 1
music composing
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
voice
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Place of birth 1
Dry Ridge
Place of death 1
Nashville
Sex or gender 1
female
Voice type 1
soprano
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Skeeter Davis songs
← FactGrid item ID 1
Taucha, Saxony-Anhalt
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Summary

Skeeter Davis was born on December 30, 1931[1], in Dry Ridge[2]. She died on September 19, 2004[3], in Nashville[4]. She worked as a singer-songwriter[5], singer[6], writer[7], children's writer[8], and recording artist[9].

FAQs

Where was Skeeter Davis born?

Skeeter Davis's place of birth was Dry Ridge[2].

Where did Skeeter Davis die?

Skeeter Davis died in Nashville[4].

What did Skeeter Davis do for work?

Skeeter Davis worked as a singer-songwriter[5], singer[6], writer[7], children's writer[8], and recording artist[9].

Where did Skeeter Davis go to school?

Skeeter Davis was educated at Dixie Heights High School[15].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [10] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deezer artist ID → 71251
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63224: Import Deezer artist ID from MusicBrainz via its artist ID in Wikidata. Also matched on name. Part1: imp"
  2. 8d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tidal artist ID → 5107
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63220: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part1.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
  3. 18d ago · Python72 · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Birth name → Mary Frances Penick
    "Created claim: Birth name: Mary Frances Penick"
  4. 13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → AEAB-A510-6E39-3A53-99C1
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46379: HAND ID (2)"
  5. 20w ago · Eddo1982! · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start of work period → —
    "Removed claim: Start of work period: 1952"
  6. 21w ago · Gerwoman · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID → XX871521, XX5677130
    "Created claim: National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX5677130, batch #259615"
  7. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Educated at → Dixie Heights High School
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Genre → pop music, country music, folk music
    Cause of death → breast cancer
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32083: import P21 and P106 from GND (25)"
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