Skeeter Davis
- MatchSkeeter Davis
- 100%Connie Francis
- 87%Jim Reeves
- 85%Eddy Arnold
- 82%Bobby Vinton
- 80%Brenda Lee
- 72%Lesley Gore
- 60%Patsy Cline
- 60%Patti Page
- 59%Dion & The Belmonts
- 59%Guy Mitchell
Biography
Mary Frances Penick, 30 December 1931, Dry Ridge, Kentucky, USA, d. 19 September 2004, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Penick was raised on a farm and as a child knew that she wanted to be a country singer. She acquired the nickname of Skeeter (a local term for a mosquito) from her grandfather because she was always active and buzzing around like the insect. In her mid-teens, she formed a bluegrass duo with schoolfriend Betty Jack Davis (b. 3 March 1932, Corbin Kentucky, USA, d. 2 August... Read more