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Skeeter Davis

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Mary Frances Penick (December 30, 1931 – September 19, 2004), known as Skeeter Davis, was an American country music singer who sang crossover pop music songs including 1962's "The End of the World". [1]

100 relations: A Dear John Letter, Adult contemporary music, Am I That Easy to Forget, American Bandstand, Ann-Margret, Answer song, Atlantic Records, Barbados, Billboard (magazine), Billboard Hot 100, Bobby Bare, Breast cancer, Brentwood, Tennessee, British Invasion, Broadcast Music, Inc., Buddy Holly, Carole King, Cathie Pelletier, Chet Atkins, Conway Twitty, Country music, Country pop, Crossover music, Debbie Harry, Detroit, Dixie Heights High School, Dolly Parton, Dry Ridge, Kentucky, Emmylou Harris, Erlanger, Kentucky, Ernest Tubb, Ferlin Husky, Floyd Cramer, Foggy Mountain Boys, Fortune Records, Fuel to the Flame, Gerry Goffin, Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now, Grammy Award, Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance, Grand Ole Opry, Guitarist, Hank Locklin, He Says the Same Things to Me, Here's the Answer, Homebreaker, I Can't Stay Mad at You, I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know, I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too, I'm a Lover (Not a Fighter), ..., I'm Saving My Love, Jean Shepard, Joel Whitburn, Joey Spampinato, Joni James, Kay Starr, Last Date (song), Lost to a Geisha Girl, Mercury Records, Michael Stipe, Mosquito, Music recording certification, My Last Date (with You), Nashville sound, Nashville, Tennessee, NRBQ, One Tin Soldier, Optimistic (Skeeter Davis song), Pat Boone, Patience and Prudence, Pop music, Porter Wagoner, Ralph Emery, RCA Records, Record producer, Red Rooster Records, Rhythm and blues, Robert Palmer (writer), Set Him Free, Singapore, Singing, Skeeter Davis Sings The End of the World, Songwriter, Stephen H. Sholes, Sun Glasses (song), Sweden, Tammy Wynette, Teddy Nelson, The Davis Sisters (country band), The End of the World (Skeeter Davis song), The Midnight Special (TV series), The New York Times, The Tennessean, There's a Fool Born Every Minute, Tracey Dey, Traffic collision, What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied), Where I Ought to Be, WJR, (I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too. Expand index (50 more) »

A Dear John Letter

"A Dear John Letter", or "Dear John" is the name of a popular country music song, written by Billy Barton, Fuzzy Owen and Lewis Talley.

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Adult contemporary music

Adult contemporary music (AC) is a North American term used to describe a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, rhythm and blues, quiet storm, and rock influence.

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Am I That Easy to Forget

"Am I That Easy to Forget" is the title of a popular song written by country music singer Carl Belew and W.S. Stevenson and published in 1958.

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American Bandstand

American Bandstand is an American music-performance show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as producer.

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Ann-Margret

Ann-Margret Olsson (born April 28, 1941), known professionally simply as Ann-Margret, is a Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer.

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Answer song

An answer song, response song or answer record, is, as the name suggests, a song (usually a recorded track) made in answer to a previous song, normally by another artist.

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Atlantic Records

Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American major record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson.

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Barbados

Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of North America.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.

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Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

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Bobby Bare

Robert Joseph Bare Sr. (born April 7, 1935) is an American country music singer and songwriter, best known for the songs "Detroit City" and "500 Miles Away from Home".

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Breast cancer

Breast cancer is cancer that develops from breast tissue.

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Brentwood, Tennessee

Brentwood is a suburb of Nashville, Tennessee, located in Williamson County.

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British Invasion

The British Invasion was a cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s when rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom and other aspects of British culture, became popular in the United States and significant to rising "counterculture" on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Broadcast Music, Inc.

Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) is one of five United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP, SESAC, Global Music Rights, &. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed.

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Buddy Holly

Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known as Buddy Holly, was an American musician, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll.

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Carole King

Carole King (born Carol Joan Klein, February 9, 1942) is an American composer and singer-songwriter.

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Cathie Pelletier

Cathie Pelletier (born 1953) is an award-winning novelist and songwriter who was born and raised in Allagash, a rural town in Aroostook County, Maine.

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Chet Atkins

Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins (June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001), known as "Mr.

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Conway Twitty

Harold Lloyd Jenkins (September 1, 1933 – June 5, 1993), better known by his stage name Conway Twitty, was an American country music singer.

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Country music

Country music, also known as country and western or simply country, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s.

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Country pop

Country pop is a fusion genre of country music and pop music that was developed by members of the country genre out of a desire to reach a larger, mainstream audience.

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Crossover music

Crossover is a term applied to musical works or performers who appeal to different types of audience, for example (especially in the United States) by appearing on two or more of the record charts which track differing musical styles or genres.

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Debbie Harry

Deborah Ann Harry (born Angela Tremble; July 1, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress, known as the lead singer of the new wave band Blondie.

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the largest city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of Wayne County.

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Dixie Heights High School

Dixie Heights High School is a 5-A high school located at 3010 Dixie Highway in Edgewood, Kentucky, but has a mailing address of Fort Mitchell.

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Dolly Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, businesswoman, and philanthropist, known primarily for her work in country music.

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Dry Ridge, Kentucky

Dry Ridge is a home rule-class city in Grant County, Kentucky, in the United States.

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Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter and musician.

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Erlanger, Kentucky

Erlanger is a home rule-class city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States.

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Ernest Tubb

Ernest Dale Tubb (February 9, 1914 – September 6, 1984), nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music.

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Ferlin Husky

Ferlin Eugene Husky (December 3, 1925 – March 17, 2011) was an early American country music singer who was equally adept at the genres of traditional honky-tonk, ballads, spoken recitations, and rockabilly pop tunes.

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Floyd Cramer

Floyd Cramer (October 27, 1933 – December 31, 1997) was an American Hall of Fame pianist who was one of the architects of the Nashville sound.

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Foggy Mountain Boys

The Foggy Mountain Boys were an American bluegrass band.

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Fortune Records

Fortune Records was an American family operated, independent record label located in Detroit, Michigan from 1946 to 1995.

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Fuel to the Flame

"Fuel to the Flame" is a song written by Dolly Parton and her uncle, Bill Owens.

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Gerry Goffin

Gerald Goffin (February 11, 1939 – June 19, 2014) was an American lyricist.

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Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now

"Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now" is a popular song written by Milton Kellem, and published in 1951.

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Grammy Award

A Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the music industry.

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Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance was first awarded in 1965, to Dottie West.

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Grand Ole Opry

The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly country-music stage concert in Nashville, Tennessee, which was founded on November 28, 1925, by George D. Hay as a one-hour radio "barn dance" on WSM.

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Guitarist

A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar.

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Hank Locklin

Lawrence Hankins 'Hank' Locklin (February 15, 1918 – March 8, 2009) was an American country music singer-songwriter.

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He Says the Same Things to Me

"He Says the Same Things to Me" is a song written by Gary Geld and Peter Udell.

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Here's the Answer

Here's the Answer is the second studio album by American country artist Skeeter Davis.

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Homebreaker

"Homebreaker" is a song written by Skeeter Davis and Marie Wilson.

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I Can't Stay Mad at You

"I Can't Stay Mad at You" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King.

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I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know

"I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know" is a number one country music single for The Davis Sisters in 1953.

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I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too

I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too is the debut studio album by American country artist Skeeter Davis.

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I'm a Lover (Not a Fighter)

"I'm a Lover (Not a Fighter)" is a song written by Ronny Light and recorded and released as a single by American country artist, Skeeter Davis.

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I'm Saving My Love

"I'm Saving My Love" is a song written by Alex Zanetis and recorded by American country artist, Skeeter Davis in 1963.

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Jean Shepard

Ollie Imogene "Jean" Shepard (November 21, 1933 – September 25, 2016) was an American honky tonk singer-songwriter who pioneered for women in country music.

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Joel Whitburn

Joel Carver Whitburn (born November 29, 1939) is an American author and music historian.

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Joey Spampinato

Joseph Nicholas "Joey" Spampinato (born August 16, 1948, Bronx, New York) is a multi-instrumentalist and was a founding member and bass player of NRBQ.

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Joni James

Joni James (born Joan Carmella Babbo, September 22, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American singer of traditional pop music.

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Kay Starr

Katherine Laverne Starks (July 21, 1922November 3, 2016), known as Kay Starr, was an American pop and jazz singer who enjoyed considerable success in the 1940s and 1950s.

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Last Date (song)

"Last Date" is a 1960 instrumental written and performed by Floyd Cramer.

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Lost to a Geisha Girl

"Lost to a Geisha Girl" is a song written by Lawton Williams.

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Mercury Records

Mercury Records is an American-based record label owned by Universal Music Group.

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Michael Stipe

John Michael Stipe (born January 4, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter, best known as being the lead singer of the alternative rock band R.E.M. from their formation in 1980 until their dissolution in 2011.

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Mosquito

Mosquitoes are small, midge-like flies that constitute the family Culicidae.

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Music recording certification

Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units.

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My Last Date (with You)

"My Last Date (With You)" is a song written by Boudleaux Bryant, Floyd Cramer, and Skeeter Davis.

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Nashville sound

The Nashville sound originated during the mid 1950s as a subgenre of American country music, replacing the chart dominance of the rough honky tonk music which was most popular in the 1940s and 1950s with "smooth strings and choruses", "sophisticated background vocals" and "smooth tempos".

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Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County.

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NRBQ

NRBQ is an American rock brand founded in 1966.

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One Tin Soldier

"One Tin Soldier" is a 1960s counterculture era anti-war song written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter.

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Optimistic (Skeeter Davis song)

"Optimistic" is a song written by Aubrey Freeman.

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Pat Boone

Charles Eugene "Pat" Boone (born June 1, 1934) is an American singer, composer, actor, writer, television personality, motivational speaker, and spokesman.

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Patience and Prudence

Patience Ann McIntyre (born August 15, 1942) and Prudence Ann McIntyre (born July 12, 1945), known professionally as Patience and Prudence, are two sisters who were a young vocal duo active from 1956 to 1964.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s.

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Porter Wagoner

Porter Wayne Wagoner (August 12, 1927 – October 28, 2007) was an American country music singer known for his flashy Nudie and Manuel suits and blond pompadour.

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Ralph Emery

Walter Ralph Emery (born March 10, 1933) is a country music disc jockey and television host from Nashville, Tennessee.

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RCA Records

RCA Records (formerly legally traded as the RCA Records Label) is an American record label owned by Sony Music, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.

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Record producer

A record producer or track producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performer's music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album.

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Red Rooster Records

Red Rooster Records is the record label founded by the band NRBQ in 1972 after being dropped by Columbia Records after lack of chart performance for their albums NRBQ and Boppin' the Blues.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Robert Palmer (writer)

Robert Franklin Palmer Jr. (June 19, 1945 – November 20, 1997) was an American writer, musicologist, clarinetist, saxophonist, and blues producer.

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Set Him Free

"Set Him Free" is a song written by Skeeter Davis, Helen Moyer, and Marie Wilson.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Skeeter Davis Sings The End of the World

The End of the World is the fourth studio album by American country singer Skeeter Davis.

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Songwriter

A songwriter is a professional who is paid to write lyrics for singers and melodies for songs, typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music.

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Stephen H. Sholes

Stephen Henry Sholes (February 12, 1911 – April 22, 1968) was a prominent recording executive with RCA Victor.

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Sun Glasses (song)

"Sun Glasses" is a song originally released by Skeeter Davis in 1965, which was written by John D. Loudermilk.

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Sweden

Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.

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Tammy Wynette

Tammy Wynette (born Virginia Wynette Pugh; May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998), was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female singers.

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Teddy Nelson

Teddy Nelson (born Terje Nielsen, August 23, 1939 - died June 8, 1992) was a Norwegian country music artist, best known for his hit singles "Diggy Liggy Lo", "Bonde ifrå Hamlagrø" and "Skilsmisseferd i Hardanger", and his collaborations with American country music singer Skeeter Davis.

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The Davis Sisters (country band)

The Davis Sisters were an American country music duo consisting of two unrelated singers, Skeeter Davis and Betty Jack Davis.

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The End of the World (Skeeter Davis song)

"The End of the World" is a country pop song written by Arthur Kent and lyricist Sylvia Dee, for American singer Skeeter Davis.

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The Midnight Special (TV series)

The Midnight Special is an American late-night musical variety series originally broadcast on NBC during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Burt Sugarman.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Tennessean

The Tennessean (known until 1972 as The Nashville Tennessean) is the principal daily newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee.

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There's a Fool Born Every Minute

"There's a Fool Born Every Minute" is a song written by Paul Evans and Paul Parnes.

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Tracey Dey

Tracey Dey, born Nora Ferrari, is a former American pop singer in the girl group genre of the early and mid-1960s.

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Traffic collision

A traffic collision, also called a motor vehicle collision (MVC) among other terms, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other stationary obstruction, such as a tree, pole or building.

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What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied)

"What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied)" is a song written by Jim Glaser, that was recorded and released as a single in 1967 by American country artist, Skeeter Davis.

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Where I Ought to Be

"Where I Ought to Be" is a song written by Harlan Howard.

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WJR

WJR (760 AM) is a radio station in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

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(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too

"(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too" is a song written by Hal Blair, Skeeter Davis, and Don Robertson.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeeter_Davis

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