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The Davis Sisters
Country singer songwriters the Davis Sisters (Mary Frances Penick, better known as Skeeter Davis with Betty Jack Davis and Ernie Newton on Bass) on stage at the Grand Ole Opry circa 1951 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Bob Grannis/Getty Images)
On This Day
11.03.25
On This Day in 1953, This Country Duo Went No. 1 With a Heartbreaking Song Two Months After One of Them Died
By
Melanie Davis