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"The End of the World" is a pop song written by composer Arthur Kent and lyricist Sylvia Dee, who often worked as a team. They wrote the song for American singer Skeeter Davis, and her recording of it was highly successful in the early 1960s, reaching the top five on four different charts, including No. 2 on the main Billboard Hot 100.
The song was featured in several satirical videos on YouTube, in connection with the prediction of radio pastor Harold Camping of Family Radio, that the world would end on May 21, 2011; the song was later played on a loop following the sale of Family Radio station WKDN (now WKVP) in Philadelphia prior to a format change on that station. [14]
The End of the World is the fourth studio album by American country singer Skeeter Davis.It was released in March 1963 by RCA Victor.It includes the hit single "The End of the World", which peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.
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 landing on RCA Victor. In the late 1950s, she ...
"The End of the World" was the band's most successful single since 1996's "Mint Car", peaking at number 19 in Italy, [2] number 25 on the UK Singles Chart, [3] number 19 on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart in the United States, [4] and number 42 on the Irish Singles Chart. [5] The song also charted in France, Germany, and Switzerland. [2]
And near the end of it all, on November 1st, The Cure delivered Songs of a Lost World, released 16 years after 2008’s 4:13 Dream, and 45 years […] It would be euphemistic to say that 2024 was ...
To Leto, song and video signify "a celebration of art, design, fashion, and the remarkable people who bring them to life". [9] Release of the song was accompanied by the announcement of the album, their first in over five years. [10] It was made available for pre-order in various CD and vinyl editions. [11]
Top 10 Hits of the End of the World is a studio album by psychedelic dance duo Prince Rama consisting of sisters Taraka and Nimai Larson. Produced by Scott Colburn, it is a "retrospective requiem of all pop albums ever made" where Prince Rama revives the spirits of ten fictional musical acts who died during the apocalypse to perform hits: Arabian group Guns of Dubai, English dance act I.M.M.O ...