Skeeter Davis - Tell Tommy I Miss Him

Here's The Answer (1961)

Skeeter Davis with the answer song to 'Tell Laura I Love Her' by Ray Peterson. The song was written by Ben Raleigh and Jeff Barry and recorded in Dec/1960.

Lyric:
Tommy my sweetheart is gone now
He's up in heaven somewhere
So little star high above
If you see Tommy tell him of my love

Tell Tommy I love him tell Tommy I miss him
Tell him though I may try my love for him will never die

He drove his car in that stockcar race
To win money so we could wed
He wanted so much to make me his wife
Now our love lives on though he lost his life

I'm so lonely without him near
Oh how I miss his warm embrace
I'll love no other I want him to know
Oh little star please tell him so

Tell Tommy I love him tell Tommy I miss him
Tell him though I may try my love for him will never die

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• Country
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[nastykurtbadboy]

It sounds exactly like 'Tell Laura I love her'. Was it purposely done?

[manbehindthescreen1]

@nastykurtbadboy Yeah it was, hence why it is an answer song. Skeeter made an album 'Here's The Answer' which has several songs answering the originals. I have several on my channel like 'He'll Have To Stay' 'I Really Want You To Know' a live version of '(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too' and this one.

[meganbekkarr]

@manbehindthescreen1 Wasn't the original done by Marilyn Michaels?

[manbehindthescreen1]

@meganbekkarr Michaels' single record was released in August 1960. Skeeter's album was released in January 1961. So yes, Marilyn was a little earlier.

[Freyja1133]

Skeeter Davis is more of a Pop singer..not country

[manbehindthescreen1]

@Freyja1133 She's as country as can be but can sing both. These records were made when the Nashville Sound was at full force which was necessary to counter Rock n' Roll (Guess you know that, if not try Wikipedia) otherwise it probably would have stayed honky-tonk/raw country.

[rosshartman47]

@Freyja1133 Maybe it can't be heard in this song, but Skeeter was more of a Country singer than a Pop singer. She had "only" eight Hot 100 Pop hits while racking up 41 Country hits. She was a Grand Old Opry winner in 1959 AND married to Ralph Emery of the C&W Hall of Fame!

[thEannoyingE]

Why didn't they do a response song when Dickey Lee originally did it?

[rjsmth]

What a sweet voice she had...

[Gtbomb1]

wow i miss these songs so much now this is music <3

[LancetTrooper]

Just darling...

[desert3347]

I think most of us have forgotton how many hit records Skeeter had.

Such a wonderful sweet lady. Love to watch her on

Countrys Family Reunion.

rip Skeeter

[maldonessexcm9]

brillllllllllllliant

[Sharsiemurnane]

Love it