WHAT DOES "GO NUTS" MEAN?

I didn't start out looking to do a Skeeter Davis post. Truth be known, tonight was to be Sun Ra's night. Unfortunately I couldn't find "Rocket Number Nine," which has got to be the most elusive song I've ever tried to hunt down. In looking for "Rocket Number Nine," I was reminded that NRBQ did a cover of it on their first album, back in 1969. So, I thought I'd look for that. Couldn't find that either, but I ran into a couple songs NRBQ did with Skeeter Davis, in 1985. I'd put off checking out that collaboration for, well, decades. So I stuck my toe in.

Skeeter Davis was a crossover country singer, best known for her big hit "The End of the World." Don't expect a a lot of country twang in the vocals on these. The operative word is crossover. Just about the only thing country on some of these is some fine picking. If you're not familiar with her, check out the cuts below and you'll be three ahead of where I was before my aborted Sun Ra search. I gotta say, if I was cognizant of her in her heyday, I'd be thinking "get a little crazy, would ya?" (But I guess that's why there's Sparkle Moore.)

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Listen:
Skeeter Davis - Oh Boy mp3 at Rocky-52.net
Skeeter Davis w/NRBQ - Everybody Wants a Cowboy mp3 at Probe Is Turning-On the People
Skeeter Davis w/NRBQ - Someday My Prince Will Come mp3 at DVANet
Skeeter Davis - The End of the World mp3 at LexJansen.com
Video:
Skeeter Davis - The End of the World at YouTube
Skeeter Davis with Porter Wagoner - There's Always One at YouTube
Visit:
Skeeter Davis at Wikipedia