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Here's the Answer
RCA Victor
ProducerChet Atkins
Skeeter Davis chronology
I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too
(1959) 		Here's the Answer
(1961) 		Porter Wagoner and Skeeter Davis Sing Duets
(1962)
Singles from Here's the Answer
  1. "(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too"
    Released: July 1960
  2. "My Last Date (With You)"
    Released: December 1960

Here's the Answer is the second studio album by American

RCA Victor Records and was produced by Chet Atkins
. The album consisted of cover versions of hit singles by country artists and answer songs to the hits.

Background and content

Here's the Answer was recorded at the RCA Victor Studio in

Allmusic called the concept behind the album to be "hokey". Unterberger explained that half of the album wasn't "Davis at all", but instead the original versions of the song by the original artists are included. Unterberger gave the release only two out of five stars, stating, "It gets really ridiculous when Davis sings an answer song ("My Last Date") to Floyd Cramer's instrumental hit "Last Date." Davis' songs are okay mainstream country/pop; a couple of them ("(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too" and "My Last Date") were even Top 40 pop hits. But alternating her tracks bang-bang with hits by various other male country stars makes for a rather herky-jerky listening experience."[2]

Here's the Answer was released as an

Have I Told You Lately That I Love You" with Porter Wagoner, "A Dear John Letter" with Bobby Bare, and "We'll Sing in the Sunshine" with Bobby Bare.[2]

Release

Here's the Answer spawned two singles in 1960. The first single released was Davis' response to

Billboard Magazine Hot Country Songs chart and became her first single to cross over to the Billboard Hot 100, reaching #39. The second single was released in December 1960 called, "My Last Date (With You)". The song reached #5 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Songs, while also reaching the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1961.[4]
The songs became her second and third Top 10 hits as a solo artist. Here's the Answer was officially released in January 1961, but did not chart any Billboard list.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Artist performingLength
1."
Boudleaux Bryant, Cramer, Skeeter Davis
Skeeter Davis2:33
5."Tell Laura I Love Her"Jeff Barry, Ben RaleighRay Peterson2:58
6."Tell Tommy I Miss Him"Barry, RaleighSkeeter Davis2:26
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Artist performingLength
1."Please Help Me, I'm Falling"Hal Blair, Don RobertsonHank Locklin2:23
2."(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too"Blair, Robertson, DavisSkeeter Davis2:25
3."I Really Don't Want to Know"Howard Barnes, RobertsonEddy Arnold2:47
4."I Really Want You to Know"Barnes, Robertson, DavisSkeeter Davis2:28
5."Just One Time"Don GibsonDon Gibson2:45
6."I Want to See You Too (Just One Time)"Gibson, DavisSkeeter Davis2:22
Bonus tracks on reissued version
No.TitleWriter(s)Artist performingLength
13."
Scotty Wiseman
Skeeter Davis and Porter Wagoner2:33
15."A Dear John Letter"Billy Barton, Fuzzy Owen, Louis TalleyBobby Bare and Skeeter Davis1:55
16."We'll Sing in the Sunshine"Gale GarnettBobby Bare and Skeeter Davis2:21

Personnel

Sales chart positions

Singles
Year Song Peak chart positions[4]
US Country US
1960 "(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too" 2 39
"My Last Date (With You)" 5 26

References

  1. ^ Coyne, Kevin John (23 May 2008). "100 Greatest Women- Skeeter Davis (#44)". Country Universe. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  2. ^
    Allmusic
    . Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Here's the Answer by Skeeter Davis". Rate Your Music. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Here's the Answer singles positions". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
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