Set Him Free
"Set Him Free" | ||||
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Single by Skeeter Davis | ||||
from the album I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too | ||||
B-side | "The Devil's Doll"[1] | |||
Released | February 1959 | |||
Recorded | January 1959 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S | |||
Genre | Country, Nashville Sound | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Songwriter(s) | Skeeter Davis, Helen Moyers, Marie Wilson | |||
Producer(s) | Chet Atkins | |||
Skeeter Davis singles chronology | ||||
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"Set Him Free" is a song written by Skeeter Davis, Helen Moyer, and Marie Wilson. In 1959, Skeeter Davis recorded and released the song as a single for RCA Victor.
"Set Him Free" was recorded in January 1959 at the RCA Victor Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.[1] The song was released as a single in February 1959, and it peaked at number five on the Billboard Magazine Hot C&W Sides chart later that year. The single became Davis' highest-charting single to that point and her third solo hit. In November 1959, "Set Him Free" was issued onto Davis' debut studio album entitled, I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too.[2]
In 1959, "Set Him Free" became the first song by a female country artist nominated by the Grammy Awards.[3]
In 1967, Davis re-recorded an updated version of "Set Him Free" and released it as a single in late 1967. The new version peaked at number fifty-two on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and was issued onto her studio album entitled, What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied).[2]
Chart performance
- Original recording
Chart (1959) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot C&W Sides | 5 |
- Re-recording
Chart (1967) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 52 |
References
- ^ a b "Skeeter Davis discography". Praguefrank's Country Discographies. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.
- ^ "2013 Hall of Fame Inductees" (PDF). Kentucky Music Museum. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
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- I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too (1959)
- Here's the Answer (1961)
- Porter Wagoner and Skeeter Davis Sing Duets (with Porter Wagoner) (1962)
- Skeeter Davis Sings The End of the World (1963)
- Why So Lonely? (1968)
- "(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too"
- "Bus Fare to Kentucky"
- "The End of the World"
- "For Loving You"
- "Fuel to the Flame"
- "Goin' Down the Road (Feelin' Bad)"
- "Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now"
- "The Hands You're Holding Now"
- "He Says the Same Things to Me"
- "Homebreaker"
- "I Can't Believe That It's All Over"
- "I Can't Stay Mad at You"
- "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know"
- "I'm a Lover (Not a Fighter)"
- "I'm Saving My Love"
- "Last Date"
- "Lost to a Geisha Girl"
- "My Last Date (with You)"
- "One Tin Soldier"
- "Optimistic"
- "Please Help Me, I'm Falling"
- "Sad Situation"
- "Set Him Free"
- "Sun Glasses"
- "The Little Music Box"
- "There's a Fool Born Every Minute"
- "What Am I Gonna Do with You"
- "What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied)"
- "Where I Ought to Be"/"Something Precious"
- The Davis Sisters
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