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Mar 4, 1932

Betty Jack Davis is born in Corbin, Kentucky. Along with Skeeter Davis, who is unrelated, she forms The Davis Sisters, but dies in a car crash just weeks before their only hit, "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know," reaches the national charts

May 23, 1953

The Davis Sisters--Skeeter Davis and the unrelated Betty Jack Davis--record "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know." An auto accident kills Betty Jack in August, making this the only hit record they cut together

Aug 2, 1953

The Davis Sisters are involved in a head-on car accident in Cincinnati. Betty Jack Davis is killed, while Skeeter Davis survives. The driver of the other automobile later pleads guilty to manslaughter

Oct 17, 1953

The Davis Sisters, including Skeeter Davis, top the Billboard country singles chart for the first of six weeks with "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know"

Mar 14, 2003

The Country Music Foundation publishes "Heartaches By The Number," celebrating country's "500 greatest singles." Skeeter Davis lands on the list with "The End Of The World" and as a member of The Davis Sisters, with "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know"

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