"Skeeter Davis Was A Friend." Unassuming HH Chew Tributes International 60s Singer.

HH Chew and his wife knew Skeeter Davis well.

The above picture was taken in her room

at the Mandarin Orchard, Singapore, in the mid-90s.

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It's not anytime that you know an international pop singer and become great friends. Autographed pictures poured into my iPhone as HH Chew explained he and his wife's close contact with Ms Skeeter Davis. 

He is the quiet one, always polite, never a show-off and a good friend. But looking at the pictures one realises that HH has many stories to tell, sophisticated and unassuming that he is. A man of few words, here's one.

Thank you Hee Hong.

Dear Andy,

"I met her three times. We first met after her performance at Matthew's in Orchard Tower. Freddy Fender was performing there too. She took my offer to take her back to her hotel at the Ladyhill, opposite the Shangri-La. She stayed at the Ming Court Hotel and Mandarin Hotel for her two subsequent visits and concerts. We exchanged letters, cards and I received an autographed CD too.

I took her for a vegetarian meal as she was on this special diet. I found out that she had two failed marriages. When I first met her she was married to Joey Spampinato but they divorced in 1996, after nine years of marriage. She explained how she only had her dog for company and was then residing in Tennessee." 

[Author: HH Chew].

HH and Ms Davis became good friends and kept in touch but she became unwell and although she had the utmost faith that she would make it through, she passed away in 2004 due to breast cancer. 

From everyone who has read this blog post: Rest In Peace, Skeeter Davis.

Skeeter Davis "The End of the World" 

YouTube Video from: KingOvHell

Above is a letter from Ms Davis 

to HH and his wife.

Author HH Chew with Ms. Skeeter Davis

Skeeter Davis, Floyd Cramer: My Last Date 

YouTube Video from: academic51

HH Chew today at the Hollywood Walk of Fame

 @ Vine Street, Hollywood Boulevard, California.

The star beside him is top Musicals' singer

Julie Andrews from movie: 'The Sound of Music'.

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She is well known for an album where she duets with

six male pop singers, answering their lovelorn letters.

Skeeter Davis n Bobby Bear: A Dear John Letter [1965]

From the FB post of Stephen Han.

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Andy.