50+ Music<p>"The End of the World" is a pop song written by composer <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ArthurKent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArthurKent</span></a> and lyricist <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SylviaDee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SylviaDee</span></a>, who often worked as a team. They wrote the song for American singer <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SkeeterDavis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SkeeterDavis</span></a>, and her recording of it was highly successful in the early 1960s, reaching the top five on four different charts, including No. 2 on the main <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> Hot 100. It spawned many cover versions. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsY_kocbWaM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=DsY_kocbWaM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>