| "Optimistic" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Skeeter Davis | ||||
| B-side | "Blueberry Hill" | |||
| Released | September 1961 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Recorded | June 29, 1961 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. [1] | |||
| Genre | Country, Nashville Sound | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Aubrey Freeman | |||
| Producer(s) | Chet Atkins | |||
| Skeeter Davis singles chronology | ||||
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"Optimistic" is a song written by Aubrey Freeman. In 1961, Skeeter Davis recorded and released the song as a single for RCA Victor.
"Optimistic" was recorded on June 29, 1961 at the RCA Victor Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. [1] The song was released as a single in September 1961 also, and it peaked at number ten on the Billboard Magazine Hot C&W Sides chart later that year. The single became Davis' fourth top-ten hit on the country chart at that point. The song was not originally issued onto an official album. [2]
Nashville is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee. The city is the county seat of Davidson County and is located on the Cumberland River. The city's population ranks 24th in the U.S. According to 2017 estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, the total consolidated city-county population stood at 691,243. The "balance" population, which excludes semi-independent municipalities within Davidson County, was 667,560 in 2017.
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