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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. 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.

In 1959, "Set Him Free" became the first song by a female country artist nominated by the Grammy Awards.

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).

Chart performance

Original recording

Chart (1959)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot C&W Sides	5

Re-recording

Chart (1967)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	52

References

^ "Skeeter Davis discography". Praguefrank's Country Discographies. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
^ 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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Discography
Studio albums	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)
Singles	"(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"
Related	The Davis Sisters

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