Arnold, Eddy

Arnold, Eddy
▪ 2009
Richard Edward Arnold; “the Tennessee Plowboy” 
      American singer and guitarist

born May 15, 1918, Henderson, Tenn.

died May 8, 2008, Franklin, Tenn.
ushered country music, which had been labeled as hillbilly music, into the mainstream with his gentlemanly appearance and mellow tenor voice, which he modeled after Bing Crosby and Perry Como; during Arnold's six-decade-long career, he sold more than 85 million recordings and reigned on the Billboard country charts, with the highest number of top 10 hits (92) and number of weeks at number one (145). Arnold's breakthrough hit, “I'll Hold You in My Heart (till I Can Hold You in My Arms)” (1947), was followed by such blockbusters as “Bouquet of Roses” (1948), “Texarkana Baby” (1948), “Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me” (1949), and “Cattle Call” (1955). Though the advent of rock and roll temporarily diluted his popularity, he incorporated the smooth country-pop Nashville Sound by using a string section as his backup, and during the 1960s he regained prominence with such songs as “What's He Doing in My World” (1965), “Somebody like Me” (1966), and “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye” (1968). His appearances on television and his performances in Las Vegas cemented his career. In 1999 Arnold officially retired, but in 2005 he recorded his 100th album, After All This Time. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1966 and was crowned the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year in 1967.

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