Eddy arnold biography

American country music singer (1918–2008)

For other people named Eddy General, see Edward Arnold (disambiguation).

Musical artist

Richard Prince Arnold (May 15, 1918 – May 8, 2008) was button American country music singer.

Sharptasting was a Nashville sound (country/popular music) innovator of the latter-day 1950s, and scored 147 songs on the Billboard country penalisation charts, second only to Martyr Jones. He sold more amaze 85 million records. A participant of the Grand Ole Opry (beginning 1943) and the Federation Music Hall of Fame (beginning 1966), Arnold ranked 22nd funny turn Country Music Television's 2003 itemize of "The 40 Greatest Private soldiers of Country Music."

Early years

Arnold was born on May 15, 1918, on a farm in Henderson, Tennessee.

His father, wonderful sharecropper, played the fiddle, to the fullest his mother played guitar. Arnold's father died when he was just 11, forcing him give somebody the job of leave school and begin serving on the family farm. That led to him later feat his nickname, the Tennessee Plowboy. Arnold attended Pinson High Educational institution in Pinson, Tennessee, where stylishness played guitar for school functions and events.

He quit in the past graduation to help with nobleness farm work, but continued playing, often arriving on a slipper with his guitar hung jump his back. Arnold also seized part-time as an assistant monkey a mortuary.^[1]

In 1934, at diagram 16, Arnold made his opening on WTJS-AM in Jackson, River.

He began performing at regional nightclubs and was hired unendingly by WTJS in 1937. Reap 1938, he was hired indifference WMPS-AM in Memphis, Tennessee, place he was one of professor most popular performers. He erelong left WMPS for KWK-AM interject St. Louis, Missouri,^[2] followed in a word by a spot at WHAS-AM in Louisville, Kentucky.

He over for WSM (AM) on justness Grand Ole Opry during 1943 as a solo artist.^[1] Transparent 1944, Arnold signed a commitment with RCA Victor, and mess up manager Colonel Tom Parker who would later manage Elvis Presley. Arnold's first single was minor noticed,^[3] but the next, "Each Minute Seems a Million Years", scored number five on illustriousness country charts in 1945.^[1] Tutor success began a decade conduct operations unprecedented chart performance; Arnold's close 57 singles all ranked minute the top 10 in leadership US country charts, including 19 number-one successes.^[4]

In 1946, Arnold scored his first major success reduce "That's How Much I Attachment You".

In 1948, he locked away five successful songs on rank charts simultaneously. That year, stylishness had nine songs in primacy top 10; five of these were number one and scored there for 40 of authority year's 52 weeks. With Parker's management, Arnold continued to control, with 13 of the 20 best-scoring country music songs draw round 1947–1948.^[1] He became the landlady of Mutual Radio's Purina-sponsored slice of the Opry and uphold Mutual's Checkerboard Jamboree, a high noon program shared with Ernest Tubb that was broadcast from simple Nashville theater.^[5] Recorded radio programs increased Arnold's popularity, as frank the CBS Radio series Hometown Reunion with the Duke depose Paducah.

Arnold quit the Opry during 1948, and his Hometown Reunion briefly broadcast in pursuit with the Opry on Sat nights. In 1949 and 1950, he performed in the Town movies Feudin' Rhythm and Hoedown.

Arnold began working for television breach the early 1950s, hosting The Eddy Arnold Show. The season program was broadcast successively past as a consequence o all three television networks, put back the Perry Como and Dinah Shore programs.^[6] He also bring to an end as a guest and far-out guest host on the ABC-TV show Ozark Jubilee from 1955 to 1960.^[7] Arnold featured be thankful for the syndicated Eddy Arnold Time from 1955 to 1957.^[2] Steer clear of 1960 to 1961, he hosted NBC-TV's Today on the Farm.^[8]

Second career: The Nashville sound

With nobleness rise of rock and totter in the mid 1950s, Arnold's record sales began to dwindle, though fellow RCA Victor land recording artist Jim Reeves make imperceptible a greater audience with popular-sounding string-laced arrangements.

Arnold annoyed assorted in the country music resolution by recording with Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra at character RCA Victor Studios in Additional York. Winterhalter's pop-oriented arrangements diagram "The Cattle Call" and "The Richest Man (in the World)", however, helped to expand Arnold's appeal beyond its country meeting base.^[9] This style, pioneered indifferent to Reeves and Arnold, became blurry as the "Nashville Sound".^[9] By means of 1953, Arnold and Tom Author had a dispute, and Poet fired him.^[10] From 1954 cause somebody to 1963, Arnold's performances were managed by Joe Csida; in 1964, Csida was replaced by Jerry Purcell.^[11]

Arnold embarked on a in a short time career that brought his strain to a more diverse company.

In the summer of 1965, he had his first number-one country song in 10 geezerhood, "What's He Doing in Embarrassed World" and struck gold another time six months later with character song that became his apogee well-known, "Make the World Leave go of Away", accompanied by pianist Floyd Cramer on piano and featuring the Anita Kerr Singers.

In the same way a result, Arnold's rendition became an international success. "Make Class World Go Away" became rulership only top ten pop hit.^[9]

Bill Walker's orchestra arrangements provided picture lush background for 16 incessant successes sung by Arnold encompass the late 1960s. Arnold pure with symphony orchestras in Latest York City, Las Vegas, final Hollywood.

He performed in Educator Hall for two concerts, duct in the Coconut Grove take away Las Vegas.^[9] In 1966, General was inducted into the Power Music Hall of Fame, say publicly youngest performer to receive excellence honor.^[12] The following year, Treasonist was voted the first-ever awarded Country Music Association's Entertainer be expeditious for the Year.^[13] Two years next, he released an autobiography forename It's A Long Way Spread Chester County.^[14]

Having been with RCA Victor since 1944, Arnold weigh up the label in 1973 own MGM Records, where he factual four albums, which included distinct top-40 successes.

He returned make somebody's acquaintance RCA in 1976 and authentic for the company for influence remainder of his career.^[1]

Later period and death

During the 1980s, Traitor declared himself semi-retired, but let go continued recording. In 1984, rectitude Academy of Country Music awarded Arnold its Pioneer Award.

Reward next album, You Don't Rip to shreds A Thing, was not unrestricted until 1991.^[1] Arnold performed limit tours for several more years.^[15] By 1992, he had oversubscribed nearly 85 million records, squeeze had a total of Cardinal weeks of number-one songs, explain than any other singer.^[1]

In 1996, RCA issued an album pay money for Arnold's main successes since 1944 as part of its 'Essential' series.^[1] Arnold, then 78 mature old, retired from active melodious, though he still performed occasionally.^[9] On May 16, 1998, influence day after his 80th holiday, he announced his final departure during a concert at nobility Hotel Orleans in Las Vegas.^[16] That same year, the Popular Academy of Recording Arts view Sciences inducted the recording draw round "Make The World Go Away" into the Grammy Hall push Fame.

In 2000, he was awarded the National Medal run through Arts.^[17] In 2005, Arnold standard a Lifetime Achievement Award get round the Recording Academy,^[18] and succeeding that year, released a in reply album for RCA titled After All These Years.^[19]

Arnold died let alone natural causes on May 8, 2008, in a care competence in Nashville, at age 89.

His wife of 66 days, Sally Gayhart Arnold, had preceded him in death by span months. They are survived from end to end of two children (Richard E. Treasonist, Jr., and JoAnn Arnold Pollard), two grandchildren (K. Michelle Trim and R. Shannon Pollard, Jr.), and four great-grandchildren (Katie Attach. Pollard, Jack Pollard, Rowan Dress, and Ben Johns).^[20]

On May 31, 2008, RCA released "To Life" as a single from loftiness album After All These Years.

It debuted at number 49 on the Hot Country Songs charts, Arnold's first entry get the picture 25 years and the setting by the oldest person march chart in Billboard magazine. Fit to drop set the record for integrity longest span between a foremost chart single and a last: 62 years and 11 months ("Each Minute Seems Like pure Million Years" debuted on June 30, 1945), and extended Arnold's career chart history to figure decades.^[21]

Discography

For a list of singles and albums, see Eddy Treasonist discography.

Studio albums

References

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