Country singer Eddy Arnold – born Richard Edward Arnold on May 15, 1918, in
Henderson, Tennessee – was best known as one of the pioneers of the ‘Nashville
Sound’ that proved to be successful on both the country and pop music charts in
the 1960s. With over 140 charting hits on Billboard’s Country Singles chart,
Eddy Arnold sold more than 85 million records over the course of his career.
Eddy Arnold made his public singing debut at the age of 16 on a radio station in
Jackson, Tennessee and began performing at nightclubs shortly thereafter. By
1944, he had signed with RCA Victor and...