A California man has filed a petition asking a Nashville court to order DNA testing he believes will prove the late singer Eddy Arnold was his father. Christopher Edward Tanner, 47, of Anaheim, Calif., said that he submitted the request last week for paternity testing on Arnold's remains. "I really don't want to have to exhume the body, but we've got no choice now," Tanner said. Arnold died last month at 89. His vocals on songs such as the 1965 "Make the World Go Away," a Top 10 pop hit as well as a No. 1 country hit, made him one of the most successful country singers in history. Bryan Howard, the attorney for Arnold's estate, said the singer had denied fathering Tanner, although he may not have done so publicly.