NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs like “Make the World Go Away” made him one of the most successful country singers in history, died Thursday morning, days short of his 90th birthday.Arnold died at a care facility near Nashville, said Don Cusic, a professor at Belmont University and author of the biography “Eddy Arnold: I’ll Hold You in My Heart.” His wife of
Eddy Arnold was and still is a part of my original 45 collection. When I had my first little orange and white plastic record player (with a closing lid as it was portable and very sleek), I used to play my 45 of Eddy Arnold singing "Tennessee Stud" and act out the song with my model horses and my Barbie dolls. My Johnny West articulated neck Palomino horse "Buckskin" was the "Stud" and my Breye...
Did You See My Daddy Over There(As sung by Eddy Arnold)Written by Bill ShowmetRecorded by Eddy Arnold (1945) 1.A little boy tugged gentlyAt a soldier's khaki sleeve.He said, "Forgive me, mister;But you've been across, I b'lieve.I see the purple heart you wearThat tells what you've been through.Perhaps you know my daddy, sir;'Cause he's a soldier, too." "Did you see my daddy, mister soldier,When...
Click here to hear: Halloween 2009, Part 10 SLAYLISTSITTIN' BY SITTIN' BULL (J. Driftwood)--Eddy Arnold, 1959.THE PURPLE PEOPLE EATER MEETS THE WITCH DOCTOR--Joe South, 1958.THE THING (Grean)--Arthur Godfrey, 1950.THE VOODOO MAN--Del Vikings w. Carl Stevens Orch., 1958.THE BELLS--Billy Ward and His Dominoes, 1952.BIG BAD WOLF (Bartel)--Don Cherry w. Ray Conniff Orch., 1958.LAUGHING OVER MY GRA...