| Richard Edward Arnold, born May 15th on a farm near Madisonville, Chester County, Tennesse, U.S.A.. Arnold's mother and father played fiddle and guitar, respectively, and he learned guitar as a child. His father died on Eddy's eleventh birthday and he left school to work on the farm. By the end of the year, the bank foreclosed, and the farm was sold but the family stayed on as sharecroppers. Deciding that such a thing as poverty would not happen to him again, he turned to music and began playing in local clubs, at local dances. In 1936, working with a fiddle playing friend, Speedy McNatt, he made his debut on local radio WJTS. Between 1940 and 1943 he he was a member of Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys. Late in 1943 as ":The Tennessee Plowboy" he launched his solo career. Between 1945 and 1955 he had 21 number one hits, among 68 US Music charts. This song, sung by Eddy Arnold was recorded in 1962. Please enjoy Eddy's version...In 1966 Eddy was inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame. All music is copyrighted. God Bless All. |
