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Eddy Arnold

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Eddy Arnold was born on May 15, 1918 in Henderson, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), Groundhog Day (1993) and The Brave One (2007). He was married to Sally Gayhart. He died on May 8, 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

He performed wearing a tuxedo or other traditional jacket, rather than the typical glitzy "country" outfit.

Was one of the volunteer searchers who found the wreckage of his friend and fellow Country Music star Jim Reeves' plane on August 2, 1964, two days after it crashed. Several pictures show Arnold at the sight with several other searchers, with a blanket over Reeves' body, shortly after it was found.
One of country music's most beloved performers, with a smooth baritone voice and relaxed style, his many hits, all of them on RCA Victor, include: "Cattle Call," "What Is Life Without Love?," "Bouquet of Roses," "Make the World Go Away," "Turn the World Around," "Anytime," "Will Santy Come to Shanty Town?," "Lonely Again," "I Want to Go With You," "Here Comes My Baby," and "What's He Doing in My World?".
He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 2000 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.
According to Billboard Magazine, holds the record for most Top 10 hits on the Country Charts (92), and the most weeks with songs at the #1 position on the Country Charts (145).
He avoided the nasal twang of many country singers, and sang with a fuller, richer tone that appealed to a wider audience.

When I finally put my guitar in the case the last time, I want to be remembered just as a singer, not as a country singer or pops singer - just a singer.
Touring is really a pretty lonely business.
(On singing with string-based orchestras to create what became known as "the Nashville sound") I got to thinking, if I just took the same kind of songs I'd been singing and added violins to them, I'd have a new sound.....They [the country music establishment] cussed me, but the disc jockeys grabbed it.....The artists began to say, "Aww, he's left us". Then, within a year, they were doing it!
I had recorded with a little group for so long that there wasn't anything for me to do from an instrumental standpoint. I had to be reborn.
Don't be afraid to fall flat on your face.

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