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Date of Birth
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15-May-1918
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Place of Birth
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Henderson
(Chester County, Tennessee)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Eddie Arnold, Richard Edward Arnold, Arnold, Eddy
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Profession
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Singer, Singer-songwriter
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Richard Edward "Eddy" Arnold was an American country music singer who performed for six decades. He was a so-called Nashville sound innovator of the late 1950s, and scored 147 songs on the Billboard country music charts, second only to George Jones. He sold more than 85 million records. A member of the Grand Ole Opry and the Country Music Hall of Fame, Arnold ranked 22nd on Country Music Television's 2003 list of "The 40 Greatest Men of Country Music."
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