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Eddy Arnold

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Richard Edward Arnold, known professionally as Eddy Arnold, was among the most popular country music singers in American history and helped create the Nashville sound during the late 1950s. He sold more than 85 million records and had 147 songs on the top charts, including 28 number one hits on Billboard’s Country Singles chart. Arnold transcended changing musical tastes for more than 50 years, and his later concerts attracted three generations of fans.

In the 1960s, Arnold began performing with symphony orchestras in virtually every major city: New Yorkers jammed Carnegie Hall for two concerts, he appeared in Hollywood at the Coconut Grove, and had long, sold-out engagements in Las Vegas and Lake Tahoe. In the 1970s, while at MGM Records, Arnold posted several Top 40 hits, including 1974’s Top 20 hit, “I Wish That I Had Loved You Better.” A member of the Grand Ole Opry and the Country Music Hall of Fame, Eddy Arnold ranked 22nd on County Music Television’s 2003 list of The 40 Greatest Men of Country Music.

• Birth name: Richard Edward Arnold
• Also known as: The Tennessee Plowboy
• Born: May 15, 1918
• Origin: Henderson, Tennessee, USA
• Died: May 8, 2008 (aged 89)
• Genres: country music, gospel music, pop music
• Occupations: singer, songwriter, TV host, actor
• Instruments: guitar, banjo
• Years active: 1937 –1999
• Labels: RCA Records (1944–1970s; 1976–2008) MGM Records (1970s–1976)
• Website: www.eddyarnold.com

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Cline writer Cochran dies aged 74
BBC Entertainment, 2010-07-16 10:48:34
Songwriter Hank Cochran, who composed hits for country singers including Patsy Cline and Eddy Arnold, dies aged 74.

Country songwriter Hank Cochran dies at 74
MSNBC Entertainment, 2010-07-15 20:30:08
The consummate songwriter composed a string of country hits including "Make the World Go Away" for Eddy Arnold, Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces" and George Strait's "Ocean Front Property."

Country Songwriter Hank Cochran Dead at 74
Billboard, 2010-07-15 20:06:00
  Hank Cochran, a consummate songwriter who composed a string of country hits including "Make the World Go Away" for Eddy Arnold, has died. He was 74.