[Vision2020] Eddy Arnold, Who Transformed Country Music,
Tom Hansen
thansen at moscow.com
Tue May 13 05:56:43 PDT 2008
If y'all would have read the article, you would have realized that he died
of cancer.
I, though, believe he died of a broken heart. His wife of 68 (that's
right, sixty-eight) years died in April.
Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
> Terminal oldness, I imagine. Dude was 90.
>
> -- ACS
>
> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 9:23 PM, Donovan Arnold
> <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > What did he die of?
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Donovan
> >
> >
> >
> > Ted Moffett <starbliss at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.mp3.com/albums/20066295/summary.html
> >
> >
> >
> > --------------------
> >
> > Recall Eddy Arnold's dreamy version of Tex Owens' "Cattle Call," with
what
> > sounds to me like yodeling. I heard this Eddy Arnold performance on a
> > foreign short wave station recently, like a broadcast from another
planet.
> > The Japanese enjoy US country music:
> >
> > http://www.jics.com/
> >
> > For example, Japanese people do not think or say "Disco Sucks!"
or "Country
> > music is for country folk!"
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > http://www.answers.com/topic/tex-owens?cat=entertainment
> >
> > It was Owens' full recording of "Cattle Call," made solo the following
day,
> > that ultimately proved more important, introducing a song he'd written
and
> > copyrighted in Kansas City that year. According to his wife, he'd
written it
> > ahead of a show during a snowstorm when they were stuck at the hotel
where
> > the radio station was headquartered, borrowing the melody from "The
St. Paul
> > Waltz." The song, one of four he recorded in Chicago that day, wasn't a
> > success at the time, and Owens' relationship with Decca ended after
that
> > session. He next recorded ten songs for RCA in September of 1936, none
of
> > which -- including another version of "Cattle Call" -- were issued and
all
> > of which are lost today.
> > ------------------------------------------
> > Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett
> >
> > On 5/12/08, lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Eddy Arnold was great.
> > > Roger
> > > -----Original message-----
> > > From: Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
> > > Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 06:13:38 -0700
> > > To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> > > Subject: [Vision2020] Eddy Arnold, Who Transformed Country Music,
Dies at
> > 89
> > >
> > > > Songs by Eddy Arnold:
> > > >
> > > > "Make the World Go Away"
> > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZf6m_ROIKo
> > > >
> > > > "What's He Doing in My World"
> > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTQDhgECSXU
> > > >
> > > > "Tennessee Stud"
> > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VcnVtvDtG8
> > > >
> > > > "I'll Hold You in My Heart"
> > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_p-_FLE0VY
> > > >
> > > > ---------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > >From today's (May 9, 2008) Spokesman Review -
> > > >
> > > > --------
> > > >
> > > > Eddy Arnold, who transformed country music, dies at 89
> > > >
> > > > Eddy Arnold, the most successful country hit maker of all time, who
> > played
> > > > a crucial role in transforming what had long been
considered "hillbilly
> > > > music" from a rural phenomenon into music with national appeal,
died
> > > > Thursday at 89, a week short of his 90th birthday.
> > > >
> > > > Arnold, an elegant, pop-influenced singer, died at a long-term care
> > > > facility near Nashville, Tenn., family spokesman and Arnold
biographer
> > Don
> > > > Cusic said Thursday. His wife of 66 years, Sally, had died in
March and
> > > > Arnold had broken his hip the same month in a fall at his home.
> > > >
> > > > Determined to transcend the rural poverty he had known as a child
in
> > > > Tennessee, he carved out an identity as an urbane crooner
unrestricted
> > by
> > > > the trappings associated with country music stardom. He has been
> > > > called "the Garth Brooks of his time" for creating the template
still
> > > > followed for country singers who reach beyond a niche audience to
> > capture
> > > > a broad following, a move that angered many traditional country
fans.
> > > >
> > > > "He epitomized how someone could become a huge star in this
genre," Kyle
> > > > Young, director of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in
> > Nashville,
> > > > said Thursday. "He certainly set the bar: He sold 80 million
records,
> > had
> > > > his own TV show, filled in for Johnny Carson as a 'Tonight Show'
host.
> > In
> > > > some ways his career defines what it's like to end up at the top
of the
> > > > heap."
> > > >
> > > > Arnold had a run of 57 consecutive top 10 hits from 1945 to 1954,
among
> > > > them "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms),"
which
> > > > spent more than five months at No. 1 in 1947, and "Bouquet of
Roses,"
> > > > which logged 19 weeks in the top spot the following year. Many of
those
> > > > songs, despite the twangy steel guitars and fiddles under his
voice,
> > > > appealed to large numbers of fans because of his mellow tenor,
which was
> > > > virtually free of a drawl.
> > > >
> > > > "More than anyone in the 1940s, he helped change the image of the
music
> > > > from 'hillbilly' to 'country,' " Robert Hilburn, the Los Angeles
Times'
> > > > former pop music critic, said Thursday. "He ranks with Johnny Cash
as
> > one
> > > > of the great ambassadors of country music."
> > > >
> > > > Arnold's music had a huge effect on succeeding generations of
country
> > > > performers.
> > > >
> > > > "When I was about 15 years old, the only stuff I sang was Eddy
Arnold,"
> > > > George Jones said in a statement Thursday. "He would be just about
my
> > > > whole show. I'd sing 'Bouquet of Roses' and 'I'm Throwing Rice (at
the
> > > > Girl I Love).' All I sang was Eddy until I heard Hank Williams."
> > > >
> > > > Arnold acted as a mentor for younger singers.
> > > >
> > > > "He's given me a lot of advice," Josh Turner wrote in the liner
notes
> > for
> > > > his 2006 album "Your Man," which reached No. 2 on Billboard's
overall
> > > > album chart, "but the one thing that stuck out in my mind when it
came
> > to
> > > > making this record was when he told me, 'You go and record some
love
> > > > songs, because that's what people relate to.' He said, 'The
relationship
> > > > between a woman and a man relates to people better than anything
else.'
> > "
> > > >
> > > > Although Arnold's popularity dipped for a time in the late 1950s
in the
> > > > wake of rock 'n' roll's arrival, it rebounded in the 1960s, after a
> > > > crucial change in the people guiding him musically and
professionally.
> > > > That led to another run of hits that crystallized what became known
> > > > as "the Nashville sound," typified by swelling orchestral
backgrounds
> > and
> > > > female choir voices behind songs such as "Make the World Go Away"
and "I
> > > > Want to Go With You," both No. 1 country hits.
> > > >
> > > > Arnold's career spanned seven decades, from the 1930s, when he
hosted a
> > > > radio show for five years in Memphis, until 1999, when he last
appeared
> > on
> > > > the country singles chart with a duet with then-teenage singer
LeAnn
> > Rimes
> > > > in a new version of his 1955 yodel-laden western hit "Cattle Call."
> > > >
> > > > In the latest edition of Joel Whitburn's "Top Country Songs" volume
> > > > collating Billboard's charts from 1944 to 2005, Arnold is ranked
as the
> > > > No. 1 country artist of all time, logging 146 records in the Top
100 of
> > > > Billboard's country singles chart, 28 of those making it to No. 1.
> > > >
> > > > Richard Edward Arnold, born May 15, 1918, in Henderson, Tenn.,
grew up
> > > > working on his parents' farm, only to see it repossessed during the
> > > > Depression, after which the family became sharecroppers on what
had been
> > > > their own land.
> > > >
> > > > His father died when Eddy was 11, so the boy started singing at
church
> > > > picnics and other events.
> > > >
> > > > "His childhood made such an impression on him," Young said. "I
would say
> > > > he was driven, probably until his last breath, because he was still
> > > > worried that some day he might wake up penniless."
> > > >
> > > > Where other country stars flashed their success with bejeweled
cowboy
> > > > outfits, silver-dollar-covered luxury cars and guitar-shaped
swimming
> > > > pools, Arnold remained the low-key country gentleman, quietly
parlaying
> > > > the money from his hit records into lucrative real estate
investments in
> > > > and around Nashville.
> > > >
> > > > Critic Hilburn said: "He was a humble guy who didn't seem to care
all
> > that
> > > > much about the razzle-dazzle surrounding the music business. He
was just
> > > > into going onstage (or into the studio) and singing his songs and
then
> > > > enjoying his hobbies and private life."
> > > >
> > > > ---------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > Bless you, Eddy, now on tour with the angels
> > > >
> > > > Seeya round town, Moscow.
> > > >
> > > > Tom Hansen
> > > > Moscow, Idaho
> > > >
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