<DIV>Andreas,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It was a joke. But the only Arnolds in my family that have died before 88 years of age did so from gunshot wounds. In fact, not a single Arnold in my family, that I am aware of, has died since my birth. No uncles, no grandparents, no cousins, none, they are all still alive. Kind of weird, huh?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan<BR><BR><B><I>Andreas Schou <ophite@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Terminal oldness, I imagine. Dude was 90.<BR><BR>-- ACS<BR><BR>On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 9:23 PM, Donovan Arnold<BR><DONOVANJARNOLD2005@YAHOO.COM>wrote:<BR>> What did he die of?<BR>><BR>> Best Regards,<BR>><BR>> Donovan<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> Ted Moffett <STARBLISS@GMAIL.COM>wrote:<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>
http://www.mp3.com/albums/20066295/summary.html<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> --------------------<BR>><BR>> Recall Eddy Arnold's dreamy version of Tex Owens' "Cattle Call," with what<BR>> sounds to me like yodeling. I heard this Eddy Arnold performance on a<BR>> foreign short wave station recently, like a broadcast from another planet.<BR>> The Japanese enjoy US country music:<BR>><BR>> http://www.jics.com/<BR>><BR>> For example, Japanese people do not think or say "Disco Sucks!" or "Country<BR>> music is for country folk!"<BR>> ------------------------------<BR>><BR>> http://www.answers.com/topic/tex-owens?cat=entertainment<BR>><BR>> It was Owens' full recording of "Cattle Call," made solo the following day,<BR>> that ultimately proved more important, introducing a song he'd written and<BR>> copyrighted in Kansas City that year. According to his wife, he'd written it<BR>> ahead of a show during a snowstorm when they
were stuck at the hotel where<BR>> the radio station was headquartered, borrowing the melody from "The St. Paul<BR>> Waltz." The song, one of four he recorded in Chicago that day, wasn't a<BR>> success at the time, and Owens' relationship with Decca ended after that<BR>> session. He next recorded ten songs for RCA in September of 1936, none of<BR>> which -- including another version of "Cattle Call" -- were issued and all<BR>> of which are lost today.<BR>> ------------------------------------------<BR>> Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett<BR>><BR>> On 5/12/08, lfalen <LFALEN@TURBONET.COM>wrote:<BR>><BR>> > Eddy Arnold was great.<BR>> > Roger<BR>> > -----Original message-----<BR>> > From: Tom Hansen thansen@moscow.com<BR>> > Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 06:13:38 -0700<BR>> > To: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> > Subject: [Vision2020] Eddy Arnold, Who Transformed Country Music, Dies at<BR>> 89<BR>> ><BR>>
> > Songs by Eddy Arnold:<BR>> > ><BR>> > > "Make the World Go Away"<BR>> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZf6m_ROIKo<BR>> > ><BR>> > > "What's He Doing in My World"<BR>> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTQDhgECSXU<BR>> > ><BR>> > > "Tennessee Stud"<BR>> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VcnVtvDtG8<BR>> > ><BR>> > > "I'll Hold You in My Heart"<BR>> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_p-_FLE0VY<BR>> > ><BR>> > > ---------------------------------------------<BR>> > ><BR>> > > >From today's (May 9, 2008) Spokesman Review -<BR>> > ><BR>> > > --------<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Eddy Arnold, who transformed country music, dies at 89<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Eddy Arnold, the most successful country hit maker of all time, who<BR>> played<BR>> > > a crucial role in
transforming what had long been considered "hillbilly<BR>> > > music" from a rural phenomenon into music with national appeal, died<BR>> > > Thursday at 89, a week short of his 90th birthday.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Arnold, an elegant, pop-influenced singer, died at a long-term care<BR>> > > facility near Nashville, Tenn., family spokesman and Arnold biographer<BR>> Don<BR>> > > Cusic said Thursday. His wife of 66 years, Sally, had died in March and<BR>> > > Arnold had broken his hip the same month in a fall at his home.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Determined to transcend the rural poverty he had known as a child in<BR>> > > Tennessee, he carved out an identity as an urbane crooner unrestricted<BR>> by<BR>> > > the trappings associated with country music stardom. He has been<BR>> > > called "the Garth Brooks of his time" for creating the template still<BR>> > >
followed for country singers who reach beyond a niche audience to<BR>> capture<BR>> > > a broad following, a move that angered many traditional country fans.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > "He epitomized how someone could become a huge star in this genre," Kyle<BR>> > > Young, director of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in<BR>> Nashville,<BR>> > > said Thursday. "He certainly set the bar: He sold 80 million records,<BR>> had<BR>> > > his own TV show, filled in for Johnny Carson as a 'Tonight Show' host.<BR>> In<BR>> > > some ways his career defines what it's like to end up at the top of the<BR>> > > heap."<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Arnold had a run of 57 consecutive top 10 hits from 1945 to 1954, among<BR>> > > them "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)," which<BR>> > > spent more than five months at No. 1 in 1947, and "Bouquet of
Roses,"<BR>> > > which logged 19 weeks in the top spot the following year. Many of those<BR>> > > songs, despite the twangy steel guitars and fiddles under his voice,<BR>> > > appealed to large numbers of fans because of his mellow tenor, which was<BR>> > > virtually free of a drawl.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > "More than anyone in the 1940s, he helped change the image of the music<BR>> > > from 'hillbilly' to 'country,' " Robert Hilburn, the Los Angeles Times'<BR>> > > former pop music critic, said Thursday. "He ranks with Johnny Cash as<BR>> one<BR>> > > of the great ambassadors of country music."<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Arnold's music had a huge effect on succeeding generations of country<BR>> > > performers.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > "When I was about 15 years old, the only stuff I sang was Eddy Arnold,"<BR>> > > George Jones said in a statement Thursday.
"He would be just about my<BR>> > > whole show. I'd sing 'Bouquet of Roses' and 'I'm Throwing Rice (at the<BR>> > > Girl I Love).' All I sang was Eddy until I heard Hank Williams."<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Arnold acted as a mentor for younger singers.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > "He's given me a lot of advice," Josh Turner wrote in the liner notes<BR>> for<BR>> > > his 2006 album "Your Man," which reached No. 2 on Billboard's overall<BR>> > > album chart, "but the one thing that stuck out in my mind when it came<BR>> to<BR>> > > making this record was when he told me, 'You go and record some love<BR>> > > songs, because that's what people relate to.' He said, 'The relationship<BR>> > > between a woman and a man relates to people better than anything else.'<BR>> "<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Although Arnold's popularity dipped for a time in the late 1950s in the<BR>> >
> wake of rock 'n' roll's arrival, it rebounded in the 1960s, after a<BR>> > > crucial change in the people guiding him musically and professionally.<BR>> > > That led to another run of hits that crystallized what became known<BR>> > > as "the Nashville sound," typified by swelling orchestral backgrounds<BR>> and<BR>> > > female choir voices behind songs such as "Make the World Go Away" and "I<BR>> > > Want to Go With You," both No. 1 country hits.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Arnold's career spanned seven decades, from the 1930s, when he hosted a<BR>> > > radio show for five years in Memphis, until 1999, when he last appeared<BR>> on<BR>> > > the country singles chart with a duet with then-teenage singer LeAnn<BR>> Rimes<BR>> > > in a new version of his 1955 yodel-laden western hit "Cattle Call."<BR>> > ><BR>> > > In the latest edition of Joel Whitburn's "Top
Country Songs" volume<BR>> > > collating Billboard's charts from 1944 to 2005, Arnold is ranked as the<BR>> > > No. 1 country artist of all time, logging 146 records in the Top 100 of<BR>> > > Billboard's country singles chart, 28 of those making it to No. 1.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Richard Edward Arnold, born May 15, 1918, in Henderson, Tenn., grew up<BR>> > > working on his parents' farm, only to see it repossessed during the<BR>> > > Depression, after which the family became sharecroppers on what had been<BR>> > > their own land.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > His father died when Eddy was 11, so the boy started singing at church<BR>> > > picnics and other events.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > "His childhood made such an impression on him," Young said. "I would say<BR>> > > he was driven, probably until his last breath, because he was still<BR>> > > worried that some
day he might wake up penniless."<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Where other country stars flashed their success with bejeweled cowboy<BR>> > > outfits, silver-dollar-covered luxury cars and guitar-shaped swimming<BR>> > > pools, Arnold remained the low-key country gentleman, quietly parlaying<BR>> > > the money from his hit records into lucrative real estate investments in<BR>> > > and around Nashville.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Critic Hilburn said: "He was a humble guy who didn't seem to care all<BR>> that<BR>> > > much about the razzle-dazzle surrounding the music business. He was just<BR>> > > into going onstage (or into the studio) and singing his songs and then<BR>> > > enjoying his hobbies and private life."<BR>> > ><BR>> > > ---------------------------------------------<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Bless you, Eddy, now on tour with the angels<BR>> >
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