And we’ve lost another Country great. Eddy Arnold sold 85 million records and charted 28 #1 hits including “Make the World Go Away” and “Cattle Call.”
Arnold bridged the gap between his “cowboy country” fan-base of the late 1940’s and the popular crooners of the 1950s. When country music started bedazzling its outfits and getting rowdier and more flippant, Arnold stuck with simple, classy suits and a demure, gentlemanly disposition.
When Merle Haggard was singing “The Fightin’ Side of Me” and Johnny Cash was notoriously intemperate, Eddy Arnold was still singing love songs with class.
Here’s Eddy singing “Cattle Call” on TNN’s “Salute to the 1950’s” show. He ain’t young, but he’s still got it. [click here if reading in RSS]
UPDATE: The New English Review’s Iconoclast blog has several links to Eddy Arnold videos.
Permalink |
Technorati Tags: cattle call, country music, cowboy songs, eddy arnold, make the world go away
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
I believe I remember him best for an advertising campaign that was popular when I was growing up using the words, “I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.” My mind is full of cob webs these days, but I believe Eddie Arnold was the one involved. :)
Was he part of that campaign? I don’t know either… hmm.