Eddy Arnold
Actor
- Born
- May 15, 1918 · Henderson, Tennessee, USA
- Died
- May 8, 2008 (age 89)
Richard Edward "Eddy" Arnold (May 15, 1918 – May 8, 2008) was an American country music singer who performed for six decades. He was a Nashville sound (country/popular music) 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 (beginning 1943) and the Country Music Hall of Fame (beginning 1966), Arnold ranked 22nd on Country Music Television's 2003 list of "The 40 Greatest Men of Country Music".
Known for
Acting8
- 2019My Music: A Classic Christmas as Self (archive footage)
- 2007Opry Video Classics: Pioneers as Self (archive footage)
- 2002The Definitive Elvis: Elvis and the Colonel as Self
- 1977Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
- 1968Carol Channing and 101 Men as Self
- 1952Smokey the Bear as Singer
- 1950Hoedown as Eddy Arnold
- 1949Feudin' Rhythm as Eddy Arnold