caption death_date death_place years_active alias label article_title name background birth_date instrument genre image origin birth_name occupation
arnold in 1969 . 8 may 2008 nashville , tennessee , united states 1937 -- 1998 ; 2005 the tennessee plowboy rca 1976 & ndash ; 2008 -rrb- mgm records -lrb- 1973 victor & ndash ; 1976 -rrb- -lrb- 1944 & ndash ; 1972 ; eddy arnold
 eddy arnold solo_singer 15 may 1918 guitar , banjo country music , gospel music , pop music file : eddie arnold 1969.jpg henderson , tennessee , united states richard edward arnold singer , songwriter , tv host , actor
eddy arnold

richard edward `` eddy '' arnold -lrb- may 15 , 1918 -- may 8 , 2008 -rrb- was an american country music singer who performed for six decades .
he was a so-called nashville sound -lrb- country/popular music -rrb- 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 -lrb- beginning 1943 -rrb- and the country music hall of fame -lrb- beginning 1966 -rrb- , arnold ranked 22nd on country music television 's 2003 list of `` the 40 greatest men of country music . ''
