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I still turn up the radio on a couple of his songs.

According to RadioDude, he was rated the #1 country artist from 1944 to 1988. Holy cow!

I love this one:

THEN YOU CAN TELL ME GOODBYE

Kiss me each morning for a million years
Hold me each evening by your side
Tell me you'll love me for a million years
Then if it don't work out
Then if it don't work out
Then you can tell me goodbye

Sweeten my coffee with a morning kiss
Soften my dreams with your sighs
Tell me you'll love me for a million years
Then if it don't work out
Then if it don't work out
Then you can tell me goodbye

If you must go, oh no, I won't grieve
If you wait a lifetime before you leave

Then if you must go
Mmm, I won't tell you no
Just so that we can say we tried
Tell me you'll love me for a million years
Then if it don't work out
Then if it don't work out
Then you can tell me goodbye

My dad liked Eddie Arnold. I still remember shortly before he (my dad) died when I was 14 that "Make the World Go Away" was popular and he loved that song.

He was great. I saw him a few times at the Houston Rodeo when I was a kid. I'll have to get out the albums. "Cattle Call" was a classic, of course. Quite a few other good ones, too.

I did not much attach him to a particular song until Meryl Streep sang "You Don't Know Me" in Postcards From the Edge.

I think of him as the best of the not-universally-famous singers (Sinatra, Martin, Bennett, the ones who were known across genres).

I did howl at the end of Mars Attacks, when his "Cattle Call" took out the bad guys in such vivid manner.

"Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" was originally a great song that reached #6 on the pop charts in 1967, then Eddy Arnold made it a country hit in 1968. It was written by the legendary John D. Loudermilk.

I just saw in Wikipedia that John D. Loudermilk is a cousin of the Louvin Brothers, who were born Ira and Charlie Loudermilk, but later changed their names. I was not aware of that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Loudermilk

(edited because it's Eddy, not Eddie)

I thought that was Slim Whitman.......hmmm......gotta look it up. IMDB here I come.

Indian Love Call....Slim Whitman.

Eddy Arnold sang many familiar standards over the years. He often had songs on the country charts that were also hits on the pop music charts. "You Don't Know Me" was co-written by Eddy Arnold and the great Cindy Walker of Mexia, Texas in 1955. When Ray Charles had a brief fling with country music in the early 1960's, he turned "You Don't Know Me" into a hit on the pop charts.

(edited because it's Eddy, not Eddie)

Right on Slim Whitman. Got those Call songs mixed up.

Beebs52 wrote:My dad liked Eddie Arnold. I still remember shortly before he (my dad) died when I was 14 that "Make the World Go Away" was popular and he loved that song.

Mom loves "Make the World Go Away". I "crooned" it for her on the tape I made for her.

Amazingly, she's still talking to me.

She also loves "Cattle Call" and "What's He Doing in My World?".

I would like to thank Mr. Arnold for co-writing "You Don't Know Me". That's one of Brother Ray's best records.