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NASHVILLE — Eddy Arnold, the gentleman crooner who took country music uptown and sold more than 85 million recordings over seven decades, died Thursday. He was 89.
Eddy Arnold, Country Singer, Is Dead
Seeded on Thu May 8, 2008 4:44 PM EDT
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At the heart of Mr. Arnold's appeal was his lustrous, purling singing voice. Unlike many of his Nashville peers, he sang not through his nose but from his diaphragm. Influenced by crooners like Bing Crosby and Gene Autry, he favored romantic ballads and novelties over songs about drinking and cheating. Intimacy was his calling card.
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#1 - Thu May 8, 2008 4:47 PM EDTMy father had every record Eddie Arnold ever made. Another voice from my childhood is silenced.
Now, when I was a kid, I sometimes had trouble distinguishing between Eddie Arnold and Roger Miller. Dang me!
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#2 - Thu May 8, 2008 8:37 PM EDTMy most rememberable song for me that Eddy Arnold made was "Bouque of Roses" My best friends mother was a real country/western lover and had all of his records, but it seemed that every time I was at my friends that record was playing.
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#3 - Sat May 10, 2008 12:02 PM EDTMaybe there is some type of universal message within the significance of hearing that song?
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