Ultimate Eddy Arnold

Performer: Eddy Arnold
Distributor: BMG (distributor)

Notes: Producers: Chet Atkins, Steve Sholes, Charles Grean. Compilation producer: Rob Santos. Recorded between 1946 & 1967. Includes liner notes by Rich Kienzle. Liner Note Author: Rich Kienzle. Recording information: 03/20/1946-04/24/1967. Unknown Contributor Roles: Eddy Arnold; Tennessee Plowboy & His Guitar; Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys; Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra; Hugo Winterhalter. Arranger: Bill Walker . Another chapter in it the BMG Heritage "Ultimate" series, the Eddy Arnold volume has virtually everything any "common" fan, or mid-level country music historian, would ever want on a single disc. Twenty Top Three singles covering 21 years of Arnold's tenure with RCA are compiled here with completely remastered sound. From "What Is Life Without Love," which topped the country charts in 1946, to "I Wanna Play House with You" in 1951, to "Make the World Go Away" in 1965, and beyond, they are all here. Liner notes were written by Rich Kienzle and added to by Chet Atkins. For anyone curious about Arnold -- and there is a lot to be curious about -- this is an awesome place to start. ~ Thom Jurek

Cited in the 1990s by Billboard as the most successful artist in the history of the magazine's country charts, Eddy Arnold's career spanned a practically unfathomable eight decades. With gentle humor and a brand of hillbilly-flecked country made haunting by dulcet, almost jazz-crooner vocals, Arnold swiftly found a home at the Grand Ol' Opry. By the late-1940s, the "Tennessee Ploughboy" was a genuine hitmaker and a frequent collaborator of fellow legend Chet Atkins. After fading away for a spell, he returned in the 1960s with a pioneering string-oriented sound, scoring his signature hit, 1965's "Make the World Go Away." Arnold continued recording music nearly up until his death in 2008, just shy of his 90th birthday.

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