| Folk Song Book | ||||
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| Released | 1964 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
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Folk Song Book is an album by American country music singer Eddy Arnold, with backing vocals by The Needmore Creek Singers. It was released by RCA Victor in 1964. [1]
The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top Country Albums chart on March 14, 1964, peaked at No. 4, and remained on the chart for a total of 24 weeks. [2]
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"You Don't Know Me" is a song written by Eddy Arnold and Cindy Walker in 1955. "You Don't Know Me" was first recorded by Arnold that year and released as a single on April 21, 1956, on RCA Victor. The best-selling version of the song is by Ray Charles, who took it to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1962, after releasing the song on his number 1 album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music. The first version of the song to make the Billboard charts was by Jerry Vale in 1956, peaking at number 14 on the pop chart. Arnold's version charted two months later, released as an RCA Victor single, 47–6502, backed with "The Rockin' Mockin' Bird", which reached number 10 on the Billboard country chart. Cash Box magazine, which combined all best-selling versions at one position, included a version by Carmen McRae that never appeared in the Billboard Top 100 Sides listing.
"Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)" (also known as In Them Old Cotton Fields Back Home) is a song written by American blues musician Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Lead Belly, who made the first recording of the song in 1940.
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 1948.
"Have You Ever Been Lonely? " is a popular song with music by Peter De Rose and lyrics by Billy Hill, published in 1932. It has been recorded by many singers, becoming a standard.
"Make the World Go Away'" is a country pop song composed by Hank Cochran. It has become a Top 40 popular success three times: for Timi Yuro (1963), Eddy Arnold (1965), and the brother-sister duo Donny and Marie Osmond (1975). The original version of the song was recorded by Ray Price in 1963. It has remained a country-crooner standard ever since.
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" is a folk song written by American singer-songwriter Pete Seeger in 1955. Inspired lyrically by the traditional Cossack folk song "Koloda-Duda", Seeger borrowed an Irish melody for the music, and published the first three verses in Sing Out! magazine. Additional verses were added in May 1960 by Joe Hickerson, who turned it into a circular song. Its rhetorical "where?" and meditation on death place the song in the ubi sunt tradition. In 2010, the New Statesman listed it as one of the "Top 20 Political Songs".
"Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" is a song written by John D. Loudermilk. It was first released in 1962 by Don Cherry, as a country song and again as a doo-wop in 1967 by the group The Casinos on its album of the same name, and was a number 6 pop hit that year. The song has since been covered by Eddy Arnold, whose version was a number 1 country hit in 1968, and by Neal McCoy, whose version became a Top 5 country hit in 1996.
"Bouquet of Roses" is a 1948 song written by Steve Nelson (music) and Bob Hilliard (lyrics). It was originally recorded by Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plow Boys and his Guitar in Chicago on May 18, 1947. It was released by RCA Victor as catalogue number 20-2806 and by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalogue numbers BD 1234 and IM 1399. "Bouquet of Roses" was Eddy Arnold's third number one in a row on the Juke Box Folk Record chart and spent 19 weeks on the Best Selling Folk Records chart. In 1949, when RCA Victor introduced its new 45 RPM single format this record was among seven initial releases and the first in the Country and Western category. Arnold would re-record "Bouquet of Roses" several times during his career.
My World is a studio album by country music singer Eddy Arnold. It was released in 1965 by RCA Victor.
Turn the World Around is a studio album by country music singer Eddy Arnold. It was released in 1967 by RCA Victor.
Turn the World Around is a studio album by country music singer Eddy Arnold. It was released in 1967 by RCA Victor.
The Easy Way is an album by American country music singer Eddy Arnold. It was released by RCA Victor in 1965.
The Last Word in Lonesome is an album by American country music singer Eddy Arnold. It was released by RCA Victor in 1966. The music was arranged and conducted by Bill Walker. Chet Atkins was the producer.
Somebody Like Me is an album by American country music singer Eddy Arnold. It was released by RCA Victor in 1966.
Anytime is an album by American country music singer Eddy Arnold. It was released in 1956 by RCA Victor. With the advent of long-playing albums, RCA reissued an expanded version of Arnold's 1952 two-record set. The album collects 12 of Arnold's hit from his early years, including seven records that were number one hits.
Wanderin' with Eddy Arnold is an album by American country music singer Eddy Arnold. It was released in 1955 by RCA Victor. The album consists of Arnold singing American folk songs.
Thereby Hangs a Tale is an album by American country music singer Eddy Arnold. It was released in 1959 by RCA Victor. The album consists of 12 story songs.
The Romantic World of Eddy Arnold is a studio album by country music singer Eddy Arnold. It was released in 1968 by RCA Victor.
Walkin' in Love Land is a studio album by country music singer Eddy Arnold. It was released in 1968 by RCA Victor.
"Green, Green" is a hit single released by American folk music group The New Christy Minstrels on June 4, 1963. It was composed and written by group members Barry McGuire and Randy Sparks and became the group's first hit. Since then, it has been covered by many singers and artists from all over the world.