I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)

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"I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)"
Single by Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys
B-side Don't Bother to Cry [1]
PublishedMay 15, 1947 (1947-05-15) by Adams, Vee and Abbott, Inc., Chicago [2]
ReleasedJune 30, 1947 (1947-06-30) [1]
RecordedMay 18, 1947 (1947-05-18) [3]
Studio RCA Victor Studio, 30 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago [3]
Genre Country
Length2:33
Label RCA Victor 20-2332 [1]
Songwriter(s) Eddy Arnold, Hal Horton and Tommy Dilbeck [2]
Producer(s) Stephen H. Sholes [3]
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys singles chronology
"It's A Sin"
(1947)		"I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)"
(1947)		"To My Sorrow"
(1947)

"I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)" is a 1947 song by Eddy Arnold. The song was Eddy Arnold's third number one on the Billboard Juke Box Folk Records chart. "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)" spent 46 weeks on the chart and 21 weeks at number one. [4] The song also served as Arnold's first crossover hit, peaking at number 22 on the Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart.

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Writers

It was written by Eddy Arnold, Hal Horton and Tommy Dilbeck and first recorded by Eddy Arnold in 1947. It went to number one on the country charts and stayed there for 21 weeks, making it the 2nd longest running number one country hit of all time. (It actually tied "I'm Movin' On" by Hank Snow and "In the Jailhouse Now" by Webb Pierce but they are listed 1-2-3 on the all-time chart.)

The Arnold version was the first of three songs through the mid 1950s to spend 21 weeks at No. 1. In 1950, Hank Snow's "I'm Movin' On" would match the record, and in 1955, their record would become jointly held by Webb Pierce with his cover of Jimmie Rodgers' "In the Jailhouse Now." For 58 years, nobody would match their shared record until August 2013, when – thanks to methodology changes in how Billboard tabulated its Hot Country Songs chart (airplay, music downloads and online streaming) – "Cruise" by Florida Georgia Line matched the record of 21 weeks at No. 1. On August 10, "Cruise" spent its 22nd week at No. 1, surpassing the Arnold, Snow and Pierce songs for most weeks at No. 1.

Covers

Among others the songs was covered by:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Victor 20-2332 (10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  2. 1 2 Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1947). Catalog of Copyright Entries 1947 Published Music Jan-Dec 3D Ser Vol 1 Pt 5A. United States Copyright Office. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
  3. 1 2 3 "Victor matrix D7VB-0732. I'll hold you in my heart (till I can hold you in my arms) / Eddy Arnold - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 29.
  5. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN   978-0-89820-177-2.
  6. ↑ "Jan Howard Chart History -- Country Songs". Billboard . Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  7. ↑ Bob Graham, "Hi-Lo Cowboys at Home on the Range" San Francisco Chronicle, January 15, 1999. http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Hi-Lo-Cowboys-at-Home-on-the-Range-Harrelson-2951762.php
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