One Kiss Too Many

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"One Kiss Too Many"
Single by Eddy Arnold
B-side The Echo of Your Footsteps [1]
ReleasedApril 22, 1949 (1949-04-22) [1]
RecordedDecember 22, 1948 (1948-12-22) [2]
Genre Country music
Songwriter(s) Eddy Arnold, Steve Nelson, Ed Nelson Jr.

"One Kiss Too Many" is a song written by Eddy Arnold, Steve Nelson and Ed Nelson Jr. [3] The song was first performed by Arnold and reached number one on the Most-Played Juke Box Folk Records chart (one of the forerunners of the modern Hot Country Songs chart) in 1949, spending three non-consecutive weeks in the top spot. It was one of five number ones which Arnold achieved on the Juke Box Folk chart during 1949. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Victor 21-0051 (10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  2. "Victor matrix D8VB-4106. One kiss too many / Eddy Arnold". Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  3. Shapiro, Nat; Pollock, Bruce (1965). Popular Music: An Annotated Index of American Popular Songs, Volume 2. Adrian Press. p. 296.
  4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 29.