ARNOLD, EDDY
(*1918)
ARNOLD, EDDY (b. Richard Evert A., near Henderson, Tenn., May 15, 1918) Originally a HONKY-TONK crooner, Arnold became one of the most successful crossover artists of the 1960s, championing the NASHVILLE SOUND on a series of middle-of-the-road hits. The son of an old-time fiddler father and a guitar-playing mother, Arnold took up the GUITAR at age ten, abandoning his schooling soon after to help on his family's farm during the Depression years. After playing at local dances, Arnold was hired to…