"Eddy's Song" is a 1953 single by

Eddy Arnold Richard Edward Arnold (May 15, 1918 – May 8, 2008) was an American country music singer. He was a Nashville sound (country/popular music) innovator of the late 1950s, and scored 147 songs on the ''Billboard'' country music charts, second onl ...

, written by Charlie Grean and

Cy Coben Seymour "Cy" Coben (4 April 1919 – 26 May 2006) was an American songwriter whose hits were recorded by bandleaders, country singers, and other artists such as The Beatles, Tommy Cooper and Leonard Nimoy. Biography Early life Coben was born i ...

. "Eddy's Song" spent three weeks at number one on the Country & Western chart and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the chart.

Background

The song's lyrics contains the titles of Arnold's best-known songs to that time, intertwined to affirm a man's dedication to his significant other. Included in the song's lyrics are the names of 10 of the 17 number one hits he had achieved on the ''

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'' country charts through late 1952, when Arnold recorded and released the song. Songs included are " Lovebug Itch," "Molly Darling," " I Wanna Play House With You," "Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me," " Bouquet Of Roses," "

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," "There's No Wings On My Angel," " Easy on the Eyes," " There's Been a Change in Me," "

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," " That's How Much I Love You," "

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," "Older and Bolder," "Don't Ever Take the Ribbons From Your Hair," "Rockin' Alone," "Easy Rockin' Chair," "

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," "Chained to a Memory," "Bundle of Southern Sunshine" and " Cuddle Buggin' Baby" "Eddy's Song" went on to become Arnold's 18th No. 1 song on the ''Billboard'' country chart, and was listed as the No. 11 song on the magazine's year-end retail chart for country records and No. 18 for jukebox plays.

References

1953 singles Eddy Arnold songs Songs written by Cy Coben Songs written by Charles Randolph Grean 1953 songs {{1950s-country-song-stub