Country crooner Eddy Arnold has died at 89
“The Tennessee Plowboy,” Eddy Arnold, has died days short of his 90th birthday. His mellow baritone on songs like “Make the World Go Away” made him one of the most successful country singers in history. Arnold died at a care facility near Nashville, Thursday morning.
Sadly his wife of 66 years, Sally, had died in March, and in the same month, Arnold fell outside his home, injuring his hip.
Arnold style was folksy yet sophisticated, and he became a pioneer of “The Nashville Sound,” also called “countrypolitan,” a mixture of country and pop styles. He was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1966. The following year he was the first person to receive the entertainer of the year award from the Country Music Association.
