Eddy Arnold - May Daddy Is Only a Picture

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Contents [hide]
1 Events
1.1 No dates
2 Top hits of the year
2.1 Number one hits
2.2 Other major hits
3 Top new album releases
4 Births
5 Deaths
6 Further reading



[edit] Events
April 3 -- Radio station KWKH of Shreveport, Louisiana airs the Louisiana Hayride for the first time.
May 15 - Billboard magazine begins a sales-based Best Selling Folk Retail Records chart, the magazine's second chart to track the popularity of country songs. The new chart complements the existing Most Played Juke Box Folk Records chart, and begins a practice of multiple charts (and possible simultaneous No. 1 songs) that will continue for the next 10 years.
July 24 — Roy Acuff announces his intent to run for governor of Tennessee. Running as the Republican candidate, he will lose to Democratic candidate Gordon Browning in the November election.

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Eddy Arnold dominates the Billboard magazine charts, scoring five No. 1 songs (six, if one counts Arnold's "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You In My Arms," which had been No. 1 since November 1947). Only Jimmy Wakely's "One Has My Name (the Other Has My Heart)" breaks Arnold's streak. Four other songs by Arnold also make the country charts.

[edit] Top hits of the year

[edit] Number one hits
(As certified by Billboard magazine)

April 8 - "Anytime" - Eddy Arnold
June 5 - "Boquet of Roses" - Eddy Arnold
June 5 - "Texarkana Baby" - Eddy Arnold
September 18 - "Just a Little Lovin' (Will Go a Long, Long Way)" - Eddy Arnold
November 13 - "One Has My Name (the Other Has My Heart)" - Jimmy Wakely
December 25 - "A Heart Full of Love (For a Handful of Kisses)" - Eddy Arnold
Note: Starting May 15, a second chart - the Best Selling Folk Retail Records chart - begins tracking the popularity of country songs, in addition to the Most Played Juke Box Folk Records chart. This means that for the first time, there could be more than one No. 1 hit on a given date.

[edit] Other major hits
Tennessee Waltz - Peewee King and Redd Stewart
Sweeter Than The Flowers - Moon Mullican
Life Gets Teejus Don't It - Carson Robinson
Suspicion - Tex Williams
Never Trust A Woman - Tex Williams
Don't Telegraph (Tell A Woman)- Tex Williams
Humpty Dumpty Heart - Hank Thompson
Deck Of Cards T. - Texas Tyler
What A Fool I Was - Eddy Arnold
My Daddy Is Only A Picture - Eddy Arnold
Then I Turned And Walked Slowly Away - Eddy Arnold
Banjo Polka - Tex Williams
Signed Sealed AND Delivered - Cowboy Copas
Tennessee Moon - Cowboy Copas
Blue Shadows On The Trail - Roy Rogers
Seaman's Blues - Ernest Tubb
Forever Is Ending Today - Ernest Tubb
Rye Whiskey - Tex Ritter
Rock and Rye Rag - Tex Ritter
Buttons And Bows - Gene Autry
Honky Tonkin' - Hank Williams
Bubbles In My Beer - Bob Wills
Waltz Of The Wind - Roy Acuff
Who Me? - Tex Williams
I Love You So Much It Hurts - Floyd Tillman
Green Light - Hank Thompson
Chime Bells - Elton Britt
Cool Water - Sons Of The Pioneers
Peepin' Through The Keyhole - Cliffie Stone
I'm My Own Grandpa - Lonzo and Oscar
Molly Darling - Eddy Arnold
Doghouse Boogie - Hawkshaw Hawkins
Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello - Ernest Tubb
Have You Ever Been Lonely - Ernest Tubb