Eddy Arnold "How's The World Treating You" Single Of The Day

Greetings from Asheville, where good music is always on the turntable, spinning at 33 1/3, 45, or 78 revolutions per minute.  Today’s Single Of The Day actually touches on a previous Single Of The Day from October, 2012.  To date, no one has scored more top ten hits in country music, than Eddy Arnold.  Between 1945 and 1980, Eddy had an incredible ninety-two top ten hits, including twenty-eight number one hits.  Several of his top ten hits from the 1940′s and 1950′s, came as double-sided hits, meaning both sides of the single charted, as is the case, here.

In October, we looked at one of those hits, 1953′s “Free Home Demonstration”, a number four hit during the Summer.  The flip side, “How’s The World Treating You”, did just as well.  Debuting on the chart in July, one month after the flip-side,  it would also peak at number four.

Unlike the flip-side, “How’s The World Treating  You” is a slower ballad, the kind Eddy specialized in, even during his days of singing at a higher key with a traditional arrangement.  Eddy was an outstanding vocalist, period.  But it’s these kinds of songs where he was at  his absolute best.

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Eddy Arnold "How's The World Treating You" Single Of The Day