There's Been a Change in Me (1951-1955)

There's Been a Change in Me (1951-1955)

by Eddy Arnold
There's Been a Change in Me (1951-1955)

There's Been a Change in Me (1951-1955)

by Eddy Arnold

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Overview

Eddy Arnold's approach to country and his rich, expressive baritone voice always seemed closer to pop singers like Bing Crosby and Perry Como than it did to more rustic country stars like Hank Snow and Ernest Tubb, and he worked with pop songwriters out of New York as much or more than he used Nashville ones. His approach reaped dividends, certainly, and he charted countless hits in an a truly astounding seven-decade career, and if he was never fully embraced by the public as a pop singer, he brought a kind of urbane dignity and grace to country music in the bargain, prefiguring the so-called Nashville countrypolitan sound as early as 1955. This expansive seven-disc, 166-track box charts Arnold's RCA Victor years from 1951 to 1955, and it reveals a fascinating transformation from Arnold's early tenure as a hillbilly singer to his later stance as the man who melted country and pop together into what was essentially a whole new musical form. The early stuff here, like the opening track "Tennessee Hillbilly Ghost," is surprisingly sturdy and energetic, and shows that Arnold could have easily made a successful career out of the rustic material that most country singers turned to, but he was really after something else, and possessing a near faultless ear for a good song, he went in an entirely different direction, and by the time he recorded songs like "I Walked Alone Last Night," with its beautiful string ensemble backing, he was just a sweater or two away from being Perry Como. Still, Arnold never completely turned his back on Nashville, keeping his home base there, and he continued to record songs like Floyd Tillman's "I Love You So Much It Hurts" and Merle Travis' lovely "Bayou Lullaby," giving them a kind of easy and sincere smoothness. He also foresaw the urban folk revival in 1955 when he released a wonderful album of traditional material, and his beautifully orchestrated and elegantly dressed up re-imagining of folk classics like "The Wayfaring Stranger," which is included here, are among his finest tracks. Also worth noting are Arnold's versions of the slow waltz "I Wish I Knew," "(Now and Then, There's) A Fool Such as I," the organ-laced "You Always Hurt the One You Love" and Tommy Dilbeck's "This Is the Thanks I Get (For Loving You)," which is represented here in five versions that show the evolution of Arnold's approach to the song. As usual, Bear Family Records captures it all, and this is simply a gorgeously produced and annotated set that no Eddy Arnold fan will want to skip. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date: 11/14/2008
Label: Bear Family Records
UPC: 4000127165381
Rank: 116778

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Tennessee Hillbilly Ghost
  2. Rollin' and Tossin
  3. I Wanna Play House with You
  4. Call Her Your Sweetheart
  5. He Knows
  6. Puppy Love
  7. I Wish I Knew
  8. Heart Strings
  9. Bundle of Southern Sunshine
  10. When You and I Were Young, Maggie
  11. A Sinner's Prayer
  12. I Wanna Play House with You
  13. Roll Along Kentucky Moon
  14. Trouble in Mind
  15. When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again
  16. No One Will Ever Know
  17. Wild Flower
  18. White Azaleas
  19. I'll Still Belong to You
  20. Somebody's Been Beating My Time
  21. That Little Boy of Mine
  22. Open Thy Merciful Arms
  23. The Old Rugged Cross
  24. Have Thine Own Way, Lord
  25. Take My Hand, Precious Lord

Disc 2

  1. Anything That's Part of You
  2. Easy on the Eyes
  3. This Is the Thanks I Get (For Loving You)
  4. That's What Love Is All About
  5. Someone Calls Me Daddy
  6. (Don't Ever Take The) Ribbons from Your Hair
  7. A Full Time Job
  8. Shepherd of My Heart
  9. You Gotta Be Mine
  10. Puppy Love
  11. I'll Do as Much for You Someday
  12. Have Thine Own Way, Lord
  13. My Desire
  14. When I've Done My Best
  15. I Want to Thank You Lord
  16. Smokey the Bear
  17. Horace the Horse
  18. I'd Trade All of My Tomorrows
  19. Older and Bolder
  20. Lovin' Up a Storm
  21. The Missouri Waltz
  22. Condemned Without Trial
  23. You Always Hurt the One You Love
  24. Moonlight and Roses
  25. I'm Waiting for Ships That Never Come In
  26. The Old Rugged Cross
  27. Have Thine Own Way, Lord
  28. Someday, Somewhere
  29. Today (Evening Song)

Disc 3

  1. Angry
  2. I Got Bad News for You
  3. When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver
  4. I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away the Key)
  5. Ready, Willing and Able
  6. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
  7. Eddy's Song
  8. This Is the Thanks I Get (For Loving You)
  9. If I Never Get to Heaven
  10. Your Left Over Kisses
  11. How's the World Treating You
  12. Free Home Demonstration
  13. A Second Fling
  14. Mama, Come Get Your Baby Boy
  15. I Really Don't Want to Know
  16. I'll Never Get Over You
  17. My Everything
  18. Unfaithful Love
  19. It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)
  20. Crying in the Chapel
  21. Beyond the Sunset
  22. I Really Don't Want to Know
  23. Whispering Hope
  24. The Chapel on the Hill
  25. This Is the Thanks I Get (For Loving You)
  26. I Was Foolish When I Fell in Love with You
  27. Through a Stranger's Eyes
  28. My Everything

Disc 4

  1. The Chapel on the Hill
  2. Robe of Calvary
  3. Prayer
  4. I Called on the Master
  5. 'Twas the Dawn of a Beautiful Day
  6. When It's Round-Up Time in Heaven
  7. The Touch of God's Hand
  8. Just Call Me Lonesome
  9. Hep Cat Baby
  10. The Mills of the Gods
  11. A Dozen Hearts
  12. When You Said Goodbye
  13. Hep Cat Baby
  14. If She Will
  15. Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young
  16. This Is the Thanks I Get (For Loving You)
  17. When You Said Goodbye
  18. No One to Cry To
  19. Shame on You
  20. Cold Cold Heart
  21. So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed
  22. I Love You So Much It Hurts
  23. Christmas Can't Be Far Away
  24. Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)
  25. Sittin' on Santa Claus' Lap
  26. Slow Poke

Disc 5

  1. You Can't Be True Dear
  2. (Now and Then, There's) A Fool Such as I
  3. Tennessee Waltz
  4. Do You Miss Me
  5. Don't Forget
  6. I've Been Thinking
  7. I Always Have Someone to Turn To
  8. I Wouldn't Know Where to Begin
  9. I'm Your Private Santa Claus
  10. I Don't Hurt Anymore
  11. (Gonna Get Myself A) Brand New Sandman
  12. Two Kinds of Love
  13. In Time
  14. Each Time You Leave
  15. It Took a Miracle
  16. A Present for Santa Claus
  17. The Horse in Striped Pajamas
  18. Why Daddy?
  19. Unchained Melody
  20. His Hands
  21. Silver Moon
  22. Making Believe

Disc 6

  1. The Cattle Call
  2. The Richest Man
  3. The Kentuckian Song
  4. I Walked Alone Last Night
  5. Home on the Range
  6. Wanderin'
  7. On Top of Old Smokey
  8. Sweet Betsy from Pike
  9. The Lonesome Road
  10. The Wayfaring Stranger
  11. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
  12. Barbara Allen
  13. Across the Wide Missouri
  14. Down in the Valley
  15. Red River Valley
  16. I Gave My Love a Cherry
  17. Careless Love
  18. The Rovin' Gambler
  19. If She Will
  20. That Do Make It Nice
  21. I'll Be Satisfied
  22. I'll Be Satisfied
  23. Do You Know Where God Lives?
  24. Bayou Lullaby
  25. You Don't Know Me

Disc 7

  1. Puppy Love
  2. Heart Strings
  3. Bundle of Southern Sunshine
  4. Trouble in Mind
  5. Trouble in Mind
  6. Wild Flower
  7. I'll Still Belong to You
  8. Somebody's Been Beating My Time
  9. Have Thine Own Way, Lord
  10. This Is the Thanks I Get (For Loving You)
  11. This Is the Thanks I Get (For Loving You)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Eddy Arnold   Primary Artist,Bandleader,Guitar,Vocals
Irving Finkstein   Violin
Ivan Leroy 'Little Roy' Wiggins   Guitar (Steel)
J. Vic Willis   Piano
James Ulysis 'Guy' Willis   Guitar
John Guarniori   Piano
John W. Kline   Viola
Joyce McIlvaiin   Violin
Jules Whiteman   Viola
David Novales   Violin
Bernard Kaufman   Saxophone
Maurice Hershaft   Violin
Ernest Ernie Newton   Bass
Lillian Clark   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Howard Kay   Viola
William Guilford Wright, Jr.   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Maurice Wilk   Violin
Samuel Hollingsworth   Bass
Ivan LeRoy Wiggins   Guitar (Steel)
Martin Lake   Cello
Sylvan Shulman   Violin
James "Guy" Willis   Guitar
Felix Orlewitz   Violin
Lucien Schmit   Cello
Marvin H. Hughes   Organ,Piano,Celeste
George "Funky" Brown   Viola
Bettye McCormack   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Vic Willis   Piano,Accordion
Allen Hanlon   Guitar
Seymour Miroff   Violin
Tony Gottuso   Guitar
Ralph Nyland   Vocals,Choir/Chorus,Vocals
"Papa" John Gordy   Piano
Sylvia Textor   Vocals,Choir/Chorus,Vocals
Jack Brown   Vocals,Choir/Chorus,Vocals
David A. Vogel   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Robert Spiro   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Louis Innes   Guitar
Allan Hanlon   Guitar
Arthur Berv   French Horn
Betty McCormick   Vocals
C. R. 'Skeeter' Willis   Fiddle
Cy Levitan   Piano
David Vogel   Vocals
Ed Stover   Violin
Eddie Litvin   Organ
Marty Gold   Piano,Celeste,Bandleader,Organ
Jimmy Leyden   Vocals
Keith Booth   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Marilyn Palmer   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Maurice Golodner   Violin
Merrill Ostrus   Vocals
Milton Prinz   Cello
Ovid Collins   Violin
Polk Moore   Drums
Thomas D. Thomas   Cello
Walden Wilber   French Horn
Walter Lenk   Drums
Lois Winter   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Frank Carroll   Bass
Danny Perri   Guitar
Clifford Leeman   Drums
Al Chernet   Banjo,Guitar,Guitar (Rhythm)
Chet Atkins   Guitar,Guitar (Electric)
Jack Saunders   Drums,Vibraphone
Louise Innes   Guitar
Millie Kirkham   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Harry Glickman   Violin
Jack Shook   Guitar,Guitar (Rhythm)
Samuel Persoff   Viola
Howard Carpenter   Violin
Lillian Hunt   Violin
Wilda Tinsley   Violin
Dorothy Ann Dillard   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Walter L. Garland   Banjo,Guitar (Electric)
Henry Ross   Saxophone
Farris Coursey   Drums
John Rossi   French Horn
Hugo Winterhalter   Bandleader
Harold Feldman   Saxophone
Phil Kraus   Drums,Vibraphone
Chuck Wright   Bass
Louis Dean Nunley   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
George Barnes   Guitar (Electric)
Charles Randolph Grean   Bass,Bandleader
Harold Bradley   Guitar (Electric)
Anita Kerr   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Marcia Neil   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Douglas Kirkham   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
James Burks   Vibraphone
Brock Speer   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
George Duvivier   Bass
Hank Garland   Banjo,Guitar (Electric)
Terry Snyder   Drums

Technical Credits

Glenn Wagoner   Composer
H. & M. Brunies   Composer
Helen Hudgins   Composer
J. Butterfield   Composer
J. O. Bellah Jr   Composer
Jimmie Clark   Composer
John Valentine Eppel   Composer
R.J. Jones   Composer
Dorothy Donnelly   Composer
Bill Carver   Composer
J.L. Frank   Composer
E. Reinald Schumann   Photography,Illustrations
Packy Smith   Photography,Illustrations
Michael Streissguth   Liner Notes,Biographical Information
Virgil Brock   Composer
Mychael Gerstenberger   Artwork
Andreas Merck   Photo Scanning
Steve Nelson   Composer
Cotton Bend   Composer
Daniel Gersdorf   Photo Restoration
R.A. Andreas   Photography,Illustrations
Red Rowe   Composer
Adelaide A. Pollard   Composer
Don Whiston   Composer,Composer
Jimmy Leyden Singers and Orchestra   Contractor
George C. Stebbins   Composer
Leon Merritt   Composer
Paul Klein   Composer
Eddy Arnold   Composer,Leader
Fred E. Ahlert   Composer
Fred White   Composer
Vic Willis   Composer
Ervin Drake   Composer
Wayne King   Composer
Hy Zaret   Composer
Robert Arthur   Composer
Peter DeRose   Composer
Roy Bennett   Composer
Richard Weize   Discography,Tape Research,Reissue Producer
Benny Meroff   Composer
Glenn Spencer   Composer
Gerhard Ebeler   Composer
Dave Bohme   Composer,Composer
Frank Team   Composer,Composer
Ben Black   Composer
Blanche Brock   Composer
Sidney Sornoff   Composer
John W. Peterson   Composer
Ralph Wingert   Composer,Composer
Ace Nash   Composer
Alberta McEnery   Composer
Alvin Alton   Composer
Avis Allen   Composer
Conrad Brady   Composer
Dave Kenner   Composer
Ebeler   Composer
Ed Thorp   Composer
Edward Lisbona   Composer
Elaine Rivers   Composer
Floyd F. Wilson   Composer
Frances Kane   Composer
Gerry Teifer   Composer
Marty Gold   Leader,Composer
Nathaniel Shilkret   Composer
Redd Stewart   Composer
Rex Griffin   Composer
Mecum   Composer
Mel Foree   Composer
Space Cooley   Composer
Leon Payne   Composer
Artie Glenn   Composer
Lacy   Composer
Marie Peterson   Composer
Merle Moore   Composer
Mykil Nagel   Composer
Otten   Composer
Robert St. Clair   Composer
Sandy Oakton   Composer
Sid Sornoff   Composer
Juergen Crasser   Mastering
Howard Barnes   Composer
Barbara Cross   Composer
Wiley Walker   Composer
Sigmund Romberg   Composer
Allie Wrubel   Composer
Zeke Clements   Composer
Alice Hawthorne   Composer
Tex Owens   Composer
Bob Nolan   Composer
Bill Trader   Composer
Ike Cargill   Composer
Chilton Price   Composer
J. R. Shannon   Composer
Jimmie Davis   Composer
Jack Wolf   Composer
Cy Coben   Composer
Ed Nelson, Jr.   Composer
Bill Halley   Composer
Jimmy Shirl   Composer
Fred Ebb   Composer
Boudleaux Bryant   Composer
Chet Atkins   Composer
Jack Rollins   Composer
Jack Yellen   Composer
Kathleen Twomey   Composer
Danny Hill   Composer
Abe Olman   Composer
Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey   Composer
Tim Spencer   Composer
Alberta Hunter   Composer
Bob Miller   Composer
Joan Javits   Composer
Henry Ross   Contractor
Gene Sullivan   Composer
Charlie Adams   Composer
Charlie Tobias   Composer
Joe Young   Composer
Walter Hirsch   Composer
Merle Travis   Composer
Pee Wee King   Composer
Scotty Wiseman   Composer
Hugo Winterhalter   Leader
Jenny Carson   Composer
Neil Moret   Composer
Roy Botkin   Composer
Jimmie Hodges   Composer
Jessie Mae Robinson   Composer
Richard M. Jones   Composer
Jim Eaton   Composer
Cotton   Composer
Cindy Walker   Composer
Norman Leyden   Composer
Jimmy Work   Composer
Joe Allison   Composer
Eddie Kirk   Composer
Cliffie Stone   Composer
Foy Willing   Composer
Beasley Smith   Composer
Mort Dixon   Composer
Cassard   Composer
Griffin   Composer
George Bennard   Composer
Charles Randolph Grean   Leader,Composer
Fred Rose   Composer
Doris Fisher   Composer
Don Robertson   Composer
Gene Austin   Composer
Floyd Tillman   Composer
Tommy Dilbeck   Composer
Jim Odom   Composer
Hank Williams   Composer
Wilson   Composer
Stuart Hamblen   Composer
Herbert "Happy" Lawson   Composer
Sunny Clapp   Composer
Thelma Blackmon   Composer
A.B. Green   Composer
Dave Sax   Tape Comparison
Alex North   Composer
Larry Wilcox   Arranger
Hal Blair   Composer
Allan Roberts   Composer
Alfred Bryan   Composer
Spade Cooley   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Stephen H. Sholes   Producer
Terry Shand   Composer
Sid Tepper   Composer
Sid Robin   Composer
Johnny Marks   Composer
Steve Sholes   Producer,Audio Production
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