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"Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me"
Single by Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar
B-sideMama and Daddy Broke My Heart [1]
ReleasedDecember 2, 1949 (1949-12-02) [1]
RecordedSeptember 13, 1949 (1949-09-13) [2]
Genre Country
Length2:34
Label RCA Victor 21-0146 [1]
Songwriter(s) Zeke Clements
Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar singles chronology
" I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl That I Love)"
(1949)
"Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me"
(1949)
" Little Angel with the Dirty Face"
(1950)

"Take Me in Your Arms" is a country music song written by Cindy Walker, sung by Eddy Arnold, and released on the RCA Victor label. In December 1949, it reached No. 1 on the country juke box chart. [3] It spent 17 weeks on the charts and was the No. 7 juke box country record of 1950. [4] [3]

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References

  1. ^ a b c "Victor 21-0146 (10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  2. ^ "Victor matrix D9VB-2233. Take me in your arms and hold me / Eddy Arnold - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  3. ^ a b Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. p. 28. ISBN  0823076326.
  4. ^ "The Year's Top Country & Western Records" (PDF). The Billboard. January 13, 1951. p. 19. Retrieved November 30, 2020.