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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Biography is, at best, a flawed attempt to define the life and work of an individual . This biography reached a lesser degree of imperfection only with the assistance of people. I am indebted to many. Ahead of all help, of course, was Eddy Arnold, who spent five days patiently reviewing his life with me. Hiscandor, sharp memory, and willingness to engage my sometimes uncomfortable questions make this a better book. My special thanks are also due to Eddy's wife, Sally Arnold, daughter Jo Ann Pollard, manager Jerry Purcell, and assistant Roberta Edging. A partial measure of a man, someone once said, is the people with whom he associates. Colleagues and friends of Eddy, some of whom go back to his Chester County childhood, displayed a graciousness to me befitting Eddy Arnold. Thanks to: Trigger Alpert, Chet Atkins, Odessia Austin, Brenton Banks, Gordon Bossin, Harold Bradley, Owen Bradley, Tauso Branch, Jack Burgess, Jerry Carrigan, Eva Clifford, Cy Coben, Carolina Cotton, Chick Crumpacker, Joe Csida, Bob Davie, Danny Davis, Don DeLacy, Dolly Denny, J.W.Denny, Danny Dill, Ann Dodelin, Ray Edenton, Bob Ferguson, Jim Foglesong, Joe Gallante, Marty Gold, Lou Grasmick, Charles Grean, George Hamilton IV, Johnny Hicks, Tommy Ivo, Betty Johnson, Moselle and Robert Jones, Anita Kerr, Millie Kirkham, Sheldon Kurland, Exie Latham, John Loudermilk, Jim Malloy, Bob McCluskey,Brad McCuen, Don McNatt, Lynn McNatt, Melton McNatt, Jeff Miller, Wayne Moss, Cam Mullins, Jamie Nash, Louis Nunley, Al Pachucki, Tom Pick, William Pursell, Tandy Rice, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Chuck Seitz, Velma ix x Acknowledgments Williams Smith, Redd Stewart, Gordon Stoker, Henry Strzelecki, Rollin Sullivan, Gabe Tucker, Pete Wade, Bill Walker, Irving Waugh, David Weir, Tresaw Weir, Roy Wiggins, and Chuck Wright. And there are more to thank—at Bertelsmann Music Group in New York, Dan Beeferman, Claudia Depkin, Mike Fitzell, Glenn Korman, and Paul Williams; at the Country Music Foundation, Kent Henderson, John Rumble, and Ronnie Pugh; at Polygram Records, Fernando Dos Santos ; at the Broadcast Pioneers Library, Mike Mashon. Also: Earl Aldrich, Brian Clifford, Bill Comer, Stephen Davis who wrote TheDevil's Box, Steve Hilsee, James Hoppers, Beverly Jarrett, Kenneth Johnson, Don Mackin, Andy Marshall, Al Moss, Patsy Tervooran, and Dean B. Upson. Special thanks to Richard Carlin at Schirmer Books, who believed in the potential of this project, and Steve Andreassi of the IUP Lodge and Convocation Center in Hoboken, New Jersey. And my sincerest appreciation to Leslie Bailey Streissguth, my wife, who indulged me in this project and steered me in better directions. ...

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