I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl That I Love) Explained

I'm Throwing Rice at the Girl I Love
Cover:	File:I'm Throwing Rice at the Girl I love.jpg
Published:	by Hill and Range Songs, Inc., Beverly Hills, Calif.^[1]
Type:	single
Artist:	Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar
Album:	Sixteen Tons
B-Side:	Show Me The Way Back To Your Heart
Released:	^[2]
Recorded:	^[3]
Studio:	RCA Victor Studio 1, 155 East 24th St., New York City
Genre:	Country
Length:	2:38
Label:	RCA Victor 48-0080
Producer:	Stephen H. Sholes
Prev Title:	The Cattle Call
Prev Year:	1949
Next Title:	Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me
Next Year:	1950

" I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl That I Love)" is a 1949 hit written by Eddy Arnold, Steve Nelson and Ed Nelson, Jr. and first performed by Eddy Arnold. The Eddy Arnold version went to number one on the Country & Western Best Seller Lists for four weeks.^[4]

Cover versions

• Later in 1949, Red Foley recorded his own version of the song which peaked at number eleven on the Country & Western Best Sellers charts.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Library of Congress. Copyright Office. . Catalog of Copyright Entries 1949 Published Music Jan-Dec 3D Ser Vol 3 Pt 5A . 1949 . U.S. Govt. Print. Off. . United States Copyright Office . English.
2. Web site: Victor 21-0083 (10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-07-04 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
3. Web site: Victor matrix D9VB-1237. I'm throwing rice (at the girl I love) / Eddy Arnold ; Ben Lambert - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-07-04 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
4. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 29.
5. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 123.