It's A Sin | |
Published: | by Millene Music, Nashvillle[1] |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys |
B-Side: | I Couldn't Believe It Was True |
Released: | [2] |
Recorded: | [3] |
Studio: | RCA Victor 24th Street, New York City |
Genre: | Country |
Label: | RCA Victor 20-2241 |
Prev Title: | What Is Life Without Love |
Prev Year: | 1946 |
Next Title: | I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) |
Next Year: | 1947 |
"It's a Sin" is a country song written by country guitarist Zeb Turner and music publisher Fred Rose. The 1947 version by Eddy Arnold was his second number one on the Country & Western charts, spending five weeks at number one and a total of thirty-eight weeks on the chart.[4] The B-side of "It's a Sin", a song entitled, "I Couldn't Believe it Was True" would peak at number four on the same chart.
A cover by Marty Robbins peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1969.[5]
It has also been recorded by Bill Haley & His Comets (1957), Elvis Presley (1961), Don Gibson (1962), George Jones (1965), Dottie West (1969), Del Wood (1980), and Willie Nelson (1995).