It's a Sin (Eddy Arnold song) explained

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).

Notes and References

  1. Book: Library of Congress. Copyright Office. . Catalog of Copyright Entries 1946 Musical Compositions Renewals New Series Vol 41 Pt 3 . 1946 . U.S. Govt. Print. Off. . United States Copyright Office . English.
  2. Web site: Victor 20-2241 (10-in. double-faced) . 2023-07-29 . Discography of American Historical Recordings.
  3. Web site: Victor matrix D6VB-2893. It's a sin / Eddy Arnold . 2023-07-29 . Discography of American Historical Recordings.
  4. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 29.
  5. Web site: [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=marty-robbins-p1794/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} Marty Robbins singles ]. . 30 March 2011.