"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.
| "It's A Sin" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys | ||||
| B-side | "I Couldn't Believe It Was True" | |||
| Published | May 11, 1947 by Millene Music, Nashvillle[1] | |||
| Released | April 12, 1947[2] | |||
| Recorded | September 24, 1946[3] | |||
| Studio | RCA Victor 24th Street, New York City[3] | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:33 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor 20-2241 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Fred Rose, Zeb Turner[1] | |||
| Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys singles chronology | ||||
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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).
References
edit- ^ a b Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1946). Catalog of Copyright Entries 1946 Musical Compositions Renewals New Series Vol 41 Pt 3. United States Copyright Office. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
- ^ "Victor 20-2241 (10-in. double-faced)". Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
- ^ a b "Victor matrix D6VB-2893. It's a sin / Eddy Arnold". Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 29.
- ^ "Marty Robbins singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
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