It's a Sin (Eddy Arnold song)

"It's A Sin"
Single by Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys
B-side"I Couldn't Believe It Was True"
PublishedMay 11, 1947 (1947-05-11) by Millene Music, Nashvillle[1]
ReleasedApril 12, 1947 (1947-04-12)[2]
RecordedSeptember 24, 1946 (1946-09-24)[3]
StudioRCA Victor 24th Street, New York City[3]
GenreCountry
Length2:33
LabelRCA Victor 20-2241
Songwriter(s)Fred Rose, Zeb Turner[1]
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys singles chronology
"What Is Life Without Love"
(1946) 		"It's A Sin"
(1947) 		"I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)"
(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).

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Victor 20-2241 (10-in. double-faced)". Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
  3. ^ a b "Victor matrix D6VB-2893. It's a sin / Eddy Arnold". Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 29.
  5. ^ "Marty Robbins singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 March 2011.