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"It's A Sin"
"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
Released	April 12, 1947
Recorded	September 24, 1946
Studio	RCA Victor 24th Street, New York City
Genre	Country
Length	2:33
Label	RCA Victor 20-2241
Songwriter(s)	Fred Rose, Zeb Turner
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"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).

References

^ ^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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[publication-1] 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.

[release-2] "Victor 20-2241 (10-in. double-faced)". Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved 2023-07-29.

[recording-3] "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.

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+{{Short description|1947 song by Zeb Turner and Fred Rose}}
-"'''It's a Sin'''" is a [[country music|country]] song written by country guitarist [[Zeb Turner]] and music publisher [[Fred Rose (songwriter)|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.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=29}}</ref>  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.
+{{Infobox song
-A cover by Marty Robbins peaked at number five on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs|Hot Country Singles]] chart in 1969.<ref>{{cite web |title=Marty Robbins singles |url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=marty-robbins-p1794/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} |work=[[Allmusic]] |accessdate=30 March 2011}}</ref>
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+| published  = {{Start date|1947|5|11}} by [[Acuff-Rose Music|Millene Music, Nashvillle]]<ref name=publication>{{Cite book |last=Library of Congress. Copyright Office. |url=http://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyr413libr |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries 1946 Musical Compositions Renewals  New Series Vol 41 Pt 3 |date=1946 |publisher=U.S. Govt. Print. Off. |others=United States Copyright Office |language=English}}</ref>
+| type       = single
+| artist     = [[Eddy Arnold|Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys]]
+| album      =
+| B-side     = I Couldn't Believe It Was True
+| released   = {{Start date|1947|4|12}}<ref name=release>{{Cite web |title=Victor 20-2241 (10-in. double-faced) |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/438110/Victor_20-2241 |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=Discography of American Historical Recordings}}</ref>
+| recorded   = {{Start date|1946|9|24}}<ref name=recording>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix D6VB-2893. It's a sin / Eddy Arnold |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/300007599/D6VB-2893-Its_a_sin |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=Discography of American Historical Recordings}}</ref>
+| studio     = [[RCA Studios New York#24th St|RCA Victor 24th Street]], [[New York City]]<ref name=recording/>
+| venue      =
+| genre      = [[Country music|Country]]
+| length     = {{Duration|m=2|s=33}}
+| label      = [[RCA Victor|RCA Victor 20-2241]]
+| writer     = [[Fred Rose (songwriter)|Fred Rose]], [[Zeb Turner]]<ref name=publication/>
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+| 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 music|country]] song written by country guitarist [[Zeb Turner]] and music publisher [[Fred Rose (songwriter)|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.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=29}}</ref>  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 (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs|Hot Country Singles]] chart in 1969.<ref>{{cite web |title=Marty Robbins singles |url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=marty-robbins-p1794/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} |work=[[Allmusic]] |access-date=30 March 2011}}</ref>
 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).
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v t e Eddy Arnold
Albums	Wanderin' with Eddy Arnold (1955) Anytime (1956) Have Guitar, Will Travel (1959) Thereby Hangs a Tale (1959) One More Time (1962) Cattle Call (1963) Folk Song Book (1964) The Easy Way (1965) My World (1965) I Want to Go with You (1966) The Last Word in Lonesome (1966) Somebody Like Me (1966) Lonely Again (1967) Turn the World Around (1967) The Everlovin' World of Eddy Arnold (1968) The Romantic World of Eddy Arnold (1968) Walkin' in Love Land (1968) So Many Ways/If the Whole World Stopped Lovin' (1973)
Singles (1940s)	"The Cattle Call" "Each Minute Seems a Million Years" "That's How Much I Love You" "What Is Life Without Love" "It's a Sin" "I'll Hold You in My Heart" "To My Sorrow" "Anytime" "Bouquet of Roses" "Texarkana Baby" "Just a Little Lovin'" "A Heart Full of Love" "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle" "One Kiss Too Many" "The Echo of Your Footsteps" "I'm Throwing Rice" "Take Me in Your Arms"
Singles (1950s)	"Little Angel with the Dirty Face" "Why Should I Cry Over You?" "Cuddle Buggin' Baby" "Enclosed One Broken Heart" "Lovebug Itch" "There's Been a Change in Me" "Kentucky Waltz" "I Wanna Play House With You" "Something Old, Something New" "Somebody's Been Beating My Time" "Heart Strings" "Easy on the Eyes" "A Full Time Job" "Eddy's Song" "I Really Don't Want to Know" "This Is the Thanks I Get" "Hep Cat Baby" "I've Been Thinking" "The Cattle Call" "Just Call Me Lonesome" "You Don't Know Me" "Tennessee Stud"
Singles (1960s)	"What's He Doing in My World" "Make the World Go Away" "I Want to Go with You" "The Tip of My Fingers" "Somebody Like Me" "Lonely Again" "Misty Blue" "Turn the World Around" "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye"
Related	Discography The Eddy Arnold Show Eddy Arnold Time Roy Wiggins

v t e Marty Robbins
Albums	The Song of Robbins (1957) Song of the Islands (1958) Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (1959) More Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (1960) Return of the Gunfighter (1963) R.F.D. (1964) The Drifter (1966) Tonight Carmen (1967) I Walk Alone (1968) It's a Sin (1969) My Woman, My Woman, My Wife (1970) Today (1972) This Much a Man (1972) El Paso City (1976) Adios Amigo (1977) The Performer (1979)
Notable singles	"Stairway of Love" "I'll Go On Alone" "I Couldn't Keep from Crying" "That's All Right" "Maybellene" "Singing the Blues" "Knee Deep in the Blues" "A White Sport Coat" "Ain't I Right" "The Story of My Life" "Just Married" "She Was Only Seventeen"* "The Hanging Tree" "El Paso" "Big Iron" "Don't Worry" "Devil Woman" "Ruby Ann" "Begging to You" "Ribbon of Darkness" "Tonight Carmen" "I Walk Alone" "It's a Sin" "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife" "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)" "El Paso City" "Among My Souvenirs" "I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)" "Return to Me" "Some Memories Just Won't Die" "Tie Your Dream to Mine"
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