I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl That I Love)

" I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl That I Love)" is a 1949 hit written by Eddy Arnold, Steve Nelson and Ed Nelson, Jr. and first performed by Eddy Arnold. The Eddy Arnold version went to number one on the Country & Western Best Seller Lists for four weeks.[1] Later in the year, Red Foley recorded his own version of the song which peaked at number eleven on the Country & Western Best Sellers charts.[2]

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 29.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 123.
Preceded by
"Lovesick Blues" by Hank Williams and His Drifting Cowboys
Billboard Best Selling Retail Country & Western Records
number-one single (Eddy Arnold version)

July 30, 1949
Succeeded by
"Lovesick Blues" by Hank Williams and His Drifting Cowboys
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