Country music legend Eddy Arnold has died.

Country Music Hall of Famer Eddy Arnold died this morning (May 8 ) at an assisted living center near Nashville. He was 89 and would have celebrated his 90th birthday on May 15. Arnold is considered the top country artist ever in terms of overall chart performance in Billboard.

Known as the Tennessee Plowboy, the Tennessee native enjoyed both pop and country hits, including “Make The World Go Away,” “I Want To Go With You,” “Turn The World Around,” “I Really Don’t Want To Know” and “You Don’t Know Me.”

Arnold notched 28 Billboard No. 1 country singles, from 1947 until 1968, and had 92 top 10 hits, including 67 in a row, more than any other artist. Arnold’s 1947 song “I’ll Hold You in My Heart” spent 21 weeks at No. 1, and “Bouquet Of Roses” spent 19 weeks atop the chart in 1948. In the entire year of 1948 only one record that wasn’t by Arnold topped the country chart.

Arnold was also a savvy businessman, investing in hundreds of acres of real estate and other business concerns.

His 100th album, “After All This Time,” was released in 2005 on RCA.

Source: Billboard - Country Star Eddy Arnold Dies

For a timeline of Eddy Arnold’s accomplishments and career milestones, see:

• The Legacy of Eddy Arnold

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Eddy Arnold Country Music Hall of Fame Induction in 1966

Eddy Arnold, live performance of “Cattle Call” from an appearance on “Salute To The ’50s” on TNN.

Eddy Arnold, live performance of “Anytime” from an appearance on “Salute To The ’50s” on TNN.

Eddy Arnold performing “Make The World Go Away” introduced by Minnie Pearl

Eddy Arnold performing “Richest Man in All the World”