"Bouquet of Roses" is a 1948 song written by Steve Nelson (music) andBob Hilliard (lyrics). It was originally recorded byEddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plow Boys and his Guitar in Chicago on May 18, 1947. It was released byRCA Victor as catalogue number 20-2806 (in USA)^[4] and byEMI on theHis Master's Voice label as catalogue numbers BD 1234 and IM 1399. "Bouquet of Roses" was Eddy Arnold's third number one in a row on the Juke Box Folk Record chart and spent 19 weeks on the Best Selling Folk Records chart.^[5] In 1949, when RCA Victor introduced its new45 RPM single format this record was among seven initial releases (Catalog #48-0001) and the first in the Country and Western category.Arnold would re-record "Bouquet of Roses" several times during his career.

The song spent 54 weeks on the country music charts, accounting for the longest amount of time spent on that chart. The record held until September 2010, when it was broken byLee Brice's "Love Like Crazy."^[6]

• 1948Dick Haymes^[9]
• 1949, Netherlandish singerEddy Christiani recorded a still popular Netherlandish translation/interpretation of the songBouquetje Rode Rozen that has been attributed to other Netherlandish songwriters. Because of the moment of release these Netherlandish claims are obviously fraudulent.
• 1957Marty Robbins in the albumThe Song of Robbins.^[10]
• 1958Margaret Whiting recorded for her albumMargaret.^[11]
• 1960Bill Haley & His Comets included the song on the albumHaley's Juke Box
• 1962Les Paul and Mary Ford included in their albumBouquet of Roses.^[12]
• 1963Al Martino for his albumI Love You Because.^[13]
• 1963Clint Eastwood included in the albumRawhide's Clint Eastwood Sings Cowboy Favorites.^[14]
• 1963Dean Martin in the albumDean "Tex" Martin Rides Again.
• 1963The Mills Brothers recorded for their albumThe End of the World.^[15]
• 1964The Andrews Sisters for their albumGreat Country Hits^[16]
• 1964Slim Whitman for his albumCountry Songs / City Hits^[17]
• 1965Bing Crosby included the song in his albumBing Crosby Sings the Great Country Hits.
• 1965Vic Damone for the albumCountry Love Songs.^[18]
• 1967Bobby Vinton for his albumPlease Love Me Forever
• 1975,Mickey Gilley recorded the song which peaked at number eleven on the country chart.^[19]

• Songs about flowers
• 1947 songs
• 1948 singles
• 1975 singles
• Eddy Arnold songs
• Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles of the year
• Mickey Gilley songs
• Songs with lyrics by Bob Hilliard
• RCA Records singles
• Playboy Records singles
• Songs written by Steve Nelson (songwriter)

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