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Russell Lee Arms (February 3, 1920, Berkeley, California – February 13, 2012, Hamilton, Illinois) was an American actor and singer. Arms began his career on radio, moving up to minor screen roles during World War II as a contract player with Warner Brothers and later as a freelance performer, mostly in Westerns. Subsequently he appeared in supporting roles in both feature films and television. He was well-known for his 1957 hit single, "Cinco Robles (Five Oaks)", which entered the charts on January 12, 1957 and stayed for 15 weeks, peaking at #22. He released an album with Era, "Where... MORE

Russell Lee Arms (February 3, 1920, Berkeley, California – February 13, 2012, Hamilton, Illinois) was an American actor and singer. Arms began his career on radio, moving up to minor screen roles during World War II as a contract player with Warner Brothers and later as a freelance performer, mostly in Westerns. Subsequently he appeared in supporting roles in both feature films and television. He was well-known for his 1957 hit single, "Cinco Robles (Five Oaks)", which entered the charts on January 12, 1957 and stayed for 15 weeks, peaking at #22. He released an album with Era, "Where Can A Wanderer Go", in 1957. From 1952-57, he was best known as a vocalist on Your Hit Parade, an NBC television series that reviewed the popular songs of the day and on which a regular cast of vocalists would perform the top seven songs of the week. Arms and Eileen Wilson (who starred on the show from 1950–1952) were the only surviving lead performers from the show until Arms' death in 2012 in Illinois. He authored an autobiography in 2005, My Hit Parade ... and a Few Misses. He was a graduate of the Signal Corps OCS program out of Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey (1941-46) and again at Ft. Monmouth LESS