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Tribute to "Marty Robbins"

September 26, 1925 - December 8, 1982,
Marty was an American Country & Western Hall of Fame musician. He was one of the most popular and successful country singers of his era. For most of his nearly four-decade career, Robbins was rarely far from the country music charts. Several of his songs became pop hits, as well.

"El Paso"

Biography
Born Martin David Robinson near Glendale, Arizona, Robbins served in the United States Navy as an LCT coxswain during World War II. To pass the time during the war, he learned to play the guitar, started writing songs, and grew to love Hawaiian music.

After his discharge from the military in 1945, he started playing at local venues in Phoenix, then moved on to host his own radio station show, on KTYL, and ended up with his own television (TV) show on KPHO in Phoenix. After Little Jimmy Dickens made a guest appearance on Robbins' TV show, Dickens got Robbins a record deal with Columbia. He went on to become an immensely popular singing star of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee.

Marty RobbinsHis musical accomplishments include the first Grammy Award ever awarded for a country song, for his 1959 hit and signature song "El Paso". "El Paso" was also the first song to hit #1 on the pop chart in the 1960s. It was taken from his album Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs. He won the Grammy Award for the Best Country & Western Recording 1961, for the follow-up album More Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs, and was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1970, for "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife." Robbins was named "Artist of the Decade" (1960-69) by the Academy of Country Music, was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1982, and was given a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1998 for his song "El Paso".

Marty Robbins was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975. For his contribution to the recording industry, Marty Robbins has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6666 Hollywood Blvd.

Between recording songs and touring, Marty Robbins was an avid race car driver, competing in NASCAR with the best stock car drivers in the world, including at the Daytona 500. In 1967, Robbins starred in Hell on Wheels, a car racing film; Robbins played himself in the film.[1]

Marty Robbins died in Nashville on December 8, 1982, at the age of 57, due to surgical complications. He was interred in the Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Nashville.



Here are many of his songs to listen to..(Wavs format)

- A Castle in the Sky - A Faded Petal From A Beautiful Bouquet - Aloha - Among My Souvenirs - Another Cup Of Coffee - A White Sport Coat - Begging To You - Camelia - Come A Little Bit Closer - Devil Woman - Hello Heartache - Speckled Bird - Walking Piece Of Heaven - I Heard The Bluebird Sing - I'll Go On Alone - El Paso - My Woman, My Wife - Night Time On The Desert - No One Will Ever Know - Return To Me - She Thinks I Still Care - Streets Of Loredo - The Ballad Of Bill Thaxton - The Girl With Gardenias In Her Hair - Footprints In The Snow - Have I Told You Lately - I Couldn't Keep From Crying - I'm Too Big To Cry - I Told The Brook - It's Your World - It Takes Faith - Jenny - Love Me Or Leave Me - Spanish Lullaby

Marty Robbins, your songs will go on forever

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