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Marty Robbins

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  • Grammy award winning Marty Robbins was a country music singer who's 1959 hit song "El Paso" was the first country song ever awarded a Grammy. Other hit songs by Robbins include "Tonight Carmen," "I Walk Alone" and "Ruby Ann"

    Robbins also owned and drove a car in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. He served in the Navy during World War ll as an LCT coxswain, where he also learned how to play the guitar.

  • Fast Facts

    1. Born: September 26, 1925
    2. Died: December 8, 1982
    3. Origin: Phoenix, Arizona
    4. Label: Columbia
    5. 1966-1982: Raced in 36 NASCAR races
    6. 1975: Inducted into The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
    7. Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1998 for his song "El Paso"
  • Partial Discography

  • Trivia

    1. The Beasts of Bourbon released a song called "The Day Marty Robbins Died" on their 1984 Debut LP The Axeman's Jazz.
    2. Elvis Presley performed "You Gave Me A Mountain" over 500 times between 1972 and 1977.
    3. Robbins portrayed a musician in the 1982 Clint Eastwood film Honkytonk Man. Robbins died a few weeks before the film's release in December 1982.
    4. The city of El Paso, Texas honored Robbins by naming a park and a recreational center after him.
    5. The University of Texas at El Paso asked for and received permission from Robbins to use a fast-paced version of 'El Paso' as the university's fight song.

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