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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.
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Fast Facts
- Born: September 26, 1925
- Died: December 8, 1982
- Origin: Phoenix, Arizona
- Label: Columbia
- 1966-1982: Raced in 36 NASCAR races
- 1975: Inducted into The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
- Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1998 for his song "El Paso"
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Partial Discography
- 1960: Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
- 1964: R.F.D.
- 1964: Return Of The Gunfighter
- 1965: It's A Sin
- 1966: The Drifter
- 1967: My Kind Of Country
- 1967: Tonight Carmen
- 1968: By The Time I Get To Phoenix
- 1968: I Walk Alone
- 1970: My Woman, My Woman, My Wife
- 1971: Marty Robbins' Greatest Hits, Vol. III
- 1973: This Much A Man
- 1974: Good'n Country
- 1976: El Paso City
- 1977: Adios Amigo
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Trivia
- The Beasts of Bourbon released a song called "The Day Marty Robbins Died" on their 1984 Debut LP The Axeman's Jazz.
- Elvis Presley performed "You Gave Me A Mountain" over 500 times between 1972 and 1977.
- 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.
- The city of El Paso, Texas honored Robbins by naming a park and a recreational center after him.
- 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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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.
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A purple and chartreuse quarter panel from a 1971 Dodge Charger hangs on the wall of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville as a reminder of Marty Robbins' extracurricular activities while he was busy scoring No. 1 hits in the '50s, '60s acmt.com
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Listening to Ghost Riders In The Sky by Marty Robbins on @Grooveshark: http://tinysong.com/8ApO Wonder if I'll see them in Texas? ;-)
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Marty Robbins has more greatest-hits compilations than most artists have hits. This 20-cut single-disc collection is one of the better values, with a representative selection that extends from gunfighter balladry such as "El Paso" (his 1959...
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A lonely Westerner in Nashville, Marty Robbins salved his soul by cutting an album (in one afternoon) of mostly self-composed cowboy ballads. One of them was a four-and-a-half-minute epic, "El Paso," that broke every rule of Top 40 programm...
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View All Marty Robbins Questions (17) | Ask a QuestionAs it is later in the year since the program about Billy Robbins first aired, does anyone know what his weight stands as of June 2009? (1 Answer)according to this article Billy Robbins weighs a total of 280 lbs as of 2009 http://ezinearticles.com/?How-Half-Ton-Teen-Billy-Robbins-Was-Saved-by-Weight-Loss-Surgery&id=2080335 read moreIs Tony Robbins Canadian? (1 Answer)According to Wikipedia, no. ""Robbins was born in North Hollywood, California. He was raised in Azusa, California and attended Glendora High School. His parents divorced when he was seven years ... read moreWhats going on at Baskin Robbins? (1 Answer)It is 31 cent scoop night (5 to 10pm), in honor of firefighters. All money made during this time will be donated to a Jr. Firefighter Program. read moreHow much does Billy Robbins weigh to date? (2 Answers)G'day Lora Pep, Thank you for your question. He weighed 60 stone at his heaviest but now has halved his weight to 30 stone. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1109546/Pictured-The-teenage-boy-devoted-mother-overfed-ballooned-half-ton.html Regards Regards read more
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Fast Facts
- Born: September 26, 1925
- Died: December 8, 1982
- Origin: Phoenix, Arizona
- Label: Columbia
- 1966-1982: Raced in 36 NASCAR races
- 1975: Inducted into The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
- Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1998 for his song "El Paso"
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Partial Discography
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- 1960: Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
- 1964: R.F.D.
- 1964: Return Of The Gunfighter
- 1965: It's A Sin
- 1966: The Drifter
- 1967: My Kind Of Country
- 1967: Tonight Carmen
- 1968: By The Time I Get To Phoenix
- 1968: I Walk Alone
- 1970: My Woman, My Woman, My Wife
- 1971: Marty Robbins' Greatest Hits, Vol. III
- 1973: This Much A Man
- 1974: Good'n Country
- 1976: El Paso City
- 1977: Adios Amigo
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Trivia
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- The Beasts of Bourbon released a song called "The Day Marty Robbins Died" on their 1984 Debut LP The Axeman's Jazz.
- Elvis Presley performed "You Gave Me A Mountain" over 500 times between 1972 and 1977.
- 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.
- The city of El Paso, Texas honored Robbins by naming a park and a recreational center after him.
- 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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