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.
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
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.
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
Born: September 26, 1925
Died: December 8, 1982
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"
Partial Discography
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1960: Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
1964: R.F.D.
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
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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