Want to visit a place from classic country music lore? Chances are you've heard Marty Robbins' 1959 hit song "El Paso." Even if you think you haven't, I'd be willing to bet that you have. It's from ...
Marty Robbins wrote his iconic cowboy ballads with a wild imagination, but the story of "El Paso" takes place in a real ...
Sixty-nine years ago today, Marty Robbins was at the top of the country chart with a song that was a massive hit for other artists as well.
This week in 1960, Marty Robbins' Columbia Records single "El Paso" was in the middle of its chart run after entering the country music charts in November 1959 and topping both the pop and country ...
Though it might be frustrating for music collectors to replace outmoded editions of their favorite albums, it's hard to find fault in the glut of CD reissues in the '90s. After all, if a disc can ...
As it was for the couple depicted in the song, Marty Robbins' "Just Married" was a beautiful, almost cinematic beginning for songwriter Barry De Vorzon. His first hit was born out of desperation, ...
From her Tony-winning title role in Broadway’s Hello, Dolly! to one of her signature songs, “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” – sung on film by Marilyn Monroe and covered in 1983 by Emmylou Harris – ...
When the Breaking Bad Finale title was revealed as “Felina,” there were a lot of theories about what it could mean. The simplest explanation was that it was an anagram for finale. Another more complex ...
Over the years, NASCAR has seen several colorful personalities in the sport, one of them being stock car racing's own Grammy award-winning singer Marty Robbins. Starting his career in the Xfinity ...
”A Christmas Remembered,” was recorded because of the singer`s fondness and respect for Gene Autry, according to Ronny Robbins, Marty`s son. ”Gene came to him with a tune he had cowritten titled ...
As it was for the couple depicted in the song, Marty Robbins' "Just Married" was a beautiful, almost cinematic beginning for songwriter Barry De Vorzon. His first hit was born out of desperation, ...