Marty Robbins

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About Marty Robbins

Arizona-born singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor Marty Robbins recorded more than 500 songs and 60 albums during his storied four-decade career. ∙ Robbins’ chart-topping take on “Singing the Blues” in 1956 was the first of his 17 No. 1 Country hits. ∙ His signature song, the 1959 Tex-Mex ballad “El Paso,” hit No. 1 on both the Pop and Country charts, won a Grammy Award, and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. ∙ Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs, his biggest LP, was the basis of the 1964 film The Ballad of a Gunfighter, in which he also starred. ∙ In 1969, he was named the 1960s Artist of the Decade by the Academy of Country Music. ∙ He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1982. ∙ Clint Eastwood titled his 1982 film after Robbins’ hit “Honkytonk Man” and cast him in what would be his final role.

HOMETOWN
Glendale, AZ, United States
BORN
26 September 1925
GENRE
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