Martin David Robinson, known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and NASCAR racing driver. Robbins was one of the most popular and successful country and western singers for most of his nearly four-decade career, which spanned from the late 1940s to the early 1980s. He was also an early outlaw country pioneer.
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 1960.
"El Paso" is a western ballad written and originally recorded by Marty Robbins, and first released on Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs in September 1959. It was released as a single the following month, and became a major hit on both the country and pop music charts, becoming the first No. 1 hit of the 1960s on both. It won the Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording in 1961. It is widely considered a genre classic for its gripping narrative which ends in the death of its protagonist, its shift from past to present tense, haunting harmonies by vocalists Bobby Sykes and Jim Glaser and the eloquent and varied Spanish guitar accompaniment by Grady Martin that lends the recording a distinctive Tex-Mex feel. The name of the character Feleena was based upon a schoolmate of Robbins in the fifth grade, Fidelina Martinez.
Thomas Grady Martin was an American session guitarist in country music and rockabilly.
Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs is the fifth studio album by Marty Robbins, released on the Columbia Records label in September 1959 and peaking at number 6 on the U.S. pop albums chart. It was recorded in a single eight-hour session on April 7, 1959, and was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1965 and Platinum in 1986. It is perhaps best known for Robbins's most successful single, "El Paso," a major hit on both the country and pop music charts, as well as for its opening track, "Big Iron," a song that gained a resurgence in popularity online as an Internet meme after its inclusion in the 2010 video game Fallout: New Vegas.
The discography of American country music singer Marty Robbins consists of 52 studio albums, 13 compilation albums, and 100 singles. In his career, Robbins has charted 17 Number One singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, as well as 82 Top 40 singles.
"I Walk Alone" is a song written by Herbert Wilson. and recorded by American country music artist, Eddy Arnold and was the B-side of his 78 rpm single "Did You See My Daddy Over There" (1945), and later for his compilation album Eddy Arnold Sings Them Again (1960).
"El Paso City" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Marty Robbins. It was released in March 1976 as the first single and title track from the album El Paso City. The song was Robbins' 15th number one on the U.S. country singles chart and his first since "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife" six years earlier. The single stayed at number one for two weeks and spent 11 weeks on the chart.
"Big Iron" is a country ballad written and performed by Marty Robbins, originally released as an album track on Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs in September 1959, then as a single in February 1960 with the song "Saddle Tramp" as the B-side single. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.
Adios Amigo is a studio album by country music singer Marty Robbins. It was released in 1977 by Columbia Records.
This Much a Man is a studio album by country music singer Marty Robbins. It was released in 1972 by Decca Records.
My Woman, My Woman, My Wife is a studio album by country music singer Marty Robbins. It was released in 1970 by Columbia Records.
It's a Sin is a studio album by country music singer Marty Robbins. It was released in 1969 by Columbia Records.
I Walk Alone is a studio album by country music singer Marty Robbins. It was released in 1968 by Columbia Records.
Tonight Carmen is a studio album by country music singer Marty Robbins. It was released in 1967 by Columbia Records.
The Drifter is a studio album by country music singer Marty Robbins. It was released in 1966 by Columbia Records.
R.F.D. is a studio album by country music singer Marty Robbins, which was released in 1964 by Columbia Records. The album debuted on Billboard magazine's country album chart on September 5, 1964, peaked at No. 4, and remained on the chart for 28 weeks.
Return of the Gunfighter is a studio album by country music singer Marty Robbins. It was released in 1963 by Columbia Records.
The Song of Robbins is a studio album by country music singer Marty Robbins. It was released in 1957 by Columbia Records.
