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Marty Robbins, ( September 26 1925 - December 8, 1982), born Martin David Robinson near Glendale, Arizona, served in the United States Navy during World War II and went on to become an immensely popular singing star of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee and a talented NASCAR race car driver.Amongst his musical accomplishments he won the first Grammy Award ever for a country song for his hit El Paso, won the Grammy Award for the Best Country & Western Recording 1961, won the Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1970, was named Artist of the Decade (1960-69) by the Academy of Country Music, was elected to the Country Music Hall of FameThe Country Music Hall of Fame is a museum at 222 Fifth Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee, documenting the history of Country music and honoring its major figures. In 1961, the Country Music Association (CMA) announced the creation of the Country Music in 1982, and was given a Grammy Hall of Fame AwardThe Grammy Hall of Fame Award is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old and that have "qualitative or historical significance". Alphabetical listing by title: List of Grammy Hall of Fame Awar in 1998 for his song El Paso.
Between recording songs and touring, Marty Robbins was an avid race car driver, competing with the best Stock Car drivers in the World including at the Daytona 500The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap, 500 mile, NASCAR race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. In stock car racing, it is the most important race of the year. Not only is Daytona NASCAR's biggest race, it is also the ci.
Marty Robbins died on December 8, 1982 and was interred in the Woodlawn Memorial Park CemeteryWoodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 660 Thompson Lane in Nashville, Tennessee. It is one of the largest cemeteries in Nashville. Among those interred or entombed in the cemetery, there are many prominent members of the country music genre and th in Nashville, Tennessee.
Selected discography
- A White Sport Coat (1957)
- Story of My Life (1957)
- El Paso (1959)
- The Hanging Tree (1959)
- Ballad of the Alamo (1960)
- Big Iron (1960)
- Don't Worry (1960)
- Devil Woman (1960)
- Ruby Ann (1962)
- Ribbon of Darkness (1962)
- Tonight Carmen (1965)
- I Walk Alone (1967)
- My Woman, My Woman, My Wife (1968)
- You Gave Me a Mountain (1970)
Robbins, Marty
Robbins, Marty
