1959 Country No. 1 Hit by Marty Robbins; Is Still One of the Most Relatable Heartbreak Songs Ever 67 Years Later

Six decades before genre-blending became the norm in country music, a singer raised in poverty outside Glendale, Arizona, transformed musical storytelling with nothing more than an acoustic guitar and ...
American Songwriter

The Classic 1980s Country Track That Should Have Gone to Marty Robbins, if He Were Alive (And the Surprising Artist It Went to Instead)

No one did heart-wrenching Western music quite like Marty Robbins. From the star-crossed lovers of “El Paso” to the tragic arrogance of Texas Red in “Big Iron” to the somber resolution of “They’re ...
newswire

Country Music Legend Marty Robbins Now Remembered In An E-Book

Online, June 18, 2011 (Newswire.com) - A memoir about country music legend Marty Robbins' childhood is now available as a download from Kindle, Smashwords and XinXii. This new version of "Some ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1958, Marty Robbins Topped the Country Charts With a Song That Proved His Storyteller Bona Fides

Penned by two songwriting greats—Burt Bacharach and Hal David—our narrator of “The Story of My Life” speaks of a love lost and rekindled: I’ve got to take you for my wife / So the story of my life can ...
Billboard

Anthem Music Publishing Acquires Song Catalog of Country Hall of Famer Marty Robbins

Among the songs in the catalog acquisition are his signature hits "El Paso" and "Big Iron." By Jessica Nicholson Anthem Music Publishing has acquired a catalog of songs written and recorded by Country ...