Marty Robbins










































Marty Robbins

Marty Robbins 1966.JPG
Robbins in 1966.

Background information
Birth name
Martin David Robinson
Born
(1925-09-26)September 26, 1925
Glendale, Arizona, U.S.
Died
December 8, 1982(1982-12-08) (aged 57)
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres

  • Country

  • Western

  • rockabilly


  • folk[1]


Occupation(s)
Musician, songwriter, actor, NASCAR driver
Instruments
Guitar, piano, dobro, vocals
Years active
1948–1982
Labels
Columbia, Decca

Martin David Robinson (September 26, 1925 – December 8, 1982), known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, and racing driver. One of the most popular and successful country and western singers of all time for most of his near four-decade career,[2][3][4] Robbins often topped the country music charts, and several of his songs also had crossover success as pop hits.




Contents






  • 1 Biography


  • 2 Music and honors


  • 3 NASCAR


  • 4 Discography


  • 5 Motorsports career results


    • 5.1 NASCAR


      • 5.1.1 Grand National Series


      • 5.1.2 Winston Cup Series


        • 5.1.2.1 Daytona 500








  • 6 Notes


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





Biography


Robbins was born in Glendale, a suburb of Phoenix in Maricopa County, Arizona. It's been claimed that his mother was mostly of Paiute Indian heritage;[5] however, both his parents were listed as "white" in US censuses.[6] Robbins grew up in a difficult family situation. His father took odd jobs to support the family of 10 children, but his drinking led to divorce in 1937. Among his warmer memories of his childhood, Robbins recalled having listened to stories of the American West told by his maternal grandfather, Texas Bob Heckle, who was a local medicine man.[7] At 17, Robbins left his troubled home to serve in the United States Navy as an LCT coxswain during World War II. He was stationed in the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean. To pass the time during the war, he learned to play the guitar, started writing songs,[8] and came to love Hawaiian music.


After his discharge from the military in 1947, he began to play at local venues in Phoenix,[8] then moved on to host his own show on KTYL and then his own television show on KPHO-TV in Phoenix. After Little Jimmy Dickens made a guest appearance on Robbins' TV show, Dickens got Robbins a record deal with Columbia Records. Robbins became known for his appearances at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. Music journalist Mary Harron wrote the following about him in The Guardian:[9]


"Robbins was a symbol of the Nashville establishment that younger country fans abandoned in the Seventies for the bleached-denim 'outlaw school' of Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. Robbins belonged to the Jim Reeves era and he wore his embroidered cowboy suits proudly. Best known for the western ballad, El Paso, his career also touched the rock 'n' roll side of country in songs like White Sports Coat And A Pink Carnation, and he kept a touch of the dude about him to the end."


In 1980, Robbins appeared on the PBS music program Austin City Limits (season 5). In addition to his recordings and performances, Robbins was an avid race car driver, competing in 35 career NASCAR Grand National (now Monster Energy Cup) races with six top-10 finishes,[10] including the 1973 Firecracker 400.[11] In 1967, Robbins played himself in the car racing film Hell on Wheels.[12] Robbins was partial to Dodges prepared by NASCAR Hall-of-Famer Cotton Owens, and owned and raced Chargers and then a 1978 Dodge Magnum. He was also the driver of the 60th Indianapolis 500 Buick Century pace car in 1976. His last race was in a Junior Johnson-built 1982 Buick Regal in the Atlanta Journal 500 on November 7, 1982, a month before his death.


Robbins had a history of cardiovascular disease. After his third heart attack on December 2, 1982, he underwent quadruple coronary bypass surgery. He did not recover and died six days later on December 8, 1982, at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. He was 57 years old.[13]



Music and honors


Although by 1960 Robbins' output was largely country music, his initial hits like "Singing the Blues", "Knee Deep in the Blues", "The Story of My Life", "She Was Only Seventeen", and "A White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation" were generally regarded as more pop/teen idol material than his hits from 1960 onwards ("El Paso" etc.). His 1957 recording of "A White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation"[8] sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold record.[14]
His musical accomplishments include the Grammy Award for his 1959 hit and signature song "El Paso", taken from his album Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs. "El Paso" was his first song to hit No. 1 on the pop chart in the 1960s. It was followed up, successfully, by "Don't Worry", which reached No. 3 on the pop chart in 1961, becoming his third, and last, Top 10 pop hit. "El Paso" was followed by one prequel and one sequel: "Faleena From El Paso" and "El Paso City". Also in 1961, Robbins wrote the words and music and recorded "I Told the Brook,"[15] a ballad later recorded by Billy Thorpe.


He won the Grammy Award for the Best Country & Western Recording 1961 for his follow-up album More Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs, and was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1970, for "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife". Robbins was named Artist of the Decade (1960–1969) by the Academy of Country Music, was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1982, was rewarded three awards at the 17th Annual Music City News Country Awards in 1983, and was given a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1998 for his song "El Paso".


When Robbins was recording his 1961 hit "Don't Worry", session guitarist Grady Martin accidentally created the electric guitar "fuzz" effect – his six-string bass was run through a faulty channel in a mixing console. Robbins decided to keep it in the final version.[16] The song reached No. 1 on the country chart, and No. 3 on the pop chart.[17]
Robbins was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975. For his contribution to the recording industry, Robbins has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6666 Hollywood Boulevard.


Robbins has been honored by many bands, including the Grateful Dead who covered "El Paso" and Bob Weir & Kingfish who covered "Big Iron". The Who's 2006 album Endless Wire includes the song "God Speaks of Marty Robbins". The song's composer, Pete Townshend, explained that the song is about God deciding to create the universe just so he can hear some music, "and most of all, one of his best creations, Marty Robbins."[18] The Beasts of Bourbon released a song called "The Day Marty Robbins Died" on their 1984 debut album The Axeman's Jazz. Both Frankie Laine and Elvis Presley, among others, recorded versions of Robbins' song "You Gave Me a Mountain", with Laine's recording reaching the pop and adult contemporary charts in 1969. Though Elvis never recorded any of Robbins' songs in the studio, he was a big fan and recorded "You Gave Me a Mountain" live in concert several times; it appeared on 15 Presley albums. Johnny Cash recorded a version of "Big Iron" as part of his American Recordings series, which is included in the Cash Unearthed box set. Cash also recorded other songs by Robbins, including "I Couldn't Keep From Crying", "Kate" and "Song Of The Patriot". He held Robbins in high esteem, having him guest several times on his network TV show. "Big Iron" was also covered by Mike Ness on his album Under the Influences, on which he paid homage to country music artists. The song, originally released on Robbins' 1959 album Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs, gained renewed popularity following its use in the video game Fallout: New Vegas.


His song "El Paso" was featured in the series finale of the AMC TV series Breaking Bad. 'El Paso' was also featured in the Only Fools and Horses prequel made by the BBC.


Robbins was awarded an honorary degree by Northern Arizona University.



NASCAR

































Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career

35 races run over 13 years
Best finish
48th (1974)
First race
1966 Nashville 400 (Nashville)
Last race
1982 Atlanta Journal 500 (Atlanta)












Wins Top tens Poles
0 6 0



NASCAR Grand National East Series career

1 race run over 1 year
First race
1972 Gamecock 200 (Columbia)
Last race
1972 Gamecock 200 (Columbia)












Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0



Statistics current as of August 19, 2016.

Robbins loved NASCAR racing. With his musical successes, he was able to finance his avocation. Robbins always tried to run at the big race tracks (Talladega Superspeedway, Daytona International Speedway) every year and a smattering of the smaller races when time permitted.


Robbins' cars were built and maintained by Cotton Owens. They were painted two-toned magenta and chartreuse, usually carrying car number 42 (though 6, 22, and 777 were also used). Over the years, he ran a few makes and models (Plymouths, Dodges or Fords) before buying a 1972-bodied Dodge Charger from Owens. Robbins had 6 top-ten finishes as well as a few major wrecks during the 1970s, and he had Owens rebuild the car to update the sheet metal to the 1973–1974 Charger specifications, and then finally 1978 Dodge Magnum sheet metal, which he raced till the end of 1980. Robbins' final NASCAR race car was a 1981 Buick Regal that he rented and drove in a few races in 1981 and 1982.


In 1972, at the Talladega 500, Robbins stunned the competition by turning laps that were 15 mph faster than his qualifying time. After the race, NASCAR tried to bestow the Rookie of the Race award, but he would not accept it. He had knocked the NASCAR-mandated restrictors out of his carburetor and admitted he "just wanted to see what it was like to run up front for once."[19]


Robbins is credited with possibly saving Richard Childress' life at the 1974 Charlotte 500 by deliberately crashing into a wall rather than t-bone Childress's car that was stopped across the track.[20]


In 1983, one year after Robbins' death, NASCAR honored him by naming the annual race at Fairgrounds Speedway the Marty Robbins 420.


Robbins' Dodge Magnum was restored by Owens and donated to the Talladega Museum by his family, and was displayed there from 1983 to 2008. The car is now in private hands in Southern California and raced on the Vintage NASCAR club circuit.


In 2014, Robbins' 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona was featured on an episode of Discovery Channels TV show Fat and Furious: Rolling Thunder.In that same year, an episode of Velocity's AmeriCarna featured ex-race team owner Ray Evernham spearheading the restoration of another of Robbins' NASCAR racers, a 1964 Plymouth Belvedere.


For the 2016 Darlington throwback weekend, Kyle Larson's No. 42 NASCAR Xfinity Series car was painted purple and gold in honor of Robbins.



Discography



Robbins' discography 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.


Robbins' highest charting album is 1959's Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs. It charted to #6 on the all-genre Billboard 200, and was also certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album's first single, "El Paso", became a hit on both the country and pop charts, charting to Number One on the Hot Country Songs as well as the Billboard Hot 100. Although being his only pop Number One, in 1957, "A White Sport Coat" charted to #2, and in 1961, "Don't Worry" charted to #3.


His final Top 10 single was "Honkytonk Man" from the 1982 eponymous film in which Robbins had a role. He died shortly before its release. Since his death, four posthumous studio albums have been released, but they made no impact on the charts.



Motorsports career results



NASCAR


(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)



Grand National Series































































































































































































































































































NASCAR Grand National Series results
Year
Team
No.
Make
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49

NGNC
Pts

1966

David Warren
53

Ford

AUG

RSD

DAY

DAY

DAY

CAR

BRI

ATL

HCY

CLB

GPS

BGS

NWS

MAR

DAR

LGY

MGR

MON

RCH

CLT

DTS

ASH

PIF

SMR

AWS

BLV

GPS

DAY

ODS

BRR

OXF

FON

ISP

BRI

SMR

NSV
25

ATL

CLB

AWS

BLV

BGS

DAR

HCY

RCH

HBO

MAR

NWS

CLT

CAR
122nd
20

1968

Dick Behling
32

Dodge

MGR

MGY

RSD

DAY

BRI

RCH

ATL

HCY

GPS

CLB

NWS

MAR

AUG

AWS

DAR

BLV

LGY

CLT

ASH

MGR

SMR

BIR

CAR

GPS

DAY

ISP

OXF

FDA

TRN

BRI

SMR

NSV

ATL

CLB

BGS

AWS

SBO

LGY

DAR

HCY

RCH

BLV

HBO

MAR

NWS

AUG

CLT
12

CAR

JFC
78th
0

1970

Robbins Enterprises
42

Dodge

RSD

DAY

DAY

DAY

RCH

CAR

SVH

ATL

BRI

TAL

NWS

CLB

DAR

BLV

LGY

CLT

SMR

MAR

MCH

RSD

HCY

KPT

GPS

DAY

AST

TPN

TRN

BRI

SMR

NSV

ATL

CLB

ONA

MCH

TAL

BGS

SBO

DAR

HCY

RCH

DOV

NCF

NWS

CLT
32

MAR

MGR

CAR

LGY

94th
57

1971

RSD

DAY

DAY

DAY

ONT

RCH

CAR

HCY

BRI

ATL

CLB

GPS

SMR

NWS

MAR

DAR

SBO

TAL

ASH

KPT

CLT
15

DOV

MCH

RSD

HOU

GPS

DAY

BRI

AST

ISP

TRN

NSV

ATL
13

BGS

ONA

MCH

TAL

CLB

HCY

DAR
7

MAR

CLT
37

DOV

CAR

MGR

RCH

NWS

TWS
25

69th
120


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NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year
Team
No.
Make
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

NWCC
Pts

1972

Robbins Racing
42

Dodge

RSD

DAY

RCH

ONT
8

CAR

ATL

BRI

DAR

NWS

MAR

TAL
50

CLT

DOV

MCH

RSD

TWS
40

DAY

BRI

TRN

ATL

TAL

MCH

NSV

DAR
9

RCH

DOV

MAR

NWS

CLT

CAR
26

TWS
54th
860.8

1973

RSD

DAY
34

RCH

CAR

BRI

ATL

NWS

DAR

MAR

TAL

NSV

CLT

DOV

TWS
29

RSD

MCH

DAY
8

BRI

ATL

TAL
36

NSV

DAR

RCH

DOV

NWS

MAR

CLT

CAR

83rd
828.80

1974

RSD

DAY

RCH

CAR

BRI

ATL

DAR

NWS

MAR

TAL
15

NSV

DOV

CLT

RSD

MCH
5

DAY

BRI

NSV

ATL

POC

TAL
9

MCH

DAR

RCH

DOV

NWS

MAR

CLT
42

CAR

ONT

48th
23.78

1975

RSD

DAY
39

RCH

CAR

BRI

ATL

NWS

DAR

MAR

TAL
31

NSV

DOV

CLT

RSD

MCH

DAY

NSV

POC

TAL

MCH

DAR

DOV

NWS

MAR

CLT

RCH

CAR

BRI

ATL

ONT

81st
172.42

1976

RSD

DAY

CAR

RCH

BRI

ATL

NWS

DAR

MAR

TAL

NSV

DOV

CLT

RSD

MCH

DAY

NSV

POC

TAL

MCH

BRI

DAR

RCH

DOV

MAR

NWS

CLT

CAR

ATL

ONT
DNQ

NA
-

1977

RSD

DAY

RCH

CAR

ATL

NWS

DAR

BRI

MAR

TAL

NSV

DOV

CLT

RSD

MCH
13

DAY

NSV

POC

TAL
38

MCH

BRI

DAR

RCH

DOV

MAR

NWS

CLT

CAR

ATL

ONT

99th
76

1978

RSD

DAY

RCH

CAR

ATL

BRI

DAR

NWS

MAR

TAL

DOV

CLT

NSV

RSD

MCH

DAY

NSV

POC

TAL
18

MCH

BRI

DAR

RCH

DOV

MAR

NWS

CLT

CAR

ATL

ONT

77th
481.76

1979

RSD

DAY

CAR

RCH

ATL

NWS

BRI

DAR

MAR

TAL

NSV

DOV

CLT

TWS

RSD

MCH
35

DAY

NSV

POC

70th
519.50
36


TAL
32

6


MCH
27

BRI

DAR

RCH

DOV

MAR

CLT

NWS

CAR

ATL

ONT

1980

RSD

DAY

RCH

CAR

ATL

BRI

DAR

NWS

MAR

TAL
33

NSV

DOV

CLT

TWS

RSD

MCH


TAL
13

MCH

BRI

DAR

RCH

DOV

NWS

MAR

71st
204

Warren Racing
79


DAY
30

NSV

POC


M.C. Anderson Racing
6

Chevy


CLT
32

CAR

ATL

ONT

1982

Robbins Racing
22

Buick

DAY

RCH

BRI

ATL

CAR

DAR

NWS

MAR

TAL

NSV

DOV

CLT

POC

RSD

MCH

DAY
37

NSV

POC

TAL

MCH

BRI

DAR

RCH

DOV

NWS

CLT

MAR

CAR

ATL
33

RSD

79th
247.95


Daytona 500























Year
Team
Manufacturer
Start
Finish

1973

Robbins Racing

Dodge
37
34

1975

Robbins Racing

Dodge
28
39


Notes





  1. ^ Richard S. Ginell. "Ruby Ann: Rockin' Rollin' Robbins, Vol. 3 - Marty Robbins | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-08-17..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Marty Robbins Biography". AllMusic, RhythmOne, LLC. Retrieved 2016-12-29.


  3. ^ "Marty Robbins Biography". A&E Television Networks, LLC. Retrieved 2016-12-29.


  4. ^ "About Marty Robbins". Country Music Television, Inc., a division of Viacom International Inc. Retrieved 2016-12-29.


  5. ^ Pruett, Barbara J. Marty Robbins: Fast Cars and Country Music. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2014-04-24.


  6. ^ "Emma Robinson : United States Census, 1930". Familysearch.org. Retrieved 27 October 2017.


  7. ^ Rhymes of the Frontier. Books.google.com. 1929. Retrieved 2014-10-25.


  8. ^ abc Marty Robbins interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969)


  9. ^ "Marty Robbins: Country Dude of Nashville. By Mary Harron : Articles, reviews and interviews from Rock's Backpages". Retrieved 2018-06-25 – via Rock's Backpages. (Subscription required (help)).


  10. ^ "Career Statistics". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved 2015-08-17.


  11. ^ "1973 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400". Racing-Reference.info. 1973-07-04. Retrieved 2015-08-17.


  12. ^ "Hell on Wheels". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-08-17.


  13. ^ Pareles, Jon (1982-12-10). "Marty Robbins, Singer, 57; Won a Grammy for 'El Paso'". New York Times. New York, NY. Retrieved 2016-10-12.


  14. ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 95. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.


  15. ^ "I told the brook [music] / [by] Marty Robbins ; arr. by Alec Baynes | National Library of Australia". Catalogue.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2015-08-17.


  16. ^ "Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins - Diane Diekman - Google Books". Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-08-17.


  17. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Country Singles 1944–2001


  18. ^ [1] Archived January 3, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.


  19. ^ "Cotton Owens Garage - Drivers". Cotton Owens Garage and Stratatomic LLC. Retrieved 2015-08-17.


  20. ^ "Marty Robbins Saves Life of NASCAR's Richard Childress". Savingcountrymusic.com. Retrieved 2013-09-11.




References



  • Pruett, Barbara J. "Marty Robbins: Fast Cars and Country Music". Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. 2007.
    ISBN 0-8108-6036-8

  • Diekman, Diane "Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins" (Music in American Life). 2012.

  • "Fallout: New Vegas" Big Iron is used on Radio New Vegas, Mojave Music Radio, and Black Mountain Radio.



External links












  • Official website


  • Robbins page at Country Music Hall of Fame


  • Robbins page at Western Music Association


  • Robbins page at Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame


  • Robbins bio by Hank Davis at AllMusic


  • Robbins page by Gaylen Duskey at NASCAR


  • Marty Robbins driver statistics at Racing-Reference


  • Marty Robbins owner statistics at Racing-Reference

  • The short film Country Style USA Recruitment: Episode 8 is available for free download at the Internet Archive

  • The short film Country Style USA Recruitment: Episode 34 is available for free download at the Internet Archive












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