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Marty Robbins (September 26, 1925 – December 8, 1982) was one of the most popular and successful American country and western singers of his era. For most of his nearly four decade career, Robbins was rarely far from the country music charts. Several of his songs ... became pop hits. Robbins also made many starts in the NASCAR Winston Cup series.
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Marty Robbins (September 26, 1925-December 8, 1982) is a former NASCAR driver from Glendale, AZ. He was a county music superstar who competed in thirty-five Nextel Cup Series events in his career, spanning from 1966 to 1982. His best career finish was a 5th at Michigan, but he scored four other top-tens in his career. Robbins was a popular driver, but he never managed much success and died in December 1982, still planning more races.
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(Columbia) Arizona native Marty Robbins was always a fighter. As one of nine kids, he grew up in extreme poverty with an abusive father. When his parents eventually divorced, he spent much of his youth in and out of trouble almost getting himself shipped off to reform school. He enlisted in the Navy during WWII, and while stationed in the South Pacific he learned to play guitar, started writing his own songs and picked up a love of Hawaiian music. Upon his discharge he returned to Arizona, where he worked odd jobs and began playing guitar on the side for a local singer where Marty gained stage experience, and more than a little self-confidence. One day while listening to a local radio station he heard a singer they employed and said to himself he could do better than that.
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Now, if you want to dig really deep into the Marty Robbins saga, you can start here. A regional star in Phoenix, Starr's hard-luck history is intimately intertwined with that of Marty Robbins, a singer he discovered and helped promote in late 1940s. Starr moved to Arizona after World War Two and was reasonably successful as a radio singer and bar band leader. To hear Starr tell the story (which he does in the liner notes), Robbins pretty much bailed on Starr as soon as Music City beckoned, and did little to help his old boss out when Starr later to move to Tennessee. The sound quality on these tracks ain't great, but the historical value is immense. Really, though, what you want to hear on this album is Starr himself -- he might not have made it big in showbiz, but he left behind some fine hillbilly music for folks to listen to in decades to come.
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Marty Robbins was born in 1925 in Glendale, Arizona as Martin David Robinson. His early life as one of nine children was full of conflict and run-ins with the law. When his father lost his business, the family lived in a tent on the desert and survived on quail, jackrabbits and doves which his mother shot. He dropped out of school, rode the rails, boxed, drove a truck, and picked cotton. While serving in the Navy during W.W.II he learned to play guitar.
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Marty Robbins, (September 26, 1925, Glendale, Arizona - December 8, 1982), was an American Country & Western Hall of Fame musician. He was one of the most popular and successful country singers of his era. For most of his nearly four-decade career, Robbins was rarely far from the country music charts. Several of his songs became pop hits, as well.
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