Marty Robbins

Marty Robbins, (September 26 1925 - December 8, 1982), was an American Country & Western Hall of Fame musican and a talented NASCAR race car driver.

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September 26 - 1925 - December 8 - 1982 - American - Country & Western - Hall of Fame - NASCAR - Race car

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Born Martin David Robinson near Glendale, Arizona, served in the United States Navy as an LCT coxswain during World War II. To pass the time during the war, he learned to play the guitar, started writing songs, and grew to love Hawaiian music. After discharge in 1945, he started playing at local venues in Phoenix, then moved on to host his own radio station show, on KTYL, and ended up with his own television (TV) show on KPHO in Phoenix. After Little Jimmy Dickens made a guest apperance on Robbins' TV show, Dickens got Robbins a record deal with Columbia. He went on to become an immensely popular singing star of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Glendale, Arizona - United States Navy - LCT - Coxswain - World War II - Hawaiian music - 1945 - Phoenix - Radio station - KTYL - Television - KPHO - Little Jimmy Dickens - Columbia - Singing star - Grand Ole Opry - Nashville, Tennessee

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His musical accomplishments include the first Grammy Award ever for a country song, for his 1959 hit, and signiture song, "El Paso". He won the Grammy Award for the Best Country & Western Recording 1961, for the album More Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs. Won the Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1970, for "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife." Robbins was named "Artist of the Decade" (1960-69) by the Academy of Country Music, was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1982, and was given a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1998 for his song "El Paso".

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Grammy Award - Country - 1959 - El Paso - 1961 - 1970 - Academy of Country Music - Country Music Hall of Fame - 1982 - Grammy Hall of Fame Award - 1998

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Marty Robbins was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975 and is an inductee of the Country Music Hall of Fame. For his contribution to the recording industry, Marty Robbins has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6666 Hollywood Blvd.

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Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame - 1975 - Country Music Hall of Fame - Hollywood Walk of Fame

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Between recording songs and touring, Marty Robbins was an avid race car driver, competing in NASCAR with the best stock car drivers in the world including at the Daytona 500.

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NASCAR - Stock car - Daytona 500

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Marty Robbins died in Nashville on December 8, 1982. He was interred in the Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Nashville.

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December 8 - 1982 - Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery

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