This week in 1960, Marty Robbins' Columbia Records single "El Paso" was in the middle of its chart run after entering the country music charts in November 1959 and topping both the pop and country ...

In one of the final interviews before his death in 2003, Johnny Cash declared, “There’s no greater country singer than Marty Robbins.” Quite a bold statement from the Man in Black, but Robbins lived ...

As it was for the couple depicted in the song, Marty Robbins' "Just Married" was a beautiful, almost cinematic beginning for songwriter Barry De Vorzon. His first hit was born out of desperation, ...

Though it might be frustrating for music collectors to replace outmoded editions of their favorite albums, it's hard to find fault in the glut of CD reissues in the '90s. After all, if a disc can ...

When the Breaking Bad Finale title was revealed as “Felina,” there were a lot of theories about what it could mean. The simplest explanation was that it was an anagram for finale. Another more complex ...

There are plenty of great songs about racing, but for every track to achieve the stature of “Shut Down” or “Hot Rod Lincoln,” there are dozens -- maybe hundreds -- that history has forgotten. Usually ...

Gene Autry must have inspired millions of kids during the Great Depression. None more, perhaps, than a skinny little Arizona boy named Martin, who dreamed of growing up to be a singing cowboy, just ...

We often assume that musicians eat, sleep, and breathe their artistic craft, and while that’s often true, Marty Robbins used music as a means to an end to fund his true dream job: a stock-car racer.

From her Tony-winning title role in Broadway’s Hello, Dolly! to one of her signature songs, “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” – sung on film by Marilyn Monroe and covered in 1983 by Emmylou Harris – ...

As it was for the couple depicted in the song, Marty Robbins' "Just Married" was a beautiful, almost cinematic beginning for songwriter Barry De Vorzon. His first hit was born out of desperation, ...