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 ...

"El Paso" isn't the only song Marty Robbins wrote that tells the tragic tale of Faleena and the jealous cowboy who loved her.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Released in 1959, Marty Robbins’ hit song 'El Paso' topped country western charts and gave the legendary singer country street cred for capturing the true spirit of the western United States. Robbins ...

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 ...

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 – ...