He was also a professional race car driver, and at one point survived a 150-mile-an-hour crash at the 1972 Daytona 500. He was a member of the Grand Ole Opry, the Nashville Songwriters’ Hall of Fame, and the National Cowboy Hall of Fame.
Born in Glendale, Arizona, Robbins served in the Navy before becoming a professional musician. 1 country hits, 12 of which he wrote himself.” His most famous song, “El Paso,” was one of the first Western songs to win a Grammy award and sold more than a million copies. At the time of his death, an obituary in the New York Times noted his many achievements: “He recorded nearly 70 albums and had 18 No.
The famed country singer Marty Robbins passed away in 1982.
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