Marty Robbins

format_quote I didn't choose a word or anything. I just wrote the song until it stopped.

stars  Recipient of the first triple bypass heart operation in the world.

stars  Toured with Elvis Presley in 1955.

stars  According to a 1982 interview, was outside in his back yard on the afternoon of July 31, 1964, during a severe thunderstorm, when he heard a low flying plane go directly overhead. He said, "I thought to myself, either he's a hell of a pilot or he's in trouble, because you just wouldn't be intentionally flying that low in that kind of a storm. A few seconds later, I heard it crash". Shortly afterward, he found out that the pilot of the plane was his friend and fellow Country Music star Jim Reeves. Reeves and his manager/piano player Dean Manuel were both killed in the crash, although their bodies and the wreckage weren't found until two days later, August 2.

stars  He was a dear close friend of La Melle Prince (a Black Country & Western singer and performer that was signed to Decca Records, Nashville, Tennessee. (1969); her record producer was the late Owen Bradley), he was instrumental in her music career by helping her get signed to Decca Records...

stars  Marty Robbins was a respected Nascar Winston Cup/ Grand National racer, as well as a car owner. Mr. Robbins competed in 35 races, between 1966 to 1982. His best placings was a 5th at Michigan, June 16, 1974 and a 9th at Talladega, August 11, 1974. He was also a regular competitor at the Nashville Speedway in the late model division. Many times rushing to appear at the Grand Ole Opry after running the Saturday night feature race. He raced late model stock cars from 1965 until a month before he died.