Oh I was 16 when I met him and I only remember that he was under 5 feet. My dad said that when he was on TV singing a duet with a lady they would put him on a wooden box and shoot from the waist up only. THIS PERSON IS THINKING OF LITTLE JIMMY DICKENS. MARTY ROBBINS IS BETWEEN 5.7 AND 5.9. WE WERE FRIENDS FOR YEARS PRIOR TO HIS DEATH AND I AM 5'4" AND MARTY WAS SEVERAL INCHES TALLER THAN I WAS.

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All during the 70's Marty drove in NASCAR's elite Winston Cup Series when time permitted. He wheeled very distinctive Dodge Charges prepared by Cotton Owens. He was a Late Model Champion at Nashville Speedway. Having been around him at the track several times and talked racing with him, racing was a real passion of his........when time permitted. He was one down to earth guy and deeply missed.

Some say 5'4". I would have guessed taller. Weight? "Perfect" ?? Would that do? He looked so healthy, and well. So perfect. A legend in his own time ~ sadly missed by fans around the world. RIP Marty Robbins ~ He was 5' 91/2 inches

I worked a show with him in around '79. I'm 5'9", and I'm sure that he was a fair bit shorter than I. He played a small-bodied guitar, so on stage or TV one did not pick up on his short stature.

Robin Roberts, host of TV's Good Morning America has never been married. In 2012, she came out as a gay woman and revealed her relationship with longtime girlfriend Amber Laign.

He had three heart attacks, in previous thirteen years, and was having open heart surgery (probably by-pass) to improve chance of living a longer life. In 1982, this was a dangerous procedure and he died several days after the surgery.

This may not be all of them . . . this is just the ones who did El Paso. Marty Robbins - Vocals, Guitar

Grady Martin - Lead Guitar

Jack Pruett - Guitar

Bob Moore - Bass

Produced by Don Law and Frank Jones Grady Martin was also present during the recording of Don't Worry, it was his guitar plus a technical glitch that made the famous sound of that song.

Conrad Noddin played piano for Marty Robbins until May 1982, and Jim Hannaford took over until Marty's death in December. Details will be available in Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins, scheduled for publication in 2012.

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Marty Robbins died of complications following a cardiac surgery. He passed away on December 8th, 1982, after an eight hour quadruple bypass surgery. Robbins had health problems, having suffered his first of three heart attacks in August of 1969.

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There were two sets of twins. Marty had a twin sister, Mamie, then he had two twin brothers named Harley and Charley. There was also Lillie, Johnny, half brother, Robert Matthew (Pat) and half sister, Anna who had the same mother but a different father. They have all passed away.

Marty Robbins had a very successful career in country music, as a singer and songwriter. Of the hundreds of songs he recorded, and the hundreds of songs he wrote, it would be impossible to name them all.

Marty had 6 Top 10 hits in the 1950's, 17 Top 10 hits in the 1960's, and 15 more in the 1970's.

Some of Marty's Notable Hits:

I'll Go on Alone (1953) ~ Singin' the Blues (1956) ~ A White Sport Coat (1957) ~ El Paso (1959) ~ Don't Worry (1961) ~ Devil Woman (1962) ~ Ain't I the Lucky One (1963) ~ My Woman, My Woman, My Wife (1970) ~ El Paso City (1976).

Marty Robbins became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1953. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1982. He died of a heart attack on December 8, 1982.

As far as I know, Ronny is still managing the Marty Robbins Enterprises in Tennessee and Janet, his daughter was last know pursuing her musical career in New York (not country).

Martin's Japanese steel guitar player was (and pardon the spelling) Katz Kobiashi. He has since passed away also (along with Don Winters and Bobby Sykes)

Martin's maternal grandmother was Paiute Indian. His grandfather is where Martin got his love for the cowboy songs and he (Grandfather Heckle) was believed to be a Texas Ranger, among other things. Martin came from a family of nine children, he was a twin (twin sis was Mamie) and he had two other sisters, Anne and Lillie. Martin was the only one that went into the music field (at first under an assumed name because he was ashamed to let his mom know he was a singer..not too well thought of in those days) however, more in the family were musically inclined. Lillie was a great storyteller and has written a 'family chronicle' of the childhood years of the Robinson family growing up in the desert (not a story on Martin, but a story on the family). It was never published but the first 'chronicle' was completed and she was working on a 'sequal' when she died.

Yes and it reflected in his songs. Listen to His Masters Call.

"El Paso"

God Speaks of Marty Robbins was created in 2006.

Elvis never toured outside the US. Elvis and his manager, Tom Parker, were offered several lucrative deals from Saudi Arabia (2 offers, number one for 5 million USD - number 2 doubled that figure), South America (2,5 million USD) and Australia (1 million USD), but every time the offers were rejected. Many believe that Elvis' manager Colonel Tom Parker said no to the deals, as he was afraid Elvis might meet other mangers. Tom Parker got a stunning 50% being Elvis' manager. Tom Parker himself said that foreign concerts only could be played outdoors to which Elvis didn't approve.

Finally some think taht the fact that Tom Parker was an illegal immigrant made him want to stay in the US. This seems highly unlikely since Tom Parker would have had plenty of chances to apply for citizenship on a legal basis.