"El Paso" was also the first song to hit #1 on the pop chart in the 1960s. His musical accomplishments include the first Grammy Award ever awarded for a country song, for his 1959 hit and signature song "El Paso". Robbins went on to become an immensely popular singing star of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee.
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He eventually hosted his own television (TV) show on KPHO in Phoenix and after Little Jimmy Dickens made a guest appearance on Robbins' TV show, he got Robbins a record deal with Columbia. After his discharge from the military in 1945, he started playing at local venues in Phoenix, then moved on to host his own radio station show on KTYL. To pass time, he learned to play the guitar, started writing songs, and grew to love Hawaiian music. Robbins served in the United States Navy as an LCT coxswain during World War II.
In addition to his recordings and performances, Robbins was an avid race car driver, competing in 35 career NASCAR races with six top 10 finishes. One of the most popular and successful country and western singers of his era, for most of his nearly four-decade career, Robbins was rarely far from the country music charts, and several of his songs also became pop hits. Martin David Robinson (born Septemin Glendale, Arizona died Decemin Nashville, Tennessee), better known simply as Marty Robbins, was an American Grammy award winning country music singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.