We often assume that musicians eat, sleep, and breathe their artistic craft, and while that’s often true, Marty Robbins used music as a means to an end to fund his true dream job: a stock-car racer.
On this day (December 8) in 1982, Marty Robbins died from a heart attack in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 57. During his career, he launched several songs to the top of the country charts.
Arizona's own Marty Robbins is the subject of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's new exhibit, set to open Friday. Not that many of us will make it to the Hall of Fame in Nashville, but in ...