Marty Robbins wrote his iconic cowboy ballads with a wild imagination, but the story of "El Paso" takes place in a real ...

Sixty-nine years ago today, Marty Robbins was at the top of the country chart with a song that was a massive hit for other artists as well.

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.