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"Big Iron" is a country ballad song written and performed by Marty Robbins. Originally released as an album track on Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs in September 1959, it was released as a single in February 1960 with the song "Saddle Tramp" as the B-side single. [2]
It is perhaps best known for Robbins's most successful single, "El Paso," a major hit on both the country and pop music charts, as well as for its opening track, "Big Iron," a song that gained a resurgence in popularity online as an Internet meme after its inclusion in the 2010 video game Fallout: New Vegas. [4]
Robbins has been honored by many bands, including the Grateful Dead who covered "El Paso" and Bob Weir & Kingfish who covered "Big Iron". The Who 's 2006 album Endless Wire includes the song "God Speaks of Marty Robbins".
The name of the character Feleena [2] was based upon a schoolmate of Robbins in the fifth grade, Fidelina Martinez. [3] Members of the Western Writers of America chose "El Paso" as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. [4] In 1998, the 1959 recording of "El Paso" on Columbia Records by Marty Robbins was inducted into the Grammy Hall of ...
Pages in category "Songs written by Marty Robbins" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. ... Big Iron; D. Devil Woman (Marty Robbins song) Don ...
Michael Martin Murphey (born March 14, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter. He was one of the founding artists of progressive country. [3] A multiple Grammy nominee, Murphey has six gold albums, including Cowboy Songs, the first album of cowboy music to achieve gold status since Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs by Marty Robbins in 1959.
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El Paso: Marty Robbins Story;1952-1960 (2012) My Woman, My Woman, My Wife/Marty After Midnight (2012) Rocks (2012) Return to Me : Columbia Country Hits; 1959-1982 (2013) Legends/Come Back to Me (2013) El Paso City/Adios Amigo (2013) 101 Devil Woman: Best of Marty Robbins (2013) Just a Little Sentimental/Devil Woman (2013)