The Bottom Line
- "El Paso"
- "Big Iron"
- "Ribbon of Darkness"
- None.
Description
- Forty tracks on two CDs, all newly remastered with individual track information listed.
- Includes fifteen of Robbins' #1 hits.
- One of the very best of the Legacy "Essential" series.
Guide Review - Marty Robbins - The Essential
Robbins proved himself as a tremendous songwriter as well as a remarkable singer, mixing his original compositions, "Carmen," "You Gave Me A Mountain," and "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife," with amazing covers, such as the Gordon Lightfoot "Ribbon of Darkness" and the Dean Martin chestnut, "Return To Me," which Marty took and changed from Italian to Spanish to salute his Southwestern roots.
Marty Robbins suffered a good part of his life from heart disease, a powerful coronary in 1969 leading to a then-risky triple bypass. He continued recording and singing for another decade before another series of heart attacks and surgeries led to his death on December 8, 1982. His final recording, the title song for Clint Eastwood's "Honkytonk Man," became his last Top Ten hit in 1983. Country, pop, calypso, and folk, Marty Robbins did it all. His remarkable legacy is indelibly captured on this collection, and an essential for any country music library.
