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This has always been a favorite and back in the days the crowd would go wild whenever Bob and Jerry took it off the shelf - El Paso is a country and western ballad written and originally recorded by Marty Robbins, and first released on Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs in September 1959. It was released as a single the following month, and became a major hit on both the country and pop music charts, reaching Number One in both at the start of 1960. It won the Grammy Awa... MORE
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The window air conitioner lulled me to sleep in the dining room more than once. Dad sat up his stereo equipment behind the dining table on a long wooden table with pea green speaker covers built into them. They were made out of that scratchy burlap-like material. Anyway, he fired up the Realistic receiver and hooked up the 8-track. He loved the cowboy ballads. Pancho and Lefty were in there somewhere as well, but the song that I remember most is Marty Robbins' "El Pa... MORE
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I wasn't lucky enough to have a Starbuck's in my neighborhood when I was growing up to help me find out what music I should be listening to. I had to depend on my grandma. She had records that were a lot different from the Joan Baez, Lord Buckley, Dylan, and Stones records my parents had. She had a lot of Elvis, some Roger Miller, and a ton of as seen on TV compilations. Some that looked like this They would have tracks, just like this: I would sit around and p... MORE
