The Who’s 2006 album “Endless Wire” includes a song entitled “God Speaks, of Marty Robbins.” The song’s composer, Pete Townshend, explains that the song is about God’s deciding to create the universe just so he can hear some music, “and most of all, one of his best creations, Marty Robbins.”
Marty Robbins (1925 – 1982) was one of the most popular and successful American country and western singers of his era. For most of his nearly four decade career he was rarely far from the country music charts. Several of his songs also became pop hits. He recorded many pleasing bob-along melodies with a tear in his voice and a smile on his face
Singing the blues
Time goes by
Call me up
Don’t let me hang around
Pretty words
Gossip
Lucky Lucky Someone Else
I can’t quit
At The End of a Long Lonely Day
Devil Woman
El Paso
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