In 1966, Robbins recorded "Feleena (From El Paso)", telling the life story of Feleena, the "Mexican girl" from "El Paso", in a third-person narrative. "[4] Upon arriving, the singer races for the cantina, but is chased and fatally wounded by a posse. In 1958, Robbins began recording cowboy material, for which he would become best known. On the album Ladies and Gentlemen... the Grateful Dead, Bob Weir introduces the song as the Dead's "most requested number". [1], Robbins wrote "El Paso City" while flying over El Paso, Texas, in - he reported - the same amount of time it takes to sing, four minutes and 14 seconds. Blaine L. Reininger, a founding musician of San Francisco band Tuxedomoon, included this song on his 1989 solo album Book of Hours. After Lolita and her Western Trio had a hit in the US with Seemann (Deine Heimat ist das Meer) she recorded a German version of El Paso which contributed to a long series of bi-national songs such as Wenn der Sommer Kommt and two songs which would top the U.S. country charts thirteen years later as performed by Marie Osmond Lieber Jonny, Komm doch Wieder and Das einsame Haus in Waikiki. Robbins wrote most of it in Phoenix, Arizona, but went to El Paso seeking inspiration for the conclusion. SoundCloud ... Marty Robbins. It was only the second time that ever happened to him; the first time was when he composed the original "El Paso" as fast as he could write it down. Report. "El Paso", which is considered Robbins' … Robbins' subject is mostly the west of myth and movie, which benefits from his ability as a storyteller -- "Big Iron" or "El Paso" may tell tales heard or seen 100 times onscreen, but he makes listeners feel like this is the first time they're hearing them, complete with excitement and anticipation of a poet in the middle of a spellbinding recital. The singer encounters a woman named "Velveeta" and asks her where she had been all his life; "she answered, 'Most of it I wasn't born'". Born in a desert shack in New Mexico during a thunderstorm, Feleena runs away from home at 17, living off her charms for a year in Santa Fe, New Mexico, before moving to the brighter lights of El Paso to become a paid dancer. 1 hit of the 1960s). [3], The song is a first-person narrative told by a cowboy in El Paso, Texas, in the days of the Wild West. Marty Robbins originally recorded El Paso written by Marty Robbins and Marty Robbins released it on the album Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs in 1959. Robbins wrote it while flying over El Paso in, he reported, the same amount of time it takes to sing—four minutes and 14 seconds. Cowboy Traditional Country. This album by marty robbins was released in 1976 it consists of 10 tracks. 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Download Marty Robbins El Paso sheet music and printable PDF music notes. It won the Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording in 1961, and remains Robbins' best-known song. El Paso City / Adios A… ROBBINS,MARTY. 5.0 out of 5 stars El Paso Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2013 One of Marty Robbins greatest hits, love this song ever since I was a young boy listening with my father to the old time true country music 6 on the pop charts, and also went platinum in the mid-1960s. Barnum, was a radio hit in 1960. The song then fast-forwards to an undisclosed time later - the lyrics at this point change from past to present tense - when the singer describes the yearning for Feleena that drives him to return, without regard for his own life, to El Paso. 1 hit of the 1960's). – Marty Robbins: El Paso Written-By ... Track A ('El Paso') incorrectly lists release date as 'October 1951' (song was not released as a single until October of 1959); track B ('A White Sport Coat') correctly listed as released March 1957. "El Paso" frequently was performed by the Grateful Dead in concert. He spends six weeks romancing her and then, in a retelling of the key moment in the original song, beset by "insane jealousy", he shoots another man with whom she was flirting. El Paso by Marty Robbins chart history on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes and YouTube. Submit Corrections ... Find album release information for El Paso City - Marty Robbins on AllMusic. [2], Members of the Western Writers of America chose "El Paso" as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. Her lover's return to El Paso comes only a day after his flight (the original song suggests a longer time frame before his return) and as she goes to run to him, the cowboy motions to her to stay out of the line of fire and is shot; immediately after his dying kiss, Feleena shoots herself with his gun. Learn Country score for Lead Sheet / Fake Book by Marty Robbins in minutes. Week-by-week music charts, peak chart positions and airplay stats. Homer and Jethro also parodied the song in their "El Paso - Numero Dos". His 1959 album _Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs_ went to No. There have been three versions of Robbins' original recording of "El Paso": the original full-length version, the edited version, and the abbreviated version, which is an alternate take in stereo that can be found on the Gunfighter Ballads album. He wonders to himself, "Could it be that I could be the cowboy in this mystery," suggesting a past life. The record-buying public, as well as most disc jockeys, overwhelmingly preferred the full-length version. Marty Robbins El Paso . The series finale of the TV Show Breaking Bad contained several references to the song. "El Paso City" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Marty Robbins. In his 1980 TV special "Comedy Is Not Pretty", comedian Steve Martin spoofs the song in a skit acting out the plot with comedic elements such as riding a Shetland Pony and elephant, and having a supporting cast of chimpanzees. Listen free to Marty Robbins – Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (Big Iron, Cool Water and more). His 1959 album Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs went to No. It moved the action to Azusa, California, where Rosa's Cantina became a pizza place where Feleena worked as a waitress. He had his first No. Add to My Collection. Country. Calm/Peaceful Gentle Melancholy Plaintive Reflective Relaxed Romantic Sad Sentimental Smooth Sophisticated Wistful. History . With Steve Martin, Marty Allen, Richard Deacon, Joyce DeWitt. Grady Martin released an instrumental version in 1965 on his Instrumentally Yours album.[17]. It won the Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording in 1961, and remains Robbins' best-known song.

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