Blacker than night were the eyes of felina, wicked and evil while casting a spell. Martin david robinson september 26, 1925 december 8, 1982, known professionally as marty robbins, was an american singer, songwriter, actor, multiinstrumentalist, and nascar racing driver. Ultimate country super hits 3cd set released in 2002. Never content to remain just a country singer, robbins performed successfully in a dazzling array of styles during more than 30 years in the bus. Marty robbins a white sport coat and a pink carnation duration. The studio version of this song features some very advanced lead playing. This video clip contains live concert footage of marty robbins performing his hit. Choose the instruments you want to hear, and download your version instantly. Overview biography songs similar artists cds dvds vinyl. Instrumental version for piano available in high quality 320kbps, with or without vocals. No artist in the history of country music has had a more stylistically diverse career than marty robbins. One of the most popular and successful country and western singers of his era, for most of his nearly fourdecade career, robbins was rarely far from the country. Both the lyrics and the music are painting a vivid picture of the south texas atmosphere. Im as sad as the willow that weeps in the valley since.
The classic ballad was first released in 1959 on the gunfighter ballads and trail songs album, and went on to win a grammy award in 1960. George strait,the statler brothersnov 12, 1983 duration. Marty robbinss songs stream online music songs listen. Robbins record company was unsure whether radio stations would play such a long song, and so released two versions of the song on a promo 45. Robbins was one of the most popular and successful country and western singers for most of his nearly fourdecade career, which spanned from the late 1940s to the early 1980s. Later, records with very long versions of songs came about and radio stations learned. Song l first heard nearly 50 years ago,always loved it. The mono full length version and the stereo lp version are both included on the bear. The eightplus minute storysong tells the young maidens full story. Back when this first came out it was too long for radio airplay and they did the shorten version for radio stations.