On this day (November 17) in 1956, Marty Robbins started a seven-week run at No. 1 with “Singing the Blues.” At the time, Billboard tracked country singles with three separate charts. The song topped ...
We often assume that musicians eat, sleep, and breathe their artistic craft, and while that’s often true, Marty Robbins used music as a means to an end to fund his true dream job: a stock-car racer.