Classic Albums Gunfighter Ballads and Trial Songs by Marty Robbins 1959

It was by 1959 Marty Robbins was one of AMerica's successful country singers who had been recording for Columbia Records since 1951 with successful hits like A White Sportscoat and an Pink Carnation, The Story of My Life, The Hanging Tree, Please Don't Tease Me, Singing the Blues and others. Marty recorded the songs for the album that was to become Gunfighter Ballads and Trial Songs at the Bradley Film and Recording Studios in Nashville on April 7th 1959 which lasted that same day and the producer on it was Don Law who was the head of the country division for Columbia as well as the Glaser Brothers doing the background vocals, guitarists Grady Martin and Jack H Pruett, Bob Moore on bass and Louis Dunnon drums. The album was released in September 1959 which went to number 6 in the USA that went platnium and no 20 in the UK and would become one of his best albums as well as best selling albums of his career and also the album was in the Billboard charts for 36 weeks. Gunfighter Ballads and Trial Songs holds up very well today with great songs which celebrates the spirits of the Old West like Cool Water,Utah carol,The Strawberry Roam as well as 4 songs written by Marty which were Big Iron,The Master's Call, In the Valley and the classic hit El Paso which it was number 1 in both the country and pop charts in the USA which it won an Grammy for Best Country and Western Recording. it will be 30 years this year since the passing of MArty Robbins but his music still endures after all these years and this album still endures after 53 years which it's an classic album indeed and also still in the shops somewhere in the world so be sure to listen to it as there are great story songs about the west in the way Marty Robbins sings them