Marty Robbins – All Around Cowboy
Best Oldies Songs A Quiet Return to the Cowboy’s Heart, Haunted by Love and Pride “All Around Cowboy” is a late-career Marty Robbins song that returns him to his western storytelling roots, recorded…
Marty Robbins – By the Time I Get to Phoenix
A Wistful Farewell That Fades into the Distance When Marty Robbins sings “By the Time I Get to Phoenix”, he carries the ache of departure in a voice softened by regret…
Marty Robbins – The Sea and Me
A Longing for Lost Love Carried by the Tides of the Sea “The Sea and Me,” recorded by Marty Robbins and written by Jerry Byrd, is a haunting, ocean‑washed ballad that…
Marty Robbins – Tonight Carmen
A LOVER’S LONGING THAT CAN’T BE DENIED, EVEN AT DAWN When Marty Robbins released “Tonight Carmen” in May 1967 as the lead single from his album Tonight Carmen, he struck gold:…
Marty Robbins – Way out There
A Haunting Echo of Solitude Beneath the Endless Sky “Way Out There” is one of Marty Robbins’ most quietly haunting ballads, a song of isolation and longing carried on the…
Marty Robbins – Only A Picture Stops Time
A Poignant Lament That Only a Photograph Can Freeze a Heartbeat “Only a Picture Stops Time” stands as one of the more quietly heartbreaking ballads in Marty Robbins’ catalog. Originally…
Marty Robbins – Seventeen Years
A Quiet Tragedy of Devotion Behind Iron Bars “Seventeen Years” is a mournful confession of unwavering love and sacrifice, sung by Marty Robbins on his 1971 Columbia album Today. Though…
Marty Robbins – Tumbling Tumbleweeds
A drifting spirit finds its voice in a landscape shaped by solitude, memory, and the quiet persistence of the American West. When Marty Robbins recorded Tumbling Tumbleweeds for his 1959…
Marty Robbins – 20th Century Drifter
A restless spirit searching for truth in the noise of a modern world In the long arc of Marty Robbins’ catalog, 20th Century Drifter stands as a vivid reflection of…
Marty Robbins – I’ve Got No Use for the Women
A ballad of lonely riders and unspoken reckonings that reveals the cost of a life lived on the edge of the frontier. When Marty Robbins released I’ve Got No Use…