Many of us grow up listening to country music, which is also known as country and western, and hillbilly music. It is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern United States in the early 1920s. It takes its roots from genres such as American folk music and blues.
Martin David Robinson (September 26, 1925 – December 8, 1982), known professionally as Marty Robbins, was a singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, and race car driver. One of the most popular and successful country and western singers of all time for most of his near four-decade career,
Robbins developed cardiovascular disease early in life. After his third heart attack on December 2, 1982, he underwent quadruple coronary bypass surgery. He did not recover and died six days later, on December 8, at St. Thomas Hospital. He is buried in Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery in Nashville, TN.