At nearly five minutes, Marty Robbins’ “El Paso” is the Infinite Jest of early chart-toppers. “El Paso” isn’t a dynamic song, exactly; it doesn’t swell with instrumentation as it goes along or build ...
Released in 1959, Marty Robbins’ hit song 'El Paso' topped country western charts and gave the legendary singer country street cred for capturing the true spirit of the western United States. Robbins ...
The Number Ones is a new column where I’ll review every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.