Martin David Robinson (September 26, 1925–December 8, 1982), known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American (United States) singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. One of the most popular and successful country and Western (Country music) singers of his era, for most of his nearly four-decade career, Robbins was rarely far from the country music charts, and several of his songs also became pop hits.Citation neededdate=March 2010