Marty Robbins
Posted By thecircusblog on October 2, 2011
I believe it was in 1957 when we worked together at the Arizona State Fair in Phoenix. Dad and I had the chimp act on the bill with several other variety acts which included Marty Robbins. His song, A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation) just made #1 on the charts. He was one happy fellow and an overnight sensation.
To be honest with you, I had no idea what was going on and to be frank didn’t even care. Maybe that’s why we became friends. NO pretext just two performers on the same bill. I did know that he was a local hero from Glendale, Arizona, a few miles west of Phoenix and of course he had a following from there.
As time went on we worked a few other shows and we kind of kept in touch, but then like always in our business you can lose track of people even friends. I can tell you this: Marty was one fine person and one great singer…………………….If you click on his song title you will be able to hear it.
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