#SongbirdSunday - Marty Robbins is without question one of the most proflic country music stars of all time. ACM - Academy of Country Music deemed him artist of the decade in the 1960s! His album, "Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs" is a classic and has sold over 1 millon copies! Here on a TV performance in Australia performing the no. 1 hit, "El Paso" | Mandy Barnett

Marty Robbins’ “El Paso,” released in 1959, is a western ballad masterpiece that blends romance, jealousy, and gunplay into a haunting narrative. With its rich Spanish guitar and Robbins’ smooth tenor, the song tells the tragic tale of a cowboy who falls for a Mexican girl named Feleena, kills a rival, and meets his fate returning for her. It hit No. 1 on both the country and pop charts and won the first-ever Grammy for Best Country & Western Recording in 1961. A true classic of cowboy storytell

History Through El Paso: The Story of Geronimo On September 9, 1886, the most feared name in the Southwest rolled through El Paso aboard a Southern Pacific train: Geronimo. For decades, this Chiricahua Apache leader had defied both the United States and Mexico, earning a legendary reputation as the last great Apache warrior. Born in 1829 near the Gila River, Geronimo was not a chief by election, but a medicine man, spiritual leader, and fearless fighter. Settlers and soldiers believed he could n