Anthem Music Publishing has acquired the song catalog of the late country singer-songwriter Marty Robbins.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition covers Robbins’ hits from a career that spanned the late 1940s through the early 1980s, including more than 500 songs released across 72 albums.
The catalog includes Big Iron, which climbed to No. 5 on the US Country chart in 1960 and peaked at No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was featured in the 2010 video game Fallout: New Vegas. The Western Writers of America ranked it 11th among Western songs of all time.
El Paso, which was released via Columbia Records in 1959, is also part of the Anthem acquisition. The song reached No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Country charts, and earned Robbins a Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording in 1961. Artists including Keith Urban and the Grateful Dead have covered El Paso, with the latter performing it live more than 380 times.
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Anthem Music Publishing has acquired the song catalog of the late country singer-songwriter Marty Robbins.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition covers Robbins’ hits from a career that spanned the late 1940s through the early 1980s, including more than 500 songs released across 72 albums.
The catalog includes Big Iron, which climbed to No. 5 on the US Country chart in 1960 and peaked at No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was featured in the 2010 video game Fallout: New Vegas. The Western Writers of America ranked it 11th among Western songs of all time.
El Paso, which was released via Columbia Records in 1959, is also part of the Anthem acquisition. The song reached No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Country charts, and earned Robbins a Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording in 1961. Artists including Keith Urban and the Grateful Dead have covered El Paso, with the latter performing it live more than 380 times.
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