Marty taught himself to play mandolin and guitar and, by 12, was playing in a bluegrass group. The following year, after sitting in with Lester Flatt’s band, The Nashville Grass, he was asked to ...

Marty Robbins had a huge hit with a song he had written, “El Paso,” that crossed over to number one on the pop and country charts. Six of the ten top country songs in 1959 were story songs.

Check out all of these and more in Billboard‘s roundup of the best country, Americana and/or bluegrass songs of the week ... Jake Worthington feat. Marty Stuart, "I'm the One" Texan Worthington ...