The 8th December will be etched in many people’s minds and remembered for the day John Lennon was murdered, but other things happed that date too. Exactly two years after Lennon, the country singer Marty Robbins died.
He recorded many original versions of songs that were hits for other people as well as his own hits. Here’s a live version of his 1960 hit El Paso. One of the great story songs despite the American version having the line about death edited out. This is the full English release.