Marty Robbins Twentieth Century Drifter

Marty's top 10 hit from 1974. Marty was widely regarded as the best non-professional driver on the Nascar circuit. Somewhat incongrous for a guy whom at one time would throw up at the thought of 'live' television yet would strap himself in the cockpit of a stock car that would hurtle round the track in excess of 180 miles an hour! That Marty was really good at it should come as no surprise because he was an outrageously gifted person. He had some bad smashes and injuries, but considered racing as no more dangerous than playing golf and to illustrate his point he said many people were killed by lightning playing golf.

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• Twentieth
• Century
• Drifter

[bubbles6495]

brilliant

[jhtenvelde]

Hi there Allen!How are you doing,I hope that you are doing allright.Once again I will like to thank you for keeping the memory of Marty alive.For me and I think also for manny,manny more Marty was and still is the greatest gift of God an Angel with the most beautiful voice that I ever heard.I hope that he may rest in Heavenly peace and that he may perform every night for all our dearones that past awayR.I.P.Stay healthy together with your dearones and have a wonderful live.Say hi to Tadashi.

[moparbody]

an original unlike anyone out today

[grannydyess]

@FreshKicksOnTheCourt showa you have no taste or is your hearing damaged by this crap called rap and hip hop?

[HomeDepot20TS]

Love this song. One of the greatest racing songs I've ever heard. I uploaded another great one, Dave Dudley's "Fireball Rolled a Seven," and Kyle Petty had a great tribute to his dad called "Oh King Richard."

I was only born in 1986 so obviously Marty had already passed on, but I'm a big fan of his music and racing exploits. What I love about this song is how he puts himself in the shoes of a true racing independent rather than the racing country music star.

[grannydyess]

great as always. thanks for posting

[slohand12]

I live near Spartanburg, SC, and can remember when Marty's #42 Dodge was based here at Cotton Owen's shop off White Ave. At that time, we also had Bud Moore's #15 team here, and  Mario Rossi's #22 Dodge team here. If I remember correctly, Buddy Baker was driving for Bud, and Dick Brooks for Rossi.

[newagelady07]

I have been looking for this song. This was my late husbands favorite song. It brings back some good memories. Thanks for putting this on you tube.

[Deb7476]

@edebeck This song is on the CD "Best of Marty Robbins" available on Amazon.com.

[edebeck]

@Paul2k4 I also have had touble finding this song. I have found it on an old LP vinyl disk from the 70's called Country Sunshine.