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Gordon Lightfoot 'Rainy Day People' KLAW Classic

KLAW Morning Crew — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:28:35 +0000

Celebrating the rain today with our KLAW Classic! Gordon Lightfoot reached the #1 spot on the Easy Listening charts with ‘Rainy Day People’, and made it into the top 50 on the country charts. Lightfoot actually did reach the top of the country charts as a songwriter with Marty Robbins’ ‘Ribbon of Darkness’, and with [...]

Marty Robbins 'A White Sport Coat' KLAW Classic [VIDEO]

Jeri Anderson — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:17:33 +0000

Welcome to the Grand Ole Opry to Marty Robbins on this day in 1953. Just a few short years later, Robbins hit the number one spot with today’s KLAW Classic. The story behind the song says that Robbins was on the way to a gig somewhere and passed a school where students gathered before prom. [...]

Marty Robbins 'El Paso City' – KLAW Classic [VIDEO]

Frank Seres — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:56:48 +0000

36 years ago today it was his 15th #1 a reworking and indirect sequel to his 1959 hit "El Paso". He wrote the song while flying over El Paso and he said he wrote it in the same amount of time it takes to sing 4:14.