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Michael Martin Murphey

Dallas, United States • b. 1945-03-14

Michael Martin Murphey is credited on 863 releases across 237 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1966–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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863

Pressings credited

237

Albums

Decades active

296

In collections

Biography

Michael Martin Murphey (born March 14, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter. He was one of the founding artists of progressive country. A multiple Grammy nominee, Murphey has six gold albums including Cowboy Songs, the first album of cowboy music to achieve gold status since Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs by Marty Robbins in 1959. He has recorded the hit singles "Wildfire", "Carolina in the Pines", "What's Forever For", "A Long Line of Love", "What She Wants", "Don't Count the Rainy Days", and "Maybe This Time". Murphey is also the author of New Mexico's state ballad, "The Land of Enchantment". He has become a prominent musical voice for the Western horseman, rancher, and cowboy.

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