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Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs by  ReleasedSeptember 1959 (LP)
1999 (CD)RecordedApril 7, 1959   Length35:25 (1959 LP)
44:44 (1999 CD) chronologyMarty's Greatest Hits
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Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs is the fifth studio album by , released on the  label in September 1959 and peaking at #6 on the . It was recorded in a single eight-hour session on April 7, 1959, and was certified  by the  in 1965 and  in 1986. It is perhaps best known for Robbins' most successful single, "", a major hit on both the country and pop music charts, as well as for its opening track "," a song that gained a resurgence in popularity online as an .

Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs reached #1 in both the country and pop music charts at the start of 1960 and won the  the following year. A follow-up album of cowboy songs, , was released in 1960. In 2017, Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs was selected for preservation in the  by the  as being "culturally, historically, or artistically significant."

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 gave the album four-and-a-half stars, calling it "the single most influential album of Western songs in post-World War II American music". It is included in every revision of the list of .

Years after the album's release, members of the  chose six of its songs as being among the Top 100 Western Songs of all time. Three of them were written by Robbins: "El Paso", "Big Iron", and "The Master's Call". Three were written and previously recorded by others: "", "Billy the Kid", and "".

In 2010, with the release of  , the album was rediscovered by people who played the game and listened to the in-game radio. Although the radio feature only included "Big Iron," the song caused players to seek out the entire album, discovering the other songs online. Many Internet memes were created as a result, with the most common being parodies and edits of the album cover and edits/mashups of "Big Iron".

Track listing Side one No.TitleWriter(s)Length1.""3:562.""3:093.""Traditional2:194."A Hundred and Sixty Acres"David Kapp1:405."They're Hanging Me Tonight"James Low, Art Wolpert3:056.""3:25 Side two No.TitleWriter(s)Length1.""Marty Robbins4:192."In the Valley"Marty Robbins1:483."The Master's Call"Marty Robbins3:054."Running Gun", 2:105."The Little Green Valley"2:266."Utah Carol"Traditional3:13