Michael Martin Murphey
Michael Martin Murphey was born in Dallas, Texas, United States on March 14th, 1945 and is the Country Singer. At the age of 79, Michael Martin Murphey biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, and networth are available.
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Michael Martin Murphey (born March 14, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter best known for writing and performing Western music, country music, and popular music.
Murphey has six gold albums, including Cowboy Songs, the first album of cowboy music to be released since Marty Robbins' 1960 album Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs.
"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" have all been hit singles.
Murphey is also the author of "The Land of Enchantment," New Mexico's state ballad.
Murphey has established himself as the Western horseman, rancher, and cowboy.
Early life
Michael Martin Murphey was born in Dallas, Texas, on March 14, 1945, to Pink Lavary Murphey and Lois Murphey. Murphey's mother, Catherine Corbett Murphey, was born in the Oak Cliff neighborhood, where he grew up. Mark, his brother, is three years older. He began riding horses on his grandfather and uncle's ranches when he was 6 years old. He'll remember sleeping on his grandfather's porch under the stars, watching the older man's stories and cowboy songs years later.
These men of the land loved being around them while doing their jobs. These experiences left a lasting impression on the young boy. He discovered a passion for cowboy songs and stories in his early years. He was also an avid reader, attracted by Mark Twain and William Faulkner's books. As a youth, he loved writing poetry and loved listening to his uncle's old 78 rpm albums, particularly those of country and folk artists such as Hank Williams, Bob Wills, and Woody Guthrie.
He started as an amateur in junior high school and then as a camp advisor at a summer camp called Sky Ranch. He started performing western songs around a campfire at a Texas ranch at the age of 17. Murphey was playing in Dallas' clubs, performing country music, folk music, and rock music by the early 1960s. With his charm and charisma, he gained a following in the Dallas area, and soon formed a band.
Honors and awards
- 2021 Texas Trail of Fame Induction into the Fort Worth Trail of Fame and placement of marker in from to Billy Bob's Texas
- 2021 Lone Star Film Festival - Stephen Bruton Award Prestigious Lone StarFilm Festival honor for significant impact in film and TV by a musical artist
- 2019 Wrangler Award Induction into the Cowboy Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Awards
- 2009 Grammy Award Nomination for Best Bluegrass Album, for Buckaroo Blue Grass
- 2009 Texas Country Music Hall of Fame
- 2008 National Day of the Cowboy "Cowboy Keeper Award".
- 2007 National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Wrangler Award for Best Song, for "Long and Lonesome Road to Dalhart"
- 2007 Texas Music Award for Best Song, for "Close the Land (America's Heartland)"
- 2007 Letter of Commendation from the President of the United States, for Murphey's involvement producing John Wayne's 100th Birthday Celebration
- 2004 Western Music Association Hall of Fame
- 2000 The New Mexico Distinguished Public Service Lifetime Achievement Award
- 1999 Academy of Western Artists Award for Best Album, for Cowboy Songs Four
- 1998 The Golden Smokey Award for Outstanding Service to the U.S. National Park Service
- 1997 Will Rogers Cowboy Philosopher Award, Will Rogers Memorial Commission
- 1982 Academy of Country Music Top New Male Vocalist
- 1972 Rolling Stone Magazine Best New Singer-Songwriter in the Nation, for the album Geronimo's Cadillac
- American Quarter Horse Association Lifetime Honorary Member
- CMA Award Nominations (three times)
- BMI Platinum Record, for the song "Wildfire"
- BMI Gold Record, for the album Cowboy Songs, the first Gold album in Cowboy music since Marty Robbins
- RIAA Certified Gold Records for "Blue Sky, Night Thunder" and "Cowboy Songs"
- King of the Cowboys Award for Outstanding Contribution to Western Family Entertainment by the Cody Order of Scouts, State of Nebraska
- Cody Order of Scouts, Nebraska
- Nebraska Country Music Hall of Fame
- Colorado Country Music Hall of Fame
- Western Heritage Awards from the Cowboy Hall of Fame (six-time winner)
- International Charley Russell Western Heritage Society Red Sash Award for Outstanding Service in Preservation of Western Heritage, 1999–2000