Marty Robbins, active from 1948 through 1982, was perhaps the the most important country and western singer of all time. He is a member of both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and he was named the 1960's Artist of the Decade.
Temperament that it hits on: Melancholic
The Ballad of The Alamo hits on my melancholic temperament because melancholics love to remember the past. Being a Texan, this is important to me. At the Battle of San Jacinto shortly after the Alamo, Sam Houston yelled, "Victory is certain. Remember the Alamo!" With this, the Texans defeated the Mexicans. While this was an important part of American and Texan history, I'm not going to say that everything was handled without atrocity. Let's leave it at that.
This song is a masterpiece of music and history. I like it a lot because many people nowadays don't even know about the Alamo.
On Monday, as promised, I will publish my favorite song of the 1940's.
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