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Michael Martin Murphey
voc, *1945 US, Oak Cliff
Singer / Musician / Songwriter of Country
A.k.a. Travis Lewis
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. 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", and "Don't Count the Rainy Days". Murphey is also the author of New Mexico's state ballad, "The Land of Enchantment". Murphey has become a prominent musical voice for the Western horseman, rancher, and cowboy.
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| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Stakes: Cowboy Songs VII | Michael Martin Murphey | 2016 | Album |
| Flowing Free Forever / Lone Wolf / Peaks, Valleys, Honky-Tonks & Alleys | Michael Martin Murphey | 2013 | Compil. |
| Red River Drifter | Michael Martin Murphey | 2013 | Album |
| Blue Sky Night Thunder/Swans Against The Sun | Michael Martin Murphey | 2011 | Compil. |
| Tall Grass & Cool Water | Michael Martin Murphey | 2011 | Album |
| Buckaroo Blue Grass II: Riding Song | Michael Martin Murphey | 2010 | Album |
| Cowboy Classics | Michael Martin Murphey | 2009 | Album |
| Buckaroo Blue Grass | Michael Martin Murphey | 2009 | Album |
| Heartland Cowboy (Cowboy Songs Vol. 5) | Michael Martin Murphey | 2006 | Album |
| Live At Billy Bob's Texas | Michael Martin Murphey | 2004 | Album |
| Cowboy Classics: Playing Favorites II | Michael Martin Murphey | 2002 | Album |
| Playing Favorites | Michael Martin Murphey | 2001 | Album |
| Ultimate Collection | Michael Martin Murphey | 2001 | Compil. |
| Acoustic Christmas Carols (Cowboy Christmas II) | Michael Martin Murphey | 1999 | Album |
| Wildfire 1972-1984 | Michael Martin Murphey | 1998 | Compil. |
| Cowboy Songs Four | Michael Martin Murphey | 1998 | Album |
| The Horse Legends | Michael Martin Murphey | 1997 | Album |
| Sagebrush Symphony | Michael Martin Murphey With San Antonio Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Christopher Wilkins | 1995 | Album |
| Cowboy Songs III (Rhymes Of The Renegades) | Michael Martin Murphey | 1993 | Album |
| Big Iron / Cowboy Logic | Michael Martin Murphey | 1993 | Single |
| What's Forever For | Michael Martin Murphey | 1992 | Compil. |
| I Don't Do Floors / I'm Gonna Miss You Girl | Michael Martin Murphey | 1992 | Single |
| Cowboy Christmas (Cowboy Songs II) | Michael Martin Murphey | 1991 | Album |
| Cowboy Logic | Michael Martin Murphey | 1990 | Single |
| What Am I Doing Here | Michael Martin Murphey | 1990 | Single |
| - Best Of Country - | Michael Martin Murphey | 1990 | Compil. |
| Let The Cowboy Dance | Michael Martin Murphey | 1990 | Single |
| Route 66 | Michael Martin Murphey | 1989 | Single |
| Family Tree | Michael Martin Murphey | 1989 | Single |
| Land Of Enchantment | Michael Martin Murphey | 1989 | Album |
| Never Givin' Up On Love | Michael Martin Murphey | 1989 | Single |
| Talkin' To The Wrong Man | Michael Martin Murphey | 1988 | Single |
| From The Word Go / Vanishing Breed | Michael Martin Murphey | 1988 | Single |
| Pilgrims On The Way (Matthew's Song) / Still Got The Fire | Michael Martin Murphey | 1988 | Single |
| River Of Time | Michael Martin Murphey | 1988 | Album |
| Americana | Michael Martin Murphey | 1987 | Album |
| A Long Line Of Love | Michael Martin Murphey | 1987 | Single |
| A Face In The Crowd / You're History | Michael Martin Murphey And Holly Dunn | 1987 | Single |
| I'm Gonna Miss You Girl | Michael Martin Murphey | 1987 | Single |
| Fiddlin' Man | Michael Martin Murphey | 1986 | Single |
| Wildfire | Michael Martin Murphey | 1986 | Single |
| Tonight We Ride | Michael Martin Murphey | 1986 | Single |
| Tonight We Ride | Michael Martin Murphey | 1986 | Album |
| Rollin' Nowhere | Michael Martin Murphey | 1986 | Single |
| Colorado Christmas | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / Michael Martin Murphey | 1985 | Single |
| Cross Country Music Show | Michael Martin Murphey | 1984 | Single |
| Carolina In The Pines / Cherokee Fiddle | Michael Martin Murphey | 1984 | Single |
| Will It Be Love By Morning | Michael Martin Murphey | 1983 | Single |
| Disenchanted | Michael Martin Murphey | 1983 | Single |
| The Heart Never Lies | Michael Martin Murphey | 1983 | Single |
| The Heart Never Lies | Michael Martin Murphey | 1983 | Single |
| The Heart Never Lies | Michael Martin Murphey | 1983 | Album |
| Still Taking Chances | Michael Martin Murphey | 1982 | Single |
| Hearts / What's Forever For | Marty Balin, Michael Martin Murphey | 1982 | Single |
| The Two Step Is Easy / Lost River | Michael Martin Murphey | 1982 | Single |
| The Best Of Michael Martin Murphey | Michael Martin Murphey | 1982 | Compil. |
| What She Wants | Michael Martin Murphey | 1982 | Single |
| Michael Martin Murphey | Michael Martin Murphey | 1982 | Album |
| Love Affairs | Michael Martin Murphey | 1982 | Single |
| What's Forever For / Take It Like A Man | Michael Martin Murphey | 1982 | Single |
| What's Forever For | Michael Martin Murphey | 1982 | Single |
| Hard Country / Take It As It Comes | Michael Martin Murphey, Katy Moffatt | 1981 | Single |
| Backslider's Wine | Michael Martin Murphey | 1979 | Single |
| Peaks Valleys Honky-Tonks & Alleys | Michael Martin Murphey | 1979 | Album |
| Chain Gang | Michael Martin Murphey | 1979 | Single |
| Michael Murphy / Lone Wolf / Peaks Valleys Honky-Tonks & Alleys...Plus | Michael Martin Murphey | 1979 | Compil. |
| Nothing Is Your Own | Michael Martin Murphey | 1978 | Single |
| Paradise Tonight | Michael Martin Murphey | 1978 | Single |
| What's It All About? | José Feliciano / Michael Martin Murphey | 1978 | Single |
| Lone Wolf | Michael Martin Murphey | 1978 | Album |
| Changing Woman / A North Wind And A New Moon | Michael Martin Murphey | 1976 | Single |
| Cherokee Fiddle / Running Wide Open | Michael Martin Murphey | 1976 | Single |
| Flowing Free Forever | Michael Martin Murphey | 1976 | Album |
| Blue Sky · Night Thunder | Michael Martin Murphey | 1975 | Album |
| Carolina In The Pines | Michael Martin Murphey | 1975 | Single |
| A Mansion On The Hill | Michael Martin Murphey | 1975 | Single |
| Swans Against The Sun | Michael Martin Murphey | 1975 | Single |
| Carolina In The Pines | Michael Martin Murphey | 1975 | Single |
| Swans Against The Sun | Michael Martin Murphey | 1975 | Album |
| Renegade | Michael Martin Murphey | 1975 | Single |
| Wildfire | Michael Martin Murphey | 1975 | Single |
| Michael Murphey | Michael Martin Murphey | 1974 | Album |
| Holy Roller | Michael Martin Murphey | 1974 | Single |
| You Can Only Say So Much | Michael Martin Murphey | 1974 | Single |
| Blessing In Disguise | Michael Martin Murphey | 1973 | Single |
| Cosmic Cowboy | Michael Martin Murphey | 1973 | Single |
| Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir | Michael Martin Murphey | 1973 | Album |
| Calico Silver | Michael Martin Murphey | 1973 | Single |
| Geronimo's Cadillac | Michael Martin Murphey | 1972 | Single |
| Geronimo's Cadillac | Michael Martin Murphey | 1972 | Album |
| Wildfire / A Mansion On The Hill | Michael Martin Murphey | Single | |
| What's Forever For / Don't Count The Rainy Days | Michael Martin Murphey | Single | |
| A Long Line Of Love / A Face In The Crowd | Michael Martin Murphey | Single |
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