Michael Martin Murphey

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As per our current Database, Michael Martin Murphey is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).

🎂 Michael Martin Murphey - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday

Currently, Michael Martin Murphey is 79 years, 9 months and 9 days old. Michael Martin Murphey will celebrate 80rd birthday on a Friday 14th of March 2025. Below we countdown to Michael Martin Murphey upcoming birthday.

🌙 Zodiac

Michael Martin Murphey’s zodiac sign is Pisces. According to astrologers, Pisces are very friendly, so they often find themselves in a company of very different people. Pisces are selfless, they are always willing to help others, without hoping to get anything back. Pisces is a Water sign and as such this zodiac sign is characterized by empathy and expressed emotional capacity.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Michael Martin Murphey was born in the Year of the Rooster. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rooster are practical, resourceful, observant, analytical, straightforward, trusting, honest, perfectionists, neat and conservative. Compatible with Ox or Snake.

About

Known for his Gold-designated album Cowboy Songs and for his hit singles "Don't Count the Rainy Days," "What's Forever For," and "Wildfire," Murphey is also famous for writing the New Mexico state song "The Land of Enchantment."

Before Fame

While working toward an undergraduate degree in Greek at the University of North Texas, he became a member of the college's Folk Music Club. He later attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where he studied Medieval history and creative writing and continued writing and performing music. In the 1960s, he founded bands called Trinity River Boys and the Lewis & Clarke Expedition.

Trivia

A bluegrass musician as well as a country and western singer and Songwriter, he recorded a 2009 album titled Buckaroo Blue Grass.

Family Life

Born to Lois and Pink Murphey, he and his younger brother, Mark, spent their childhoods in Dallas, Texas. His first marriage -- to Diana Vero -- resulted in a Grammy-nominated musician son named Ryan Murphey. His second marriage -- to Caroline Hogue -- inspired his hit song "Carolina in the Pines," and his third marriage (to fashion model Mary Maciukas) produced children named Laura Lynn and Brennan. His fourth marriage (to Karen Rische) began in 2003.

Associated With

Country music legend Kenny Rogers recorded an album titled The Ballad of Calico that consists entirely of songs written by Murphey.

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