Michael Martin Murphey Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
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.
University of California, Los Angeles, W. H. Adamson High School, Wildfire, Geronimo's Cadillac, What's Forever For, Motel Misery, I've Lost Everything, Loveless Ave.
Academy of Country Music Award for New Male Vocalist of the Year
Nominations
Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album, Country Music Association Award for New Artist of the Year, Country Music Association Award for Vocal Duo of the Year, Academy of Country Music Award for Video of the Year, Country Music Association Award for Music Video of the Year, Wildfire, Geronimo's Cadill...
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Fact
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Wrote and performed under the pseudonym 'Travis Lewis' as a member of The Lewis & Clarke Expedition.
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Graduated from W.H. Adamson High School in Dallas, Texas in 1964 with honors, and made an appearance at the high school to speak to the honor students of the graduating class of 1982.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
CBGB
2013
performer: "Mansion on the Hill" - as Michael Murphey
Bandits
2001
writer: "Wildfire" 1975 - as Michael Murphey
Bubble Boy
2001
performer: "Wildfire" - as Michael Murphey / writer: "Wildfire" - as Michael Murphey
Mystery Science Theater 3000
1993-1997
TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Hey, Hey We're the Monkees
1997
TV Movie documentary writer: " What Am I Doin' Hangin' Round?"
Paper Hearts
1993
performer: "Paper Hearts", "Land of Enchantment", "Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before", "Dancing With A Memory" / writer: "Paper Hearts", "Land of Enchantment", "Dancing With A Memory"
The Simpsons
1991
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1990
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Quantum Leap
1989
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Pink Cadillac
1989
performer: "Never Givin' Up on Love"
Young Country
1988
Video short performer: "I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl"
Hard Country
1981
lyrics: "COSMIC COWBOY/COSMIC BREAKDOWN" / music: "COSMIC COWBOY/COSMIC BREAKDOWN" / performer: "COWBOY CADILLAC", "HARD COUNTRY", "HARD PARTYIN' COUNTRY DARLIN'", "RIDE OUT THE HARD TIMES", "TAKE IT AS IT COMES", "COSMIC COWBOY/COSMIC BREAKDOWN", "BREAK MY MIND" / writer: "COWBOY CADILLAC", "HARD COUNTRY", "HARD PARTYIN' COUNTRY DARLIN'", "RIDE OUT THE HARD TIMES", "TAKE IT AS IT COMES"
Urban Cowboy
1980
writer: "Cherokee Fiddle" - as Michael Murphy
The Benny Hill Show
1973
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Pickup on 101
1972
as Murphy, "Electric Ethel"
A Walk in the Spring Rain
1970
writer: "What Am I Doing Hangin Round?"
The Monkees
1967-1968
TV Series writer - 3 episodes
In the Heat of the Night
1967
performer: "Foul Owl on the Prowl" - uncredited
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Home on the Range
2016
TV Movie
Judge John Harlan
Elko: The Cowboy Gathering
1994
TV Movie
Lonesome Dove: The Series
1994
TV Series
Murph
Paper Hearts
1993
Hard Country
1981
Michael
The Kowboys
1970
TV Movie
Zak (as Michael Martin Murphy)
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Road to Valhalla
2013
Documentary musician
Bubble Boy
2001
composer: song "Wild Fire"
Hard Country
1981
music supervisor
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hard Country
1981
Alambrista!
1977
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hard Country
1981
story
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Gene Autry: White Hat, Silver Screen
2007
TV Movie documentary special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bluegrass Underground
2014
TV Series
Himself
John Denver Rocky Mountain High: An Earth Day Concert
$8 Million
