User:Huta28/Marty Rivers

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Marty Rivers is a Maltese entertainer, songwriter and country music singer. With a number of songs charting high on various music charts worldwide, he is Malta’s only international country music ambassador. An only child, Marty was born in the village of Zejtun, in the south side of the island of Malta. His maternal grandfather played guitar with a band that also consisted of his uncle on the fiddle while his paternal grandfather was very much involved in his village band. So naturally, Marty was drawn into music from a very early age by listening attentively to his grandfather playing the guitar and also by immersing himself in his father’s record collection. So at 5 years old he started taking piano lessons and a few years later he started teaching himself the guitar. At the age of 13, young Marty took part in a local singing contest and won with the Conway Twitty classic ‘It’s only make Believe’ despite being the only non-adult participant. It was around this time that Marty formed his first band and started performing in various bars and venues all over. It was the beginning of a long road that has nonetheless brought him success and helped him develop into the artist he is today. Although his passion for country music has been within him since childhood, he has ventured into other musical genres which developed in him a sense of versatility that is so evident in his music today, both as a songwriter and also as a performer. The first collection of original songs was released in Marty’s debut self-titled album ‘Marty Rivers’ with the single ‘Sweet country music’ charting high on various European Country Music charts. In 2008, Marty released his second album ‘Out of the Blue’, produced in Nashville by Gary Carter and featured some of Music City’s top musicians. This was another set of songs all written by Marty himself along with Joe Spiteri, songs that reflect the various musical influences that left such a blueprint on Marty’s music. A number of songs from the album were released as radio singles, all of them charting high on various charts including the song ‘Made in Mexico’ which went to number 1 on J. Ramgatie Country music International Top 40 Charts, the spiritual song ‘Blinded’ an American Gospel top 10 hit and ‘Call Colorado’, voted as a top song during the 2008 Music Row Songwriters Festival in Nashville. In November 2010, the self-penned gospel song ‘The Lord is coming soon’, originally recorded on Marty’s first album, reached the number 1 spot on the God’s Country International Music charts and number 3 on the American Gospel Music charts. That same year, Marty teamed up again with Joe and started working on some new material for a new album ‘Midnight Sky’ which was recorded once again in Nashville with another group of top class musicians, and like his previous album was produced by Gary Carter. The first radio single, ‘Run angel Run’, from this new album did very well as it hit the number 8 spot on the Hotdisc European Country Top 40. The new album is expecting to do even better than his previous albums while he keeps releasing single after another and entertaining crowds wherever he performs.

Hit Songs

•	Sweet country music

•	Queen of my heart

•	Made in Mexico

•	Teasin kind of woman

•	Out of the blue

•	I’m available

•	Mexican vacation

•	Blinded

•	Call Colorado

•	Paceville

•	The Lord is comin soon

•	Run angel run

Studio Albums

•	Marty Rivers

•	Out of the Blue

•	Midnight Sky