Awards & Winners

Hargus "Pig" Robbins

Date of Birth 18-January-1938
Place of Birth Spring City
(Rhea County, Tennessee)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Hargus 'Pig' Robbins, Pig Robbins, Hargus Robbins, Hargus M. Robbins, Hargus Melvin "Pig" Robbins, Hargus Melvin Robbins
Profession Session musician, Pianist, Keyboard Player
Hargus Melvin "Pig" Robbins is an American session keyboard and piano player. Having played on records for artists such as George Jones, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Ween, Alan Jackson, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, David Allan Coe, George Hamilton IV and Conway Twitty, Robbins is a prominent session instrumentalist in Nashville. He is also blind, having lost his sight at age four due to an accident involving his father's knife. Robbins learned to play piano at age seven, while attending the Nashville School for the Blind. He played his first session in 1957, with his first major recording being George Jones's "White Lightning". Since then, he has gone on to play piano and keyboards for several country music artists. Between 1963 and 1979, Robbins also recorded eight studio albums: one on Time Records, three on Chart Records, and four on Elektra Records, as well as an independent live album. He was also awarded Musician of the Year by the Country Music Association in 1976 and 2000. His 1959 single "Save It", recorded under the name Mel Robbins, was famously covered by The Cramps on their 1983 album Off the Bone. Robbins joined producers Alan Autry and Randall Franks on the In the Heat of the Night 1991 Christmas Time's A Comin' CD appearing on several cuts but receiving feature credit on series star David Hart's recording of "Let it Snow."

Awards by Hargus "Pig" Robbins

Check all the awards nominated and won by Hargus "Pig" Robbins.

2000


Country Music Association Award for Musician of the Year

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Country Music Association Award for Musician of the Year

1999


Academy of Country Music Piano/Keyboards Player of the Year

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Academy of Country Music Piano/Keyboards Player of the Year

1985


Nominations 1985 »

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Country Music Association Award for Instrumentalist of the Year

1984


Nominations 1984 »

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Country Music Association Award for Instrumentalist of the Year

1983


Nominations 1983 »

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Country Music Association Award for Instrumentalist of the Year

1982


Nominations 1982 »

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Country Music Association Award for Instrumentalist of the Year

1981


Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Country Music Association Award for Instrumentalist of the Year

1977


Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance
Honored for : Country Instrumentalist of the Year

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Country Music Association Award for Instrumentalist of the Year
Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance Country Instrumentalist of the Year

1976


Country Music Association Award for Instrumentalist of the Year

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Country Music Association Award for Instrumentalist of the Year