- Born
- Died
- Birth nameHargus Melvin Robbins
- Hargus 'Pig' Robbins was born on January 18, 1938 in Spring City, Tennessee, USA. He was married to Vicki. He died on January 30, 2022 in the USA.
- SpouseVicki(? - 2019) (her death, 1 child)
- He was awarded Musician of the Year by the Country Music Association in 1976 and 2000.
- He played his first session in 1957, with his first major recording being George Jones's "White Lightning".[3] Thereafter he played keyboards for scores of country music artists.
- On October 21, 2012, Robbins was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
- In Robert Altman's classic, Nashville, a hippie piano player nicknamed "Frog" is fired by Henry Gibson's character (an egotistical country singer), who yells at the studio engineer: "When I ask for Pig, I want Pig!".
- He was blind, having lost his sight at age four due to an accident involving his father's knife.
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