“They see something so horrible and want to be part of something to make it less horrible,”
- #wikipedia
- #quote
- #trusted-source
- #bbc.co.uk
Figure timeline
Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and activist. He was one of the main figures of the outlaw country subgenre that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound. The critical success of his album Shotgun Willie (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger (1975) and Stardus…
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
business · American country musician (born 1933) · singer-songwriter · writer · actor · singer · guitarist · film producer · author · entrepreneur · television producer · session musician · also Willie Nelson, Red Headed Stranger, Shotgun Willie, Willie Hugh Nelson, Nelson
Born 29 April 1933 · Q206112
209 published statements · 0 followers
See & hear
Photos & media
11 photos
Media from Wikimedia Commons, hotlinked at the source under its own licence — see each file for author and terms.
Live now
In the news
Pulling headlines from trusted outlets — this usually takes a few seconds
Checking the wires…
Feed scan
These are live links, not archived citations — they only join the timeline once a collect run verifies and archives them.
Live pulse
Recent highlights
Most recent outstanding titles, awards, and quotes
- Quote
- Award
2026· 14 entries
American Songwriter: Born 87 Years Ago Today to a Single Mom in Texas, the Hard-Living Outlaw Poet Willie Nelson Once Called the “Greatest Living Songwriter”
- #news
- #headline
Whiskey Riff: “You Know What Happens On His Bus”: Matthew McConaughey Shares Hilarious Memory With The Legendary Willie Nelson
- #news
- #headline
Published video “Loves a side quest 🎥: Miami Vice, S3E7, "El Viejo"”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
Published video “Reminder: wrote some bangers. Example ^”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
Published video “Just a few years ago in 1974... "It's Not Supposed to Be That Way" live at the Texas Opry House”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
Published video “Willie Nelson - After All (Official Audio)”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
Published video “Willie Nelson - Whiskey Wants Me To (Official Audio)”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
Published video “Willie Nelson - Wonder What I'm Gonna Do (Official Audio)”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
Published video “Willie Nelson - Love Overdue (Official Audio)”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
Published video “Willie Nelson - I Don't Think I've Cried Today (Official Audio)”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
Published video “Willie Nelson - I Can't Read Your Mind (Official Audio)”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
Published video “Willie Nelson - Developing My Pictures (Official Audio)”.
- #social
- #youtube
- #self-published
Snopes rated the claim “Country music legend Willie Nelson helped a woman named Sarah Mitchell become a country singer, leading to her performing at a benefit concert Farm Aid in front of 35,000 people.” False.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
- #fact-check
- #rated
- #claim-about-figure
2025· 3 entries
Lead Stories rated the claim “Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in music for 2025 includes Tom Jones, Jelly Roll, Willie Nelson, Pink, Jimmy Page, Johnny Mathis, Mick Jagger” Viet Spam.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
- #fact-check
- #rated
- #claim-about-figure
Snopes rated the claim “Country music icon Willie Nelson memorialized slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk in a song titled "Let's Make Heaven Crowded."” False.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
- #fact-check
- #rated
- #claim-about-figure
Snopes rated the claim “Grammy-winning singer Taylor Swift joined country music icon Willie Nelson for a surprise live performance in September 2025.” False.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
- #fact-check
- #rated
- #claim-about-figure
2024· 1 entry
Nelson was featured in the "Smoke Hour ★ Willie Nelson" and "Smoke Hour II" interludes of Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter album, the second album in her trilogy project
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2023· 3 entries
RumorGuard rated the claim “Social media users claimed that a number of country music legends, such as Hank Williams and Willie Nelson, were boycotting CMT over their decision to pull Jason Aldean's song "Try That in a Small Town."” Satire. The claims made on this website are fiction..
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
- #fact-check
- #rated
- #claim-about-figure
Awarded Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2023).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Nelson performed at two concerts at the Hollywood Bowl celebrating his 90th birthday and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2022· 3 entries
BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Willie Nelson, Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand, Queen, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Dave Grohl, Joni Mitchell, Pearl Jam, Dolly Parton are removing their music from Spotify in solidarity with Neil Young.” False.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
- #fact-check
- #rated
- #claim-about-figure
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, others are leaving Spotify” Unproven.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
- #fact-check
- #rated
- #claim-about-figure
Nelson resumed his tour in September 2022.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #life
- #personal-life
2021· 2 entries
USA Today rated the claim “The Rev. Al Sharpton owes over $19 million in outstanding taxes; IRS seized Willie Nelson's assets over $16 million in tax debt” Partly False.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
- #fact-check
- #rated
- #claim-about-figure
Earlier in January 2021, Nelson and his sister received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #life
- #personal-life
2020· 1 entry
Was a variety show titled Come and Toke It
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2019· 1 entry
Snopes.com rated the claim “Country music singer Willie Nelson stopped smoking weed.” Mixture.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
- #fact-check
- #rated
- #claim-about-figure
2018· 3 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Willie Nelson fell seriously ill in May 2018.” False.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
- #fact-check
- #rated
- #claim-about-figure
Nelson sang a song written by Daniel Lanois called "Cruel World" for the soundtrack of Rockstar Games's action-adventure video game Red Dead Redemption 2
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Nelson was one of several artists on Restoration, a cover album containing various country renditions of songs originally by Elton John, on which he performed "Border Song"
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2017· 2 entries
Nelson released God's Problem Child
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Nelson appeared as himself in Woody Harrelson's live film, Lost in London
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2015· 5 entries
Awarded Gershwin Prize (2015).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Snopes rated the claim “Country star Willie Nelson has died.” False.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
- #fact-check
- #rated
- #claim-about-figure
“s Reserve. Plans to open chain stores in the states where marijuana was legalized were announced, to be expanded state-to-state if marijuana legalization further expanded. Bowman called the brand”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
After repeated instances of pneumonia and emphysema through the years, Nelson underwent stem-cell therapy in 2015 to improve the state of his lungs.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #life
- #personal-life
Through spokesman Michael Bowman the establishment of his own marijuana brand, Willie's Reserve
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2014· 2 entries
Released album “Band of Brothers”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
The first Nelson album to feature the most newly self-penned songs since 1996's Spirit
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2013· 2 entries
Released album “To All the Girls…”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Let’s Face the Music and Dance”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
2012· 4 entries
Released album “Christmas With Willie Nelson”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Awarded Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award (2012).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Released album “Heroes”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
A new autobiography by Nelson, Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings from the Road, was announced
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2011· 2 entries
Released album “Remember Me, Volume 1”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Nelson participated in the concert Kokua For Japan, a fund raising event for the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan which raised $1
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2010· 4 entries
Awarded Grammy Hall of Fame (2010).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Released album “Country Music”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Nelson founded, with the collaboration of producers and filmmakers Luck Films, a company dedicated to producing feature films, documentaries, and concerts
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Nelson released Country Music, a compilation of standards produced by T-Bone Burnett
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2009· 3 entries
Released album “American Classic”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Willie and the Wheel”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Nelson and Marsalis joined with Norah Jones in a tribute concert to Ray Charles, which resulted in the Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles album, released in 2011
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2008· 2 entries
Released album “Moment of Forever”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
And co-authored by Mike Blakely, was Nelson's first fictional book
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2007· 8 entries
Released album “It’s Magic”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Who Do I Know in Dallas”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Awarded Americana Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting (2007).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Grammy Hall of Fame (2007).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals (2007).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Released album “Last of the Breed”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
A book advocating the use of bio-diesel and the reduction of gas emissions, On the Clean Road Again: Biodiesel and the Future of the Family Farm, was published
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Nelson forfeited six million shares of the company as he left the board
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2006· 5 entries
Released album “Songbird”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Snopes.com rated the claim “Singer Willie Nelson said of his September 2006 drug offense, "It's a good thing I had a bag of marijuana instead of a bag of spinach. I'd be dead by now."” Incorrect Attribution.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
- #fact-check
- #rated
- #claim-about-figure
Awarded Grammy Hall of Fame for Wanted! The Outlaws (2006).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Released album “You Don’t Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Covered by Willie”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
2005· 4 entries
Released album “Countryman”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
A live performance of the Johnny Cash song "Busted" with Ray Charles was released on Charles' duets album Genius & Friends
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Co-authored Farm Aid: A Song for America, a commemorative book about the twentieth anniversary of the foundation of Farm Aid
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Nelson and several other business partners formed Willie Nelson Biodiesel ("Bio-Willie"), a company that markets biodiesel bio-fuel to truck stops
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2004· 6 entries
Released album “It Always Will Be”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Nacogdoches”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Picture in a Frame”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
In 2004, Nelson underwent surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome, as he had damaged his wrists by continuously playing the guitar.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #life
- #personal-life
Nelson and his wife Annie became partners with Bob and Kelly King in the building of two Pacific bio-diesel plants, one in Salem, Oregon, and the other at Carl's Corner, Texas (the Texas plant was founded by Carl Corneli
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
For Best Reggae Album, and showcased many notable musicians including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Trey Anastasio, Gwen Stefani, and Keith Richards
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2003· 2 entries
Released album “Run That by Me One More Time”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
While the accompanying video won an award for "Best Video" at the 2004 Academy of Country Music Awards
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2002· 4 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals (2002).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Released album “The Great Divide”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “The Eyes of Texas”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Nelson became the official spokesman of the Texas Roadhouse, a chain of steakhouses
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2001· 2 entries
Awarded Grammy Hall of Fame for Red Headed Stranger (2001).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Released album “Rainbow Connection”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
2000· 6 entries
Released album “Milk Cow Blues”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Me and the Drummer”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Honky Tonk Heroes”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Memories of Hank Williams Sr.”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Willie Nelson Christmas”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Memories of Hank Williams Sr. Volume 2”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1999· 2 entries
Released album “Night and Day”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “One Step Beyond”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1998· 3 entries
Released album “Teatro”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Awarded Kennedy Center Honors (1998).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Released album “Building Heartaches”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1997· 1 entry
Released album “Hill Country Christmas”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1996· 3 entries
Released album “How Great Thou Art”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Spirit”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Nelson re-recorded the tracks "Hello Walls" with the band the Reverend Horton Heat, and "Bloody Mary Morning" with the Supersuckers, for
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1995· 4 entries
Released album “Augusta”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Just One Love”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Willie & Friends”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Six Hours at Pedernales”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1994· 1 entry
Released album “Healing Hands of Time”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1993· 2 entries
Released album “Across the Borderline”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Moonlight Becomes You”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1992· 2 entries
Nelson released The IRS Tapes: Who'll Buy My Memories
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Released album “Gospel: Old Time Religion”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1991· 3 entries
During his process with the IRS, Nelson was worried that Trigger could be auctioned off, stating: "When Trigger goes, I'll quit"
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Released album “The Hungry Years”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Who’ll Buy My Memories? The IRS Tapes”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1990· 3 entries
Awarded Grammy Legend Award (1990).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Released album “Born for Trouble”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Nelson's assets were seized by the Internal Revenue Service, which claimed that he owed $32 million in unpaid taxes
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1989· 3 entries
Awarded American Music Award of Merit (1989).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Released album “On the Road Again”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “A Horse Called Music”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1988· 2 entries
His first book, Willie: An Autobiography, was published
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Released album “What a Wonderful World”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1987· 4 entries
Awarded Favorite Country Male Artist (1987).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Released album “Partners”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Island in the Sea”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Seashores of Old Mexico”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1986· 3 entries
Awarded Favorite Country Male Artist (1986).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Favorite Country Single for Forgiving You Was Easy (1986).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Released album “The Promiseland”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1985· 5 entries
Released album “Brand on My Heart”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Funny How Time Slips Away”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Me & Paul”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Helped organize the first Farm Aid concert to benefit American farmers; he has appeared at the annual concerts ever since
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Nelson had another success with Half Nelson, a compilation album of duets with a range of artists such as Ray Charles and Neil Young
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1984· 5 entries
Awarded Favorite Country Male Artist (1984).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Released album “Angel Eyes”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Love And Pain”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Night Life”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “City of New Orleans”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1983· 4 entries
Awarded American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Album for Always on My Mind (1983).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded American Music Award for Favorite Country Album for Always on My Mind (1983).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Released album “Tougher Than Leather”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Without a Song”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1982· 11 entries
Released album “The Winning Hand”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Awarded Favorite Country Single for On the Road Again (1982).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Favorite Country Male Artist (1982).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance (1982).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Released album “Together Again”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
And starred in Songwriter two years later
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Released album “Old Friends”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Always on My Mind”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Pancho & Lefty”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Pancho & Lefty, a duet album with Merle Haggard produced by Chips Moman, was released
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Released album “In the Jailhouse Now”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1981· 2 entries
Released album “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
While swimming in Hawaii in 1981, Nelson's lung collapsed.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #life
- #personal-life
1980· 5 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Country Song for On the Road Again (1980).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Nelson performed on the south lawn of the White House
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Released album “Danny Davis & Willie Nelson With The Nashville Brass”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “San Antonio Rose”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Family Bible”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1979· 4 entries
Awarded Country Music Association Award for Entertainer of the Year (1979).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Released album “One for the Road”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Pretty Paper”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Sings Kristofferson”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1978· 5 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal (1978).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance (1978).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Released album “Stardust”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Nelson released two more platinum albums
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
And platinum in 2001) and his first gospel album Troublemaker (certified gold in 1986)
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1977· 2 entries
Awarded Favorite Country Single for Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (1977).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Released album “To Lefty From Willie”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1976· 3 entries
With Jessi Colter and Tompall Glaser cemented the pair's outlaw image and became country music's first platinum album
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Released album “The Troublemaker”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “The Sound in Your Mind”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1975· 3 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance (1975).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Released album “Red Headed Stranger”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Switched to Columbia Records, where he recorded the critically acclaimed album Red Headed Stranger
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1974· 2 entries
Released album “Phases and Stages”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Was a concept album about a couple's divorce, inspired by his own experience
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1973· 2 entries
Released album “Shotgun Willie”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
After signing with Atlantic Records, Nelson turned to outlaw country, including albums such as Shotgun Willie and Phases and Stages
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1972· 3 entries
Released album “The Words Don’t Fit the Picture”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “The Willie Way”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Moved to Austin, Texas, returned to performing, and appeared frequently at the Armadillo World Headquarters
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1971· 2 entries
Released album “Willie Nelson and Family”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Yesterday’s Wine”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1970· 2 entries
Released album “Both Sides Now”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Laying My Burdens Down”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1969· 2 entries
Released album “My Own Peculiar Way”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
The Baldwin company gave Nelson an amplifier and guitar with their "Prismatone" pickup
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1968· 2 entries
Released album “Good Times”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “Texas in My Soul”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1967· 3 entries
Released album “Make Way for Willie Nelson”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Released album “The Party’s Over and Other Great Willie Nelson Songs”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Formed his backing band "The Record Men", featuring Johnny Bush, Jimmy Day, Paul English and David Zettner
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1966· 1 entry
Released album “Country Favorites Willie Nelson Style”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1965· 1 entry
Released album “Country Willie: His Own Songs”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1964· 1 entry
And join the Grand Ole Opry the following year
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1963· 2 entries
Released album “Here’s Willie Nelson”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
Collie and Nelson were married in Las Vegas
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1962· 1 entry
Released album “…and Then I Wrote”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
1960· 2 entries
But was unable to find a label to sign him
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Nelson moved to Nashville, Tennessee, then signed a publishing contract with Pamper Music that allowed him to join Ray Price's band as a bassist
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1956· 1 entry
"No Place for Me", that included Leon Payne's "Lumberjack" on the B-side
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1952· 1 entry
And from 1954 to 1956 studied agriculture at Baylor University, where he joined the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, until dropping out to pursue a career in music
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1933· 2 entries
Born 1933-04-29.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #birth
To Ira Doyle Nelson and Myrle Marie (née Greenhaw)
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event