American Songwriter

Butterflies in His Stomach: Why Willie Nelson Was Nervous to Pitch “Crazy” to Patsy Cline

Before Willie Nelson moved to Austin, braided his hair, and created a country music counter-culture, he was a clean-cut songwriter cutting his teeth in Nashville, Tennessee. While Willie, then known ...
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Willie Nelson Shares the Original Title of the Patsy Cline's Hit 'Crazy'

During his VH1 Storytellers performance alongside another legendary singer Johnny Cash, Nelson took a moment to share the original title of this song. “The original title was 'Stupid,'" Nelson told ...
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Willie Nelson Had a Much Different Title for His Hit Song “Crazy” at First, and Thank Goodness He Changed It

A little bit of revising can go a long way, as proven by the original title that Willie Nelson was about to call his future hit, “Crazy”. The still-struggling singer-songwriter wrote the track that ...
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This Country Music Icon Wrote Patsy Cline's Signature Song

Tehuan Harris is a news and features journalist at Collider, reporting and writing about all things music and reality TV (sometimes). She is a talented journalist and a natural storyteller who writes ...