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Willie Nelson

Crazy

1962 · via Elvis Costello

Willie Nelson’s earliest release of “Crazy” on file came out in 1962. Willie Nelson wrote it. The earliest release on file is Patsy Cline’s, from 1961. Also recorded by Julio Iglesias (released 1994), Wanda Jackson (released 1988) and Loretta Lynn (released 1977), among 263 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

Willie Nelson – Crazy
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Everybody hears Patsy Cline when this one starts, but the man who wrote it cut his own take too, and the writer singing his own heartbreak lands differently. Play his, then come back to Costello's and see who he was really listening to.

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Credited writer: Willie Nelson.

Earliest release on file: Patsy Cline, 1961.

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263 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Elvis Costello sang "Crazy," and Patsy Cline had it on record long before him. Who actually wrote the song she made her own?Willie Nelson
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