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Willie Nelson
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Willie Nelson wrote "Crazy," the song Patsy Cline made famous. His 1975 recording of "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" became his first No. 1 hit, and in 1985 he started Farm Aid with John Mellencamp and Neil Young. In 2015 he became the first country artist to receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

Born
April 29, 1933
Hometown
Abbott, Texas
Country Music Hall of Fame
Inducted 1993

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