This versatile, eclectic, rather wanderlust country crossover star known for his classic ballads ("Always On My Mind"), autobiographical road songs ("On the Road Again") and catchy rhythms ("Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys") started out life as Willie Hugh Nelson on April 30, 1933...See full bio »
2005/IMan of the House
(writer: "Funny How Time Slips Away" / performer: "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain", "Old Five and Dimers Like Me", "Funny How Time Slips Away")
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Mr. Monk and the Red-Headed Stranger
(2002)
(writer: "On The Road Again" - uncredited / performer: "On The Road Again" - uncredited, "Georgia On My Mind" - uncredited, "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain" - uncredited)
2000Grand Ole Opry 75th: A Celebration
(TV special)
(writer: "Wabash Cannonball/Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain/Night Train to Memphis/I Saw The Light" Medley)
2000Space Cowboys
(performer: "STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS")
2000Postmark Paradise
(writer: "I Guess I've Come to Live Here in Your Eyes" / performer: "I Guess I've Come to Live Here in Your Eyes")
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Mary Kay Place/Willie Nelson
(1977)
(performer: "Whiskey River" - uncredited, "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" - uncredited, "Something to Brag About" - uncredited)
1992Jennifer Eight
(performer: "Someone To Watch Over Me")
1990Texasville
(writer: "Good Hearted Woman" / performer: "On The Sunny Side Of The Street", "September Song", "Stardust", "City Of New Orleans", "Good Hearted Woman")
1989Kenny, Dolly and Willie: Something Inside So Strong
(TV movie)
(writer: "On The Road Again" / performer: "9 to 5", "Coat of Many Colors", "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys", "Sweet Music Man", "Two Doors Down", "On The Road Again", "Real Love", " Something Inside So Strong")
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Episode #1.9
(1987)
(performer: "Stardust", "Crazy/Funny How Time Slips Away/On The Road Again/Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain/Family Bible Medley", "Still is Still Moving", "To All The Girls I've Loved Before")
1985The Winning Hand
(TV movie)
(writer: "I Never Cared For You", "To Make a Long Story Short, She's Gone", "You Left Me a Long, Long Time Ago" / performer: "I Never Cared For You", "Everything's Beautiful In It's Own Way", "To Make a Long Story Short, She's Gone", "King of a Lonely Castle", "You're Gonna Love Yourself In The Morning", "Someone Waiting For You", "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby", "Me and Bobby McGee", "You Left Me a Long, Long Time Ago", "Casey's Last Ride", "Don't Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand Does")
19851918
(performer: "A Long, Long Trail", "Keep the Home Fires Burning")
1985The 57th Annual Academy Awards
(TV special documentary)
(writer: "On the Road Again" / performer: "How Do You Feel About Foolin' Around", "On the Road Again")
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Free Spirit
(1981)
(writer: "On the Road Again")
1980Ruckus
(writer: "WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HIM NOW?", "ONE DAY AT A TIME")
1980Honeysuckle Rose
(writer: "ON THE ROAD AGAIN", "PICK UP THE TEMPO", "HEAVEN OR HELL", "BLOODY MARY MORNING", "IF YOU WANT ME TO I WILL", "IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THAT WAY", "ANGEL FLYING TOO CLOSE TO THE GROUND", "I GUESS I'VE COME TO LIVE HERE IN YOUR EYES", "SO YOU THINK YOU'RE A COWBOY" / performer: "ON THE ROAD AGAIN", "PICK UP THE TEMPO", "HEAVEN OR HELL", "BLUE EYES CRYIN' IN THE RAIN", "WHISKEY RIVER", "BLOODY MARY MORNING", "LOVING YOU IS EASIER THAN ANYTHING I'LL EVER DO AGAIN", "IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THAT WAY", "YOU SHOW ME YOURS AND I'LL SHOW YOU MINE", "IF YOU COULD TOUCH HER AT ALL", "ANGEL FLYING TOO CLOSE TO THE GROUND", "I GUESS I'VE COME TO LIVE HERE IN YOUR EYES", "ANGEL EYES", "A SONG FOR YOU", "UNCLOUDY DAY", "SO YOU THINK YOU'RE A COWBOY" / arranger: "UNCLOUDY DAY")
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Willie Nelson
(1975)
(performer: "Good Hearted Woman", "It's Not Supposed To Be That Way", "Phases And Stages", "Headed Home To Austin", "Ain't It Funny/Crazy", "Okie From Muskogee", "Redneck Mother", "Bloody Mary Morning", "Stay All Night", "Whiskey River", "Pick Up The Tempo", "Will The Circle Be Unbroken?", "When The Roll Is Called", "Mountain Dew", "Song For You", "Turn Out the Lights", "Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms")
1974/IIPuzzle
(short)
(writer: "Stay all night stay a little longer" / performer: "Stay all night stay a little longer")
1972Elvis on Tour
(documentary)
(writer: "Funny How Time Slips Away")
Spain... on the Road Again
(TV series documentary)
(composer: theme music - 8 episodes)
(performer: theme song - 1 episode)
(singer: theme song - 1 episode)
(theme song - 1 episode, 2008)
(theme song: "On the Road Again" - 1 episode, 2010)
Waylon Jennings once said that if everybody got up in the morning and masturbated, there wouldn't be no wars. I am not in favor of that as much as I am of pot. They should start off every morning summit with a puff or maybe just pump a little into the air conditioner. In the future, I would like to be able to push a switch and have pot released into every household all over the world.
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He was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in March 2002 in Austin, Texas.
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