Nelson, Willie, 1933-
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Willie Hugh Nelson, (b. April 29, 1933, Abbott, Texas), award-winning singer-songwriter, social activist, and actor Willie Nelson was born in 1933, and raised in Abbott, Texas. After selling many songs to other singers in Nashville in the 1960s, Nelson returned to Austin in 1971, and quickly became known as a performer in his own right on a national and international scale. His most famous songs include "Crazy", "Georgia On My Mind", "Whiskey River", "Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain", and "On the Road Again."
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| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | Alan L. Mayor Collection | Center for Popular Music, Middle Tennessee State University | |
| referencedIn | Ave Bonar Photographs, [85-311; 88-325; 97-71; 98-020; 2009-122]., 1974-1996 | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History | |
| referencedIn | Biography -- Nelson, Willie. | Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library | |
| referencedIn | Bonar, Ave,. Bonar, Ave, photographs, 1974 - 1996. | University of Texas Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Center for Popular Music Vertical Files | Center for Popular Music, Middle Tennessee State University | |
| referencedIn | Edwin (Bud) Shrake Papers Collection 008., 1936 - ongoing (Bulk: 1960-1993) | Southwestern Writers Collection, Special Collections, Alkek Library, Texas State University-San Marcos | |
| referencedIn | Eugene Earle Collection, 1939-1980s | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Jeff Newman Southern Lights, Northern Cross Photograph Collection, 1978-2004 | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History | |
| referencedIn | Louanne Pulliam Photographs, ca. 1970-1980 87-271 . | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History |
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| associatedWith | Austin History Center. |
| associatedWith | Bonar, Ave |
| associatedWith | Bonar, Ave, |
| associatedWith | Communist Party of the United States of America. |
| associatedWith | Earle, Eugene. |
| associatedWith | Farm Aid. |
| associatedWith | Fischer, Jody |
| associatedWith | McNamee, Wally |
| associatedWith | McNamee, Wally. |
| associatedWith | Miller, Townsend, 1919-1989 |
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