Willie Nelson/YMMV

• Awesome Music: "Always on My Mind" was his biggest pop hit. "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground" and "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" have also been cited as his best.
  • Not to mention his duet with Ray Charles on "Seven Spanish Angels".
• Covered Up:
  • "If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time" was originally a hit for Lefty Frizzell.
  • His version of "Georgia on My Mind" is almost as well-known as Ray Charles' version.
  • "Good Hearted Woman", a duet with Waylon Jennings, was originally a solo single for Jennings. The duet version is far more well-known.
  • Nelson's other big Jennings duet, "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys", was first released by Ed Bruce.
  • "Always on My Mind" had been released by Elvis Presley and later by John Wesley Ryles before Nelson's version.
  • His version of Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies" is the only version to reach #1 on any singles chart.
  • "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" is a Roy Acuff cover.
• Fanon Discontinuity: His 2005 reggae album Countryman.
• Growing the Beard: As mentioned in Badass Beard, Nelson's outlaw country makeover began with a literal usage of the trope.