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The Song Willie Nelson Wrote the Same Week as “Crazy,” Eventually Recorded by Elvis Presley: “Funny How Time Slips Away”

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By the late 1950s, Willie Nelson was traveling from his home in Pasadena, Texas to perform at the Esquire Ballroom in Houston and used his commute time to write songs for his label D Records. During one of his weeks of commuting, Nelson penned three hit songs, including “Crazy,” which became a hit for Patsy Cline in 1961, […]

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