Willie Nelson
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	BIRTHDAY: April 30, 1933 GRAMMY AWARDS: 7

Willie was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Country Single ("Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain").

Willie won a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance - Male ("Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain").

Willie won an American Music Award for Favorite Country Single ("Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain").

Willie was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group (with Waylon Jennings).

Willie won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Country Vocal Performance - Male ("Georgia On My Mind") and Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ("Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys" with Waylon Jennings).

# 88 Singles Artist of the Year

Willie was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Country Male Artist.
Willie hit the Top 40 with "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" from the The Electric Horseman soundtrack.

Willie was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards for for Best Country Vocal Performance - Male ("Whiskey River"), Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ("Heartbreak Hotel" with Leon Russell), and Best Inspirational Performance ("I Saw The Light" with Noel Paul Stookey).

Willie hit the Top 40 with "On The Road Again" from the Honeysuckle Rose soundtrack.

Willie was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Country Male Artist.

Willie won a Grammy Award for Best Country Song ("On The Road Again") and was nominated for Best Country Vocal Performance - Male ("On The Road Again").

# 32 Singles Artist of the Year

Willie won 2 American Music Awards for Favorite Country Male Artist and Favorite Country Single ("On The Road Again"), and was nominated for Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group (with Ray Price).

Willie was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance - Male (Somewhere Over The Rainbow).

Willie hit the Top 40 with "Always On My Mind."

Willie hit the Top 10 with "Always On My Mind."

Willie hit the Top 40 with "Let It Be Me."

Willie won 2 American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Album and Favorite Country Album (Always On My Mind).

Willie won a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance - Male ("Always On My Mind"), and was nominated for Record of the Year ("Always On My Mind") and Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ("(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" with Waylon Jennings). .

# 109 Singles Artist of the Year

Willie won an American Music Award for Favorite Country Male Artist and was nominated for Favorite Country Album (Pancho & Lefty with Merle Haggard).

Willie was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group (Pancho & Lefty with Merle Haggard and Take It To The Limit with Waylon Jennings).

Willie hit the Top 40 with Julio Iglesias with "To All The Girls I've Loved Before" from the from the Julio Iglesias LP 1100 Bel Air Place.

Willie hit the Top 10 with Julio Iglesias with "To All The Girls I've Loved Before."

Willie was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Country Vocal Performance - Male ("City Of New Orleans") and Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ("As Time Goes By" with Julio Iglesias).

Willie won 2 American Music Awards for Favorite Country Male Artist and Favorite Country Single ("Forgiving You Was Easy"), and was nominated for Favorite Country Album (City Of New Orleans).

Willie was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Country Vocal Performance - Male ("Forgiving You Was Easy") and Best Vocal Country Performance by a Duo or Group (Highwayman with Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson).

Willie won an American Music Award for Favorite Country Male Artist.

Willie was honored with the Award of Merit at the American Music Awards.

Willie was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Collaboration (Highwayman 2 with Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash).

Willie was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance (Moonlight Becomes You).

Willie was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance - Male ("Peach Pickin' Time Down In Georgia").

Willie was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Pop Instrumental Performance ("Night And Day") and Best Country Collaboration with Vocals ("Going Away Party" with Manhattan Transfer).

Willie was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Video - Long Form (Teatro).

Willie was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Country Vocal Performance - Male ("Marie") and Best Country Album (Rainbow Connection).

Willie won a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals ("Mendocino County Line" with Lee Ann Womack from the compilation Stars & Guitars) and was nominated for Best Country Album (The Great Divide).

Rolling Stone: The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time included Red Headed Stranger (1975) at # 184 and Stardust (1978) at # 257.

Willie was nominated for 4 Grammy Awards for Best Country Album (Run That By Me One More Time with Ray Price and Live And Kickin') and Best Country Collaboration with Vocals ("Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want To Get Over You)" with Norah Jones and "Beer For My Horses" with Toby Keith).

Willie could be heard on the Ray Charles LP Genius Loves Company.

# 396 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart.

Willie was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Country Vocal Performance - Male ("You Are My Flower") and Best Country Collaboration with Vocals ("Pancho & Lefty" and Merle Haggard and Toby Keith).

Willie was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Country Vocal Performance - Male ("Good Ol' Boys") and Best Country Collaboration with Vocals ("Dreams Come True" with Norah Jones).

Willie was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Album (You Don't Know Me: The Songs Of Cindy Walker).

Willie teamed up with Ray Price and Merle Haggard for the LP Last Of The Breed (Billboard peak: # 64 - Entertainment Weekly: B+).

Willie could be heard on the tribute LP Anchored In Love: A Tribute To June Carter Cash on the track "If I Were A Carpenter."

Willie could be heard on the Fats Domino tribute compilation Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino with "I Hear You Knockin'."

Willie released Moment Of Forever (Billboard peak: # 56 - Rolling Stone: ).

Willie won a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals ("Lost Highway" with Ray Price).

Willie released Two Men With The Blues with Wynton Marsalis (Billboard peak: # 20 - Entertainment Weekly: B+).
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Willie topped the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart with Two Men With The Blues.

Willie could be heard on the compilation LP The Imus Ranch Record on the track "What A Difference A Day Makes."