Forty-five years ago, in April 1978, Willie Nelson released Stardust. An album of pop standards, it became the best-selling record of his career and cemented his status as a musical iconoclast ...

WILLIE NELSON'S 90th BIRTHDAY ... been selected as the most likely candidate.” 4. "Stardust" (1978): Much is made about the year this album was made: Nelson covering Great American Songbook ...

Few artists in the history of modern music have as extensive and influential of a songbook as Willie Nelson. The beloved performer, guitarist, songwriter, and activist has released 74 studio ...

Let’s take a look at three essential Willie Nelson albums. Stardust is one of Nelson’s most critically and commercially successful albums. It’s considered one of Nelson’s greatest works ...

“Stardust” (1978 ... Their version went to No.1. Its parent album, Waylon & Willie, was the first Nelson album to crack the pop Top 25, making its way to No. 12. Within four years, he ...

Nelson has always loved singing the songs of his friends as much as if not more than the ones he writes himself. In 1979, he ...

[Willie Nelson singing “Georgia on My Mind ... Jones: Well, to be completely honest here, my influence on the Stardust album was more a Ray Charles–style keyboard playing than George ...

[Willie Nelson singing “Stardust”] John Spong ... John Spong: And that’s the invitation to this beautiful album. Allison Russell: And that’s the soul of the song, to me.

Willie Nelson has just released his 75th solo album. And yes ... this would be after "Red Headed Stranger" and somewhere after "Stardust," before the '80s pop cultural boom kind of, like, handles ...

Presumably, you know to get the big albums like "Red Header Stranger," "Stardust," "Shotgun Willie," "To Lefty From Willie," "Willie & Family Live" and (my personal favorite) "Phases and Stages." ...

Willie Nelson has performed duets with dozens ... He’s also recorded plenty of pop music, from the standards on his classic “Stardust” album to “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and ...