![]() ![]() ![]() Playing songs inspired by all of his influences, he started to gain a following in Texas, eventually signing with Atlantic Records, becoming their very first country artist. He moved to Texas and the growing hippie music scene revived his love for singing. While some of his songs charted, Nelson was finding difficulty to fully stay afloat and from his frustration retired from music around 1972.īut that was not the end of Willie Nelson. He caught his big break in 1961 when he signed with Liberty Records and by 1962 released his first record “…And Then I Wrote.” By the fall of 1964 Nelson moved to RCA records, released “Country Willie- His Own Songs” and joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1965. Born during the great American depression on 29 April 1933 in Abbott, Texas, Willie Hugh Nelson worked some odd jobs and had a short-lived college career at Baylor University until he left it all to pursue a music career. ![]()
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