Crazy (Willie Nelson song) Crazy (Willie Nelson song) "Crazy" is a ballad composed by Willie Nelson. It has been recorded by several artists, most notably by Patsy Cline, whose version was a No. 2 country hit in 1962. Partly due to the genre-blending nature of the song, it has been covered by dozens of artists in several genres over the years; nevertheless, the song remains inextricably linked with Cline. Nelson's own version appears on his 1962 debut album "...And Then I Wrote". With some help from a friend named Oliver English, Nelson wrote the song in early 1961; at the time he was a
Patsy Cline Cline as a contributor to Barbara Vaughn's 1956 tune "Wicked Love," leading to speculation that she may have cut a demo of the song. If so, it has never surfaced. [10, page 81, "Honky Tonk Angel: The Intimate Story of Patsy Cline" [1993]. After the birth of their daughter, Julie, in 1958, Cline and her husband moved to Nashville, Tennessee. In 1959 Cline met Randy Hughes, a session guitarist and promotion man. Hughes became her manager and helped her change labels. When her Four Star contract expired in 1960, she signed with Decca Records-Nashville, directly under Owen Bradley, a legendary