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
Remembering Patsy Cline & Jim Reeves of Jim Reeves & Patsy Cline" As the original Decca label with which Cline had been affiliated had since been merged with MCA, six Patsy Cline songs and five Jim Reeves songs are featured on that album, plus the duet. Jim Reeves had been affiliated with RCA, so the RCA album has the reverse — six Jim Reeves hits and five Patsy Cline hits, plus a duet of "Have You Ever Been Lonely?", produced during the same sessions as the duet for "I Fall to Pieces". The songs were both released as a single from the albums in question. Have