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"Funny How Time Slips Away" is a song written by Willie Nelson and first recorded by country singer Billy Walker. Walker's version was issued as a single by Columbia Records in June 1961 and peaked at number 23 on the Hot C&W Sides chart. [ 2 ]
"Crazy" is a song written by Willie Nelson and popularized by Patsy Cline in 1961. Nelson wrote the song while living in Houston, working for Pappy Daily's label D Records. He was also a radio DJ and performed in clubs. Nelson then moved to Nashville, Tennessee, working as a writer for Pamper Music.
You Don't Think I'm Funny Anymore; You Dream About Me; You Left Me A Long, Long Time Ago; You Memory Won't Die; You Ought To Hear Me Cry; You Took My Happiness Away; You'll Always Have Someone (co-written With Hank Cochran) Your Country Boy; You Wouldn't Cross The Street
He was one of the first artists to record a Willie Nelson song; [1] and although his 1961 version of "Funny How Time Slips Away" only reached No. 23 on Billboard's country singles chart, it helped establish Walker's national reputation. [6] In 1962, he topped the chart with "Charlie's Shoes", the only No. 1 single of his career. [1]
Willie Nelson: Willie Nelson chronology; Red Headed Stranger (1975) ... "Funny How Time Slips Away" "Crazy" "Night Life" (Paul Buskirk, Walt Breeland, Nelson) Personnel
Willie Nelson chronology; The Essential Willie Nelson (2003) Songs ... My Own Peculiar Way - 3:38; Funny How Time Slips Away [feat. Francine Reed] - 4:11; Night Life ...
All tracks composed by Willie Nelson, except where indicated. "Funny How Time Slips Away" - 5:30 "Crazy" - 3:30 "Night Life" (Paul Buskirk, Walter Breeland, Nelson) - 3:56 "Healing Hands of Time" - 3:45 "(How Will I Know) I'm Falling in Love Again" - 4:14 "All the Things You Are" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 2:51
While playing with Price and the Cherokee Cowboys, other of his original songs became hits for other artists, including "Funny How Time Slips Away" (Billy Walker), "Pretty Paper" (Roy Orbison), and, most famously, "Crazy" by Patsy Cline. [6] Nelson signed with Liberty Records and was recording by August 1961 at the Bradley Studios. [7]