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Willie Nelson From Cotton Picker to Country Legend 1

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At just 13 years old Nelson performed with Bob Wills the inventor of western swing music 10 In 1950 Nelson played the role of Uncle Billy Babcock in his senior class production of Oh Aunt Jerisha 11 In addition to a stint in the Air Force Nelson has worked as a cotton picker saddlemaker disc jockey and Bible vacuum cleaner and encyclopedia salesman 12 Nelson was signed to Pamper Music as a songwriter His $50 a week salary was paid from a raise that fellow songwriter Hank Cochran was due to get but had sacrificed so that Nelson could be signed Nelson's first album was titled and then I wrote It includes Crazy Hello Walls and Funny How Time Slips Away songs that would initially become huge hits for Patsy Cline Farron Young and Billy Walker respectively
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